Research, experiments, and implementation notes filed under ci.
Repo-Local Skills Turn Agent Work Into Maintained Workflows
OpenAI's Agents SDK maintenance write-up shows how repo-local skills, AGENTS.md, and CI make recurring agent work repeatable.
GitHub Coverage Rulesets Are Now Scriptable
GitHub added REST API support for code coverage ruleset thresholds, making coverage gates easier to manage across repositories without clicking through settings screens.
GitHub Actions Cache Mode Makes CI Caches Less Trusting
GitHub Actions cache-mode is now generally available, giving workflows and jobs explicit read, write, write-only, or no-cache access so teams can reduce cache-poisoning risk.
VS Code Agent Merge Turns PR Cleanup Into An Agent Loop
VS Code 1.136 adds Agent Merge in preview, giving coding agents a narrower loop for review feedback, failing checks, stale branches, and merge conflicts.
Docker Sandboxes Put CI Agents Behind a Smaller Boundary
Docker's GitHub Agentic Workflows integration gives coding agents a microVM sandbox with a private Docker daemon, making CI automation more useful without handing it the whole runner.
Docker Sandboxes Make ESP32 Agent Workflows Less Risky
A practical look at reproducible ESP32 firmware builds, remote serial flashing, and safer AI-assisted hardware loops with Docker Sandboxes.