Can it help me secure my deployment pipelines?

Yes, it guides you through implementing OIDC for secretless authentication, pining actions to commit SHAs, and integrating automated security scanners for code, dependencies, and containers.

What platforms are supported by this skill?

This skill provides specialized support and templates for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI, though the general principles and security patterns can be applied to other platforms like Jenkins or CircleCI.

Does it help with troubleshooting failed builds?

Absolutely. It offers a systematic troubleshooting approach, including diagnostic scripts to analyze pipeline logs and identify common errors like permission issues, timeouts, or flaky tests.

How does this skill improve CI/CD performance?

It implements strategies such as dependency caching, matrix builds for test sharding, and path filters to skip unnecessary runs, often reducing build times by 50-90%.

CI/CD Pipeline Architect

Name: CI/CD Pipeline Architect
Author: ahmedasmar

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Deployment & DevOps

Designs, optimizes, and secures high-performance CI/CD pipelines across GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and other major platforms.

About

The CI/CD Pipeline Architect skill provides a comprehensive toolkit for building, scaling, and maintaining robust DevOps workflows. It enables Claude to assist with end-to-end pipeline design, including performance optimization through caching and parallelization, the integration of DevSecOps security scanning (SAST/DAST/SCA), and the implementation of secure deployment patterns like OIDC and blue-green releases. Whether you are debugging flaky tests, troubleshooting platform-specific issues, or architecting multi-environment deployment strategies, this skill provides the patterns and diagnostic scripts necessary to maintain a healthy automation ecosystem.

Key Features

6 GitHub stars
Integrated DevSecOps security scanning and secret management
Performance tuning via dependency caching and test sharding
Cross-platform templates for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
Secure OIDC-based deployment workflows and environment gates
Automated pipeline health diagnostics and failure analysis

Use Cases

Architecting production-ready CI/CD pipelines for Node.js, Python, and Go applications
Implementing security gates to detect vulnerabilities and exposed secrets before deployment
Optimizing slow build times and implementing parallel test execution

About

Key Features

6 GitHub stars
Integrated DevSecOps security scanning and secret management
Performance tuning via dependency caching and test sharding
Cross-platform templates for GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
Secure OIDC-based deployment workflows and environment gates
Automated pipeline health diagnostics and failure analysis

Use Cases

Architecting production-ready CI/CD pipelines for Node.js, Python, and Go applications
Implementing security gates to detect vulnerabilities and exposed secrets before deployment
Optimizing slow build times and implementing parallel test execution