cicd-pipeline

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name: cicd-pipeline
description: Create, debug, and manage CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions. Use when the user needs to set up automated testing, deployment, releases, or workflows. Covers workflow syntax, common patterns, secrets management, caching, matrix builds, and troubleshooting.
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# CI/CD Pipeline (GitHub Actions)

Set up and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. Covers workflow creation, testing, deployment, release automation, and debugging.

## When to Use

- Setting up automated testing on push/PR
- Creating deployment pipelines (staging, production)
- Automating releases with changelogs and tags
- Debugging failing CI workflows
- Setting up matrix builds for cross-platform testing
- Managing secrets and environment variables in CI
- Optimizing CI with caching and parallelism

## Quick Start: Add CI to a Project

### Node.js project

```yaml
# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: 20
          cache: npm
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm test
      - run: npm run lint
```

### Python project

```yaml
# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"
          cache: pip
      - run: pip install -r requirements.txt
      - run: pytest
      - run: ruff check .
```

### Go project

```yaml
# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4