Circleci

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npx -y skills add G1Joshi/Agent-Skills --skill circleci

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CircleCI cloud CI/CD platform. Use for continuous integration.

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CircleCI

CircleCI is a cloud-native CI/CD platform focused on speed and parallelism. In 2025, Dynamic Config and Orbs are the key drivers of efficiency.

When to Use

Speed: Best-in-class caching, test splitting, and parallelism.
Complexity: Dynamic Configuration allows pipelines to change structure based on changed files (Monorepo support).
Compliance: FedRAMP / SOC2 compliance is strong.

Quick Start

# .circleci/config.yml
version: 2.1
orbs:
  node: circleci/[email protected]
jobs:
  build:
    executor: node/default
    steps:
      - checkout
      - node/install-packages:
          pkg-manager: npm
      - run: npm run test

workflows:
  build-and-test:
    jobs:
      - build

Core Concepts

Orbs

Shareable packages of config. circleci/[email protected] encapsulates 500 lines of bash into one line of YAML.

Test Splitting

Intelligently divides test files across N parallel nodes to reduce build time from 30m to 3m.

Dynamic Config (2025)

A setup workflow generates the real workflow. Allows logic like "If only /backend changed, don't run frontend tests".

Best Practices (2025)

Do:

Use Dynamic Config: Essential for monorepos to save credits.
Use Contexts: Securely share secrets across projects (e.g., AWS_CREDS).
Use docker executor: It is faster than machine executor for most tasks.

Don't:

Don't reinvent the wheel: Check the Orb Registry before writing custom commands.

References

CircleCI Documentation