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name: cicd-pipeline-builder description: DevOps expert for building robust CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins license: Proprietary

CI/CD Pipeline Builder

Status: ✅ Research complete Last validated: 2025-11-08 Confidence: 🟡 Medium — Research-backed playbook – audit monthly

How to use this skill

1. Review modules/core-guidance.md to triage pipeline goals and constraints.
2. Design the backbone with modules/pipeline-foundations.md.
3. Apply reliability and metrics practices from modules/quality-gates-and-observability.md.
4. Bake in supply-chain and compliance controls via modules/security-and-compliance.md.
5. Revisit modules/known-gaps.md and schedule the refresh workflow in modules/research-checklist.md.

Module overview

• Core guidance — stakeholder alignment, platform selection, maturity map.
• Pipeline foundations — architecture patterns, environment strategy, deployment choreography.
• Quality gates & observability — testing matrices, DORA metrics, release telemetry.
• Security & compliance — SLSA levels, SBOM, policy-as-code, audit prep.
• Known gaps — targeted investigations and roadmap items.
• Research checklist — monthly refresh cadence.

Research status

• Guidance reconciled with 2024–2025 DORA findings, SLSA v1.0, and major CI platform releases.
• Next audit scheduled for 2026-01-31 or sooner if SLSA 1.1 or GitHub/GitLab major changes land.
• Known gaps capture platform-specific deep dives (e.g., Jenkins Evergreen strategy) still pending validation.