github-actions-pipeline-builder

github-actions-pipeline-builder is a skill for Claude Code from curiositech/some_claude_skills. It costs 79 tokens per session (2,855 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to building automated GitHub Actions workflows, which run tasks such as tests, builds, scans, and deployments when code changes. It covers multiple environments and platform-specific build variations.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create CI/CD pipelines, test every commit or pull request, build and publish Docker images, deploy applications, cache dependencies, run matrix builds, and automate releases.
Why use it?
It reduces manual release work and helps teams run consistent tests, quality checks, security scans, and deployments.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the github-actions-pipeline-builder plugin — 1 skill shipped together

Good fit Use it to create CI/CD pipelines, test every commit or pull request, build and publish Docker images, deploy applications, cache dependencies, run matrix builds, and automate releases.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/curiositech/some_claude_skills/github-actions-pipeline-builder
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add curiositech/some_claude_skills --skill github-actions-pipeline-builder
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curiositech/some_claude_skills

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install github-actions-pipeline-builder, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 1 skill.

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Per session 79 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,855 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector warn 7 Sept 2026
SkillSpector: 1 finding, up to high

These are SkillSpector’s own severities. On a checked sample its high-severity flags on skills were ~96% false positives — a documented command, a public API, a “never do X” rule — so we show them as a caution to read, not a verdict. Why →

  • high Privilege Escalation · line 202
    Code accesses credential files (SSH keys, AWS credentials, etc.). This could indicate credential theft attempts.
    Fix: Remove references to credential paths. Use environment variables or secrets managers. For docs, use placeholder paths (e.g., /path/to/config). Never load .env or token files in production code paths.
How audits are shown
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00079 $0.02855
Opus 5 $0.00039 $0.01427
Sonnet 5 $0.00016 $0.00571
Haiku 4.5 $0.00008 $0.00285

Measured 4d ago against content hash 94d9746220af, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-actions-pipeline-builder scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 4d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/action_usage_analyzer.ts, scripts/workflow_validator.ts), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.claude/skills/github-actions-pipeline-builder/SKILL.md · 474 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 474 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

GitHub Actions Pipeline Builder

Expert in building production-grade CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions that are fast, reliable, and secure.

When to Use

Use for:

  • Automated testing on every commit
  • Deployment to staging/production
  • Docker image building and publishing
  • Release automation with versioning
  • Security scanning and dependency audits
  • Code quality checks (linting, type checking)
  • Multi-environment workflows

NOT for:

  • Non-GitHub repositories (use Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.)
  • Complex pipelines better suited for dedicated CI/CD tools
  • Self-hosted runners (covered in advanced patterns)

Quick Decision Tree

Does your project need:
├── Testing on every PR? → GitHub Actions
├── Automated deployments? → GitHub Actions
├── Matrix builds (Node 16, 18, 20)? → GitHub Actions
├── Secrets management? → GitHub Actions secrets
├── Multi-cloud deployments? → GitHub Actions + OIDC
└── Sub-second builds? → Consider build caching

Technology Selection

GitHub Actions vs Alternatives

Why GitHub Actions in 2024:

  • Native integration: No third-party setup
  • Free for public repos: 2000 minutes/month for private
  • Matrix builds: Test multiple versions in parallel
  • Marketplace: 10,000+ pre-built actions
  • OIDC support: Keyless cloud deployments

Timeline:

  • 2019: GitHub Actions released
  • 2020: Became standard for OSS projects
  • 2022: OIDC support for secure cloud auth
  • 2024: De facto CI/CD for GitHub repos

When to Use Alternatives

Scenario Use Why
Self-hosted GitLab GitLab CI Native integration
Complex enterprise workflows Jenkins More flexible
Bitbucket repos Bitbucket Pipelines Native integration
Extremely large repos (>10GB) BuildKite Better for monorepos

Common Anti-Patterns

Anti-Pattern 1: No Dependency Caching

Novice thinking: "Install dependencies fresh every time for consistency"

Problem: Wastes 2-5 minutes per build installing unchanged dependencies.

Read the full file on GitHub · 474 lines

Files

What ships with it

5 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 4d ago First seen · 474 lines · 79 tokens per session scan A 94d9746220af

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github-actions-pipeline-builder is a skill published in the GitHub repository curiositech/some_claude_skills (214 stars, last pushed 2d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 79 tokens to every session and 2,855 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-03.

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