Gitlab Ci Validator

This validates GitLab CI/CD pipelines through syntax, best practices, and security checks before you push or merge. It catches the usual suspects: hardcoded secrets, missing cache configs, undefined job dependencies, and sketchy curl pipe bash patterns. The workflow is gated (syntax first, then security, optionally best practices in strict mode), which makes sense for CI integration. It wraps Python validators in shell scripts with automatic venv setup if PyYAML is missing, and there's an optional local execution test if you have gitlab-ci-local and Docker installed. Solid for catching configuration mistakes early, though it won't replace actually running your pipeline to see what breaks in practice.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills --skill gitlab-ci-validator --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

GitLab CI/CD Validator

Comprehensive toolkit for validating, linting, testing, and securing .gitlab-ci.yml configurations.

Trigger Phrases

Use this skill when requests include intent like:

"Validate this .gitlab-ci.yml"
"Why is this GitLab pipeline failing?"
"Run a security review for our GitLab CI"
"Check pipeline best practices"
"Lint GitLab CI config before merge"

Setup And Prerequisites (Run First)

All commands below assume repository root as current working directory.

# Ensure validator scripts are executable
chmod +x devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/*.sh \
  devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/*.py

# Required runtime
python3 --version

Use one canonical command path for orchestration:

VALIDATOR="bash devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/validate_gitlab_ci.sh"

Optional local execution tooling (for --test-only):

bash devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/install_tools.sh

Quick Start Commands

# 1) Full validation (syntax + best practices + security)
$VALIDATOR .gitlab-ci.yml

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills
Categories: DevOps & CI/CD, Git & Pull Requests, Code Review & Quality, Debugging
First seen: Jun 3, 2026