sf-devops-ci-cd

What problem does it solve?

Setting up reliable, secure CI/CD for Salesforce projects is complex and error-prone; this Skill consolidates patterns for GitHub Actions, non-interactive JWT authentication, scratch-org workflows, sandbox promotion, and deployment automation to reduce configuration friction and deployment failures.

Core Features & Use Cases

• GitHub Actions workflows: opinionated templates for PR validation, scratch-org testing, and production promotion that integrate with branch strategies.
• JWT non-interactive authentication: step-by-step guidance for creating a connected app, generating certificates and private keys, and storing base64-encoded secrets for CI environments.
• Scratch-org per-branch and promotion flow: workflows to create ephemeral scratch orgs for feature branches, run targeted tests, and safely promote changes through develop, staging, and main.
• Change-detection and targeted deploys: a bash helper to compute changed Salesforce metadata (with optional sfdx-git-delta) and deploy only affected components using validation and quick-deploy patterns.
• Operational guidance: test-level strategy, quick-deploy recommendations (use job-id, avoid --use-most-recent), and cleanup of temporary orgs.

Quick Start

Generate a GitHub Actions CI workflow that authenticates using JWT, validates changes in a scratch org or sandbox, and performs a controlled quick-deploy to production.