/dx-devops-pipeline-manage

name: dx-devops-pipeline-manage
description: "Use this skill to manage the full lifecycle of a DevOps Center pipeline — list all pipelines, get a single pipeline's details, create a new pipeline linked to a Git repository, add or remove stages, rename a stage, add or remove Salesforce environments on stages, attach or detach projects, and activate or deactivate the pipeline. Invoke when the user wants to set up a release pipeline, wire promotion stages across integration, UAT, staging, and production orgs, connect environments to stages, attach a project, or activate a continuous delivery pipeline. Uses sf devops pipeline and sf devops stage commands with --json output. DO NOT TRIGGER for work-item lifecycle, promotion or deployment execution, conflict detection, or standalone project creation (separate skills)."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Developer Experience"]
  minApiVersion: "58.0"
  relatedSkills:
    - "dx-devops-work-item-manage"
  accessCheck:
    - type: "orgPref"
      value: "ALMDevopsCorePref"
    - type: "userPerm"
      value: "UserHasDevOpsCore"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6"
    - tool: ["sf"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"

DevOps Center Pipeline Management

Manages the complete pipeline lifecycle in DevOps Center — from creation against a repository, through stage and environment configuration and project attachment, to activation of a ready-to-promote release pipeline. Provides headless CLI-driven operations for autonomous release workflows.

Scope

• **In scope**: List pipelines, get pipeline details, create a pipeline (linked to an existing or new Git repo), add/delete/rename stages, add/delete Salesforce environments on stages, attach/detach projects, and activate/deactivate/rename the pipeline
• **Out of scope**: Work-item lifecycle, promotion/deployment execution, conflict detection, standalone project creation (separate skills)

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Required Inputs

Gather or infer before proceeding:

• **Operation type**: list, get, create, add-stage, delete-stage, rename-stage, add-environment, delete-environment, attach-project, detach-project, activate, or deactivate
• **For get / any stage or environment op**: pipeline ID (required) — obtain via `sf devops pipeline list --json`
• **For create**: pipeline name (required) and a Git repo (`--repo`, required). Repo flags differ by scenario:
• **Existing repo (GitHub or Bitbucket)**: only `--repo <url>` — do **not** pass `--repo-type`/`--create-repo`
• **New GitHub repo**: `--repo <name> --create-repo --repo-type github --repo-owner <org-or-user>`
• **New Bitbucket repo**: `--repo <name> --create-repo --repo-type bitbucket --bitbucket-workspace <workspace>` (`--bitbucket-project-key <key>` optional)
• Description (`--description`) optional in all cases
• **For add-stage**: pipeline ID, new stage name, and `--next-stage-id` (the stage the new one precedes) — get stage IDs via `sf devops pipeline get`
• **For add-environment**: pipeline ID, stage ID, environment name, and `--org-type` (Production or Sandbox)
• **For attach/detach-project**: pipeline ID and project ID
• **For activate/deactivate/rename**: pipeline ID

Defaults unless specified:

• Output format: `--json` for headless consumption
• Target org: use `--target-org <alias>` if not relying on the default org

If the user gives a clear request ("create a pipeline on repo myorg/myrepo", "add a UAT stage before Production", "activate pipeline 0XB..."), proceed immediately without unnecessary questions.

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Workflow

All operations use `sf devops pipeline` and `sf devops stage` CLI commands with `--json` output for structured consumption. Pipeline IDs and stage IDs are the primary identifiers — resolve them via `list` and `get` before mutating.

Phase 1 — Identify Operation

1. **Determine the operation type** from user intent:

• "list", "show all pipelines" → list; "details of pipeline", "show stages" → get
• "create", "set up", "new pipeline" → create
• "add stage", "insert stage" → add-stage; "rename stage" → rename-stage; "remove/delete stage" → delete-stage
• "connect environment", "add org to stage" → add-environment; "remove environment" → delete-environment
• "attach project", "connect project" → attach-project; "detach project" → detach-project
• "activate", "turn on"; "deactivate", "turn off"; "rename pipeline" → lifecycle update

Phase 2 — Execute Operation

2. **Verify org authentication** before any operation:

   sf org display --json

• If no default org is set or auth has expired, instruct the user to run `sf org login web --set-default --alias <alias>`
• Confirm the org has DevOps Center enabled by running `sf devops pipeline list --json`
• Add `--target-org <alias>` to every command when targeting a specific org

3. **Inspect pipelines**:

   sf devops pipeline list --json                              # all pipelines in the org
   sf devops pipeline get --pipeline-id <pipeline-id> --json   # one pipeline, with stages/repos/projects

• `list` returns SObject records under `.result.pipelines[]` with capitalized fields (`.Id`, `.Name`, `.IsActive`) — it does **not** include stages or connected projects
• `get` returns a single pipeline under `.result` with camelCase fields (`.id`, `.name`, `.stages[]`, `.connectedProjects[]`); each stage has `.id`, `.name`, `.nextStageId`, `.branchName`, and `.environment.{id,name}`. **Stages are a linked list** — order is defined by `nextStageId`, and the terminal stage has `nextStageId: null`. Use `get` to discover **stage IDs** before any stage or environment operation

4. **Create a pipeline** — the pipeline must be linked to a Git repository. `--name` and `--repo` are always required; the remaining flags depend on the repo scenario:

   # Existing repo (GitHub or Bitbucket) — pass the full repo URL, nothing else
   sf devops pipeline create --name "<pipeline-name>" --repo <repo-url> --