CI CD

What it does

When your agent uses it

• User asks to set up CI/CD
• Write a pipeline
• Configure GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/CircleCI
• Automate deployments

Example prompts

• “/ci-cd”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Node.js
• A Bash shell
• Docker
• A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): opencode
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Bash, Write, Grep

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Choose platform
2. 2Generate pipeline
3. 3Configure caching
4. 4Set up OIDC (no static secrets)
5. 5Configure deployment strategy
6. 6Set up self-hosted runners (if needed)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c68e5b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Bash
  • Write
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • terraform
  • npx
  • playwright
  • pip
  • go

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use npx and pip, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • GITHUB_TOKEN

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  opencode

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

CI CD loads about 3.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~8.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 142 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,217 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~142

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~3.4k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~8.8k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Write, Grep

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from EliasOulkadi/shokunin at commit 4c68e5b, republished under its MIT licence (© EliasOulkadi). 1,217 words, ~3,406 tokens.

name

ci-cd

description

Design CI/CD pipelines for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and CircleCI with matrix builds, test sharding, caching, Docker layer caching, OIDC auth, deployment strategies (rolling, blue-green, canary), auto-rollback, self-hosted runners, and environment protection with manual approvals. Use when user asks to set up CI/CD, write a pipeline, configure GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/CircleCI, automate deployments, or set up build/test/deploy workflows. Do NOT use for Dockerfile authoring (use docker), K8s manifests (use kubernetes), or Terraform config (use terraform).

allowed-tools

Read, Bash, Write, Grep

compatibility

opencode

triggers

CI/CD pipeline, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, CircleCI, continuous integration, continuous deployment, build pipeline, deploy pipeline, automate build, automate…

negatives

Dockerfile, Terraform, Kubernetes manifest, infrastructure provisioning

license

MIT

metadata.workflow

infrastructure

metadata.audience

devops

metadata.version

3.0.0

metadata.author

shokunin

scripts/generate-pipeline.sh --platform github --language node --e2e --docker
scripts/generate-pipeline.sh --platform gitlab --language python --docker
scripts/generate-pipeline.sh --platform circle --language go --e2e

# GitHub Actions: split tests across N parallel runners
strategy:
  matrix:
    shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
steps:
  - run: npx vitest --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ strategy.job-total }}

# GitHub Actions — manual approval gate before production
deploy-prod:
  needs: [deploy-staging]
  environment:
    name: production
    # Enforces: required reviewers, wait timer, restricted branches, deployment history
  steps: [...]

# GitHub Actions
permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: read
steps:
  - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
    with:
      role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::123456:role/github-actions
      aws-region: us-east-1

- name: Healthcheck
  run: |
    for i in {1..30}; do
      STATUS=$(curl -so /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' https://app.example.com/health)
      if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then exit 0; fi
      sleep 2
    done
    echo "Healthcheck failed, rolling back..."
    kubectl rollout undo deployment/app
    exit 1

# GitHub Actions: parallel test shards
strategy:
  matrix:
    shard: [1, 2, 3, 4]
steps:
  - run: npx vitest --shard=${{ matrix.shard }}/${{ strategy.job-total }}

# Parallel OS/version testing
strategy:
  matrix:
    os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
    node: [18, 20, 22]

# Canary resource (Flagger CRD)
apiVersion: flagger.app/v1beta1
kind: Canary
spec:
  service: myapp
  analysis:
    interval: 30s; threshold: 5; maxWeight: 50; stepWeight: 10
    metrics:
    - name: request-success-rate; threshold: 99
    - name: request-duration; threshold: 500

# GitHub Environments with protection rules
deploy-prod:
  needs: deploy-staging
  environment: production
  steps: [ - run: ./deploy.sh ]

# Environment settings (GitHub UI):
# - Required reviewers: 2
# - Wait timer: 0 minutes
# - Deployment branches: main only

© EliasOulkadi, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (scripts, references, assets) in .pack/skills/ci-cd of EliasOulkadi/shokunin.

• SKILL.md
• assets/github-actions.ci.yml
• assets/gitlab-ci.yml
• references/deployment-strategies.md
• references/self-hosted-runners.md
• scripts/generate-pipeline.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c68e5b