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The CI/CD workflow from pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server.github/workflows/ci.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the CI/CD workflow from the pab1it0/prometheus-mcp-server repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

workflow (.yml)
name: CI/CD

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
    tags:
      - 'v*'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

env:
  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}

jobs:
  ci:
    name: CI
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 10
    permissions:
      contents: read

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Set up Python 3.12
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.12"

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
        with:
          enable-cache: true

      - name: Create virtual environment
        run: uv venv

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          source .venv/bin/activate
          uv pip install -e ".[dev]"

      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: |
          source .venv/bin/activate
          pytest --cov --junitxml=junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy --cov-report=xml --cov-fail-under=80

      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
        with:
          file: ./coverage.xml
          fail_ci_if_error: false

      - name: Upload test results to Codecov
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
        with:
          file: ./junit.xml
          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

      - name: Build Python distribution
        run: |
          python3 -m pip install build --user
          python3 -m build

      - name: Store the distribution packages
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: python-package-distributions
          path: dist/

  deploy:
    name: Deploy
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.event_name == 'push'
    needs: ci
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 15
    environment:
      name: pypi
      url: https://pypi.org/p/prometheus_mcp_server
    permissions:
      contents: write  # Required for creating GitHub releases
      id-token: write  # Required for PyPI publishing and MCP registry OIDC authentication
      packages: write  # Required for pushing Docker images

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Download all the dists
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: python-package-distributions
          path: dist/

      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1

      - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
        uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v3.0.0
        with:
          inputs: >-
            ./dist/*.tar.gz
            ./dist/*.whl

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: >-
          gh release create
          "$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
          --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
          --generate-notes

      - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: >-
          gh release upload
          "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" dist/**
          --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"

      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3

      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3

      - name: Log in to the Container registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
        with:
          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
          tags: |
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
            type=raw,value=latest

      - name: Build and push Docker image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          cache-from: type=gha
          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max

      - name: Install MCP Publisher
        run: |
          curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/latest/download/mcp-publisher_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher

      - name: Login to MCP Registry
        run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc

      - name: Publish to MCP Registry
        run: ./mcp-publisher publish

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name: CI/CD
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
    tags:
      - 'v*'
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]
 
env:
  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  ci:
    name: CI
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 10
    permissions:
      contents: read
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Set up Python 3.12
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          cache: 'pip'
          python-version: "3.12"
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
        with:
          enable-cache: true
 
      - name: Create virtual environment
        run: uv venv
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: |
          source .venv/bin/activate
          uv pip install -e ".[dev]"
 
      - name: Run tests with coverage
        run: |
          source .venv/bin/activate
          pytest --cov --junitxml=junit.xml -o junit_family=legacy --cov-report=xml --cov-fail-under=80
 
      - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
        with:
          file: ./coverage.xml
          fail_ci_if_error: false
 
      - name: Upload test results to Codecov
        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
        with:
          file: ./junit.xml
          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Build Python distribution
        run: |
          python3 -m pip install build --user
          python3 -m build
 
      - name: Store the distribution packages
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: python-package-distributions
          path: dist/
 
  deploy:
    name: Deploy
    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v') && github.event_name == 'push'
    needs: ci
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    timeout-minutes: 15
    environment:
      name: pypi
      url: https://pypi.org/p/prometheus_mcp_server
    permissions:
      contents: write  # Required for creating GitHub releases
      id-token: write  # Required for PyPI publishing and MCP registry OIDC authentication
      packages: write  # Required for pushing Docker images
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Download all the dists
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: python-package-distributions
          path: dist/
 
      - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
      - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
        uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v3.0.0
        with:
          inputs: >-
            ./dist/*.tar.gz
            ./dist/*.whl
 
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: >-
          gh release create
          "$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
          --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
          --generate-notes
 
      - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: >-
          gh release upload
          "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" dist/**
          --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"
 
      - name: Set up QEMU
        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
 
      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
      - name: Log in to the Container registry
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
        with:
          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
          tags: |
            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
            type=raw,value=latest
 
      - name: Build and push Docker image
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
          cache-from: type=gha
          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
 
      - name: Install MCP Publisher
        run: |
          curl -L "https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/registry/releases/latest/download/mcp-publisher_$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')_$(uname -m | sed 's/x86_64/amd64/;s/aarch64/arm64/').tar.gz" | tar xz mcp-publisher
 
      - name: Login to MCP Registry
        run: ./mcp-publisher login github-oidc
 
      - name: Publish to MCP Registry
        run: ./mcp-publisher publish

What changed

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What Latchkey heals here

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This workflow runs 2 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow