Gitlab Ci Patterns

If you're managing GitLab pipelines and tired of reinventing the same patterns, this gives you battle-tested templates for the common stuff: multi-stage builds, Docker image publishing, Kubernetes deployments, and Terraform workflows. The examples are specific and production-ready, covering things like proper caching strategies, manual deployment gates for production, and security scanning with Trivy. It includes both basic pipeline structures and more advanced patterns like dynamic child pipelines and multi-environment deployments with YAML anchors. One honest take: the templates assume you already understand GitLab CI fundamentals, so this is more reference material than tutorial. Best used when you know what you need but don't want to write it from scratch for the hundredth time.

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$ npx -y skills add sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills --skill gitlab-ci-patterns --agent claude-code

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GitLab CI Patterns

Comprehensive GitLab CI/CD pipeline patterns for automated testing, building, and deployment.

Do not use this skill when

The task is unrelated to gitlab ci patterns
You need a different domain or tool outside this scope

Instructions

Clarify goals, constraints, and required inputs.
Apply relevant best practices and validate outcomes.
Provide actionable steps and verification.

Purpose

Create efficient GitLab CI pipelines with proper stage organization, caching, and deployment strategies.

Use this skill when

Automate GitLab-based CI/CD
Implement multi-stage pipelines
Configure GitLab Runners
Deploy to Kubernetes from GitLab
Implement GitOps workflows

Basic Pipeline Structure

stages:
  - build
  - test
  - deploy

variables:
  DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"

build:
  stage: build
  image: node:20
  script:
    - npm ci
    - npm run build
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - dist/
    expire_in: 1 hour
  cache:
    key: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG}
    paths:
      - node_modules/

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