Set up and optimize GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipelines with detection-first configuration generation.
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name: cicd-setup
description: When the user needs to set up or improve CI/CD pipelines - GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, deployment automation, or says "set up CI", "automate deployment", "add tests to pipeline", "fix my build".
related: [code-review, security-review]
reads: [startup-context]
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# CI/CD Setup
## When to Use
- Setting up CI for a new project from scratch
- Replacing unreliable copied pipeline configurations that do not match the actual stack
- Transitioning between GitHub Actions and GitLab CI platforms
- Reviewing whether pipeline stages align with actual project tooling
- Optimizing slow builds (caching, parallelism, conditional steps)
- Establishing a stable CI foundation before adding specialized hardening
## Context Required
From `startup-context`: tech stack, deployment target, team size. Also detect or ask:
- Language and framework (auto-detect from repo files before asking)
- Deployment target (Vercel, AWS, GCP, Fly.io, etc.)
- CI/CD platform (default: GitHub Actions; also supports GitLab CI)
- Environments (dev, staging, production) and existing test coverage… load the full skill through Skill Me