Sentry CI Integration

Overview

Sentry releases connect errors to the code that caused them. Automating release creation in CI/CD ensures every deploy has commit association (suspect commits), source maps for readable stack traces, and deployment tracking across environments. This skill covers sentry-cli commands, the official GitHub Action, build tool plugins (@sentry/webpack-plugin, @sentry/vite-plugin, @sentry/esbuild-plugin), and multi-platform CI configurations.

Prerequisites

• Sentry account with a project at sentry.io
• SENTRY_AUTH_TOKEN — generate at sentry.io/settings/auth-tokens/ with scopes project:releases and org:read
• SENTRY_ORG and SENTRY_PROJECT environment variables matching your organization and project slugs
• Source maps generated during your build step (devtool: 'source-map' in webpack, build.sourcemap: true in Vite)
• Git integration installed in Sentry (sentry.io/settings/integrations/ — GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket) for commit association
• sentry-cli available via npm install -g @sentry/cli, npx @sentry/cli, or the getsentry/sentry-cli Docker image

Instructions

Step 1 — Configure Environment Variables and Auth Token

Set up the three required environment variables in your CI platform. Every sentry-cli command reads these automatically.