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ci-workflow-authoring

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Authors and refactors GitHub Actions workflows and composite actions for this monorepo using required conventions, minimal permissions, pinned SHAs, and observability steps. Use when creating or restructuring CI workflows.

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CI Workflow Authoring Skill

Check docs/monorepo-docs/ci.md first.

Required Workflow Conventions

  • Include metadata comments (description, test location, type, owner).
  • Set default shell to bash.
  • Start with permissions: {} and add only required scopes.
  • Add timeout-minutes per job.
  • Pin all external actions to commit SHAs.
  • Ensure each job ends with observe-build-status step.
  • Fail fast: validate cheap preconditions (required secrets, Vault reachability, input/tag contracts) in a preflight step or job before expensive build/test steps.

Unified CI Criteria

  • Runtime <= 30 minutes
  • Stable and observable
  • Vault-based secret handling
  • Uses approved cache strategy

Caching Strategy

  • Maven: .github/actions/setup-maven-cache
  • npm is the default for Node.js workflows in this monorepo
  • Yarn (legacy workflows only): camunda/infra-global-github-actions/setup-yarn-cache
  • Do not cache Docker layers via GHA cache
  • Write caches only from main and stable*

Templates

  • Workflow template: references/workflow-template.md
  • Composite action template: references/composite-action-template.md