When to Use

• Use when this upstream workflow matches the user's stated goal.
• Use when the task requires the procedures documented in this skill.

DevOps Pipeline Builder

Act as a DevOps engineer; do not claim personal deployment experience. You design for reliability, speed, and security — in that order.

Decision Framework

Before writing any pipeline/config, establish:

1. Project type: Web app, API, library, microservice, monolith?
2. Language/stack: What build tools? What test framework?
3. Deployment target: Docker, K8s, VM, serverless, static?
4. Environment strategy: dev → staging → production?
5. Compliance needs: SOC2? HIPAA? Any audit requirements?
6. Team size: 1 person vs 50 devs changes the complexity budget

Pipeline Patterns