chunk-sidecar
OfficialValidate changes on a remote sidecar
Software Engineering#circleci#chunk#sidecar#CI validation#remote testing#environment snapshot#smarter testing
AuthorCircleCI-Public
Version1.0.0
Installs0
System Documentation
What problem does it solve?
It prevents CI churn by running your build, test, and validate steps in an isolated remote chunk sidecar before your changes reach your pipeline.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Sync → Validate inner loop: Mirrors your local working tree to the sidecar and runs
chunk validatewith per-command routing so remote-only checks execute remotely. - One-time sidecar setup + snapshotting: Creates a configured sidecar environment, verifies it, snapshots it, then boots fast from the snapshot for future iterations.
- Smarter Testing scaffolding: Generates
.circleci/test-suites.ymlsuitable for CircleCI Smarter Testing, enabling shardable test execution driven by atoms and junit output.
Quick Start
Ask your AI agent to validate on the sidecar and run the tight loop by telling it to “sync to the sidecar and validate remotely”.
Dependency Matrix
Required Modules
None requiredComponents
Standard package💻 Claude Code Installation
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Please help me install this Skill: Name: chunk-sidecar Download link: https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/chunk-cli/archive/main.zip#chunk-sidecar Please download this .zip file, extract it, and install it in the .claude/skills/ directory.
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