CI/CD Integration Patterns

Integrate Claude Code into CI/CD pipelines for automated PR reviews, code generation, test validation, security scanning, and documentation updates. This skill covers GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, pre-commit hooks, and headless execution modes.

GitHub Actions Integration

Use the official anthropics/claude-code-action@v1 action for turnkey GitHub integration.

Supported Features

• Trigger on pull requests, push, schedule, or workflow dispatch
• Environment variable support: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, CLAUDE_MODEL
• Pipe mode (claude -p) with JSON output
• Tool access filtering via --allowedTools
• Multiple model routing (Opus for reviews, Haiku for checks)
• Cost tracking and budget enforcement

Setup