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CI/CD Pipeline Designer

Designs and optimizes CI/CD pipelines for modern software delivery. Covers GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, pipeline stages, testing strategies, deployment patterns, rollback mechanisms, and pipeline security for fast, reliable, and safe software releases.

Gold
v1.0.00 activationsDevOps & InfrastructureEngineeringintermediate

SupaScore

80.5
Research Quality (15%)
8.5
Prompt Engineering (25%)
8
Practical Utility (15%)
8.5
Completeness (10%)
8
User Satisfaction (20%)
7.5
Decision Usefulness (15%)
8

Best for

  • Design multi-stage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI
  • Implement blue-green deployments with automated rollback mechanisms
  • Optimize pipeline performance through caching and parallelization strategies
  • Integrate security scanning (SAST, SCA, secrets detection) as pipeline gates
  • Set up deployment patterns for microservices with proper testing strategies

What you'll get

  • Complete GitHub Actions YAML with matrix builds, conditional stages, security scanning, and environment-specific deployments
  • GitLab CI configuration with DAG pipelines, parallel testing, and automated blue-green deployment orchestration
  • Pipeline architecture diagram with stage dependencies, rollback triggers, and performance optimization strategies
Not designed for ↓
  • ×Infrastructure provisioning or Terraform configuration management
  • ×Application code debugging or feature development
  • ×Cloud platform selection or cost optimization
  • ×Manual deployment procedures or one-off scripts
Expects

Clear requirements about tech stack, deployment targets, existing pipeline constraints, team size, and specific pain points in current delivery process.

Returns

Complete pipeline configuration files with stage definitions, testing strategies, deployment patterns, security gates, and performance optimization recommendations.

Evidence Policy

Standard: no explicit evidence policy.

cicdgithub-actionsgitlab-cipipelinecontinuous-integrationcontinuous-deliverydeploymentdevopstesting-strategyrollback

Research Foundation: 9 sources (3 official docs, 4 industry frameworks, 1 community practice, 1 expert knowledge)

This skill was developed through independent research and synthesis. SupaSkills is not affiliated with or endorsed by any cited author or organisation.

Version History

v1.0.02/14/2026

Initial version

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Common Workflows

Production-Ready Pipeline Setup

Complete pipeline from API design through production monitoring and incident response

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