Pattern Proposal: CI Workflow Validation Gates

Summary

validate_workflows.py encodes a series of workflow-quality checks as independent functions, including YAML syntax, zero hardcoding, pinned installers, and composite-action adoption.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: ci-workflow-validation-gates
• Classification: architectural
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• specs/090-simplify-cicd-workflows/validate_workflows.py
• specs/090-simplify-cicd-workflows/validate_workflows.py

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: high
• Confidence: high
• Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas

Rationale

• Intent: Enforce structural CI rules via small, reusable validation checks rather than relying on manual review alone.
• Context: A repository with multiple GitHub Actions workflows and a dedicated CI-simplification spec.
• Force: CI pipelines in agent-heavy repos easily accumulate duplication
• Force: Workflow hygiene needs automated enforcement
• Force: Checks are easier to maintain as small functions than one giant linter

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns