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Gitlab Ci Validator

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akin-ozer·vlatest·devops·Apache-2.0

Validates GitLab CI configurations for common errors and best practices, ensuring smoother pipeline builds and reducing troubleshooting time.

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Install on your platform

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

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

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

akin-ozer

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 2 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 3 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: docs.docker.com, docs.gitlab.com, www.docker.com.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    nodejs.orgdocumentationgithub.comsource hostwww.docker.comundeclareddocs.docker.comundeclareddocs.gitlab.comundeclared

    What it found

    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/install_tools.sh:158contacts www.docker.com
      echo "  - macOS:   Install Docker Desktop from https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop"
    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/install_tools.sh:159contacts docs.docker.com
      echo "  - Linux:   Install Docker Engine from https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/"
    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/scripts/install_tools.sh:220contacts docs.gitlab.com
      echo "  - GitLab CI Docs: https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/"

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: failed

    Runs code fetched at install time in 1 place.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

    What it found

    • devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/docs/common-issues.md:649remote script piped into a shell
      - curl $EXTERNAL_URL | bash  # Dangerous

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned akin-ozer/cc-devops-skills at 276af751e6.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
276af751e6
Manifest
devops-skills-plugin/skills/gitlab-ci-validator/SKILL.md
Scanned
20 files, 9,294 lines
This is a static scan, not a review. It reads the skill's files; it does not run them, and it cannot tell you whether the skill is any good or whether the code does what its description says. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent.
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About this skill

What it does

The gitlab-ci-validator skill validates GitLab CI configuration files (.gitlab-ci.yml). It checks for syntax errors and common mistakes, ensuring your pipelines are configured correctly before execution. This helps prevent pipeline failures due to misconfigurations and improves overall DevOps efficiency.

When to use it

  • Pre-commit Checks: Integrate the validator into a pre-commit hook to catch errors early in the development lifecycle.
  • Pipeline Validation: Use it within your CI/CD pipelines to validate .gitlab-ci.yml files before running jobs.
  • Configuration Review: Quickly verify changes made to your GitLab CI configuration during code reviews.
  • Troubleshooting Pipeline Failures: Identify potential issues in your .gitlab-ci.yml file when experiencing unexpected pipeline failures.

Key capabilities

  • Validates .gitlab-ci.yml syntax.
  • Identifies common configuration errors.
  • Provides informative error messages.

Example prompts

  • "Validate this GitLab CI config: [paste .gitlab-ci.yml content]"
  • "Check my .gitlab-ci.yml for errors."
  • "Can you validate the following pipeline definition?"

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires access to the .gitlab-ci.yml file content, either through direct input or a URL. Ensure the AI agent has appropriate permissions if accessing files from a remote repository.