github-actions

Cross-platform CI/CD workflows automate builds across operating systems using platform-specific compilers and generators. This Skill provides ready-to-use workflow templates (ci-windows.yml, ci-linux.yml, ci-macos.yml) that configure MSVC, GCC, and Clang toolchains, handle vcpkg dependencies, and manage build matrices—eliminating manual per-platform setup and ensuring consistent output.

Yes. GitHub Actions workflows can integrate vcpkg dependency management and Ninja build generation across platforms. This Skill standardizes that integration by providing matrix configurations that pair each platform with its optimal compiler and generator, caching vcpkg artifacts, and handling timeouts and submodule checkout automatically.

Build matrices in GitHub Actions run parallel jobs for each platform-compiler combination, reducing total time. Caching vcpkg packages and build artifacts between runs avoids reinstalling dependencies. This Skill applies cache strategies and matrix syntax to Debug and Release configurations, cutting redundant compilation and dependency resolution.

GitHub Actions failures often stem from platform-specific toolchain issues, timeout limits, or missing submodules. This Skill includes workflow debugging guidance, timeout controls, robust error handling, and artifact publishing for release builds—surfacing logs and binaries so you identify whether failures are compiler, dependency, or configuration issues.

Yes. GitHub Actions can build, test, and publish release artifacts after successful matrix builds. This Skill includes artifact publishing patterns for release builds, ensuring binaries generated across Windows, Linux, and macOS are collected and made available without manual intervention.

Submodules must be explicitly checked out during workflow runs; standard checkout does not fetch them by default. This Skill includes submodule checkout configuration in its workflow templates, ensuring dependencies tracked as submodules are pulled and built correctly across all platforms.