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
• Secrets and credentials needed for build or deploy