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agent

The Buildkite Agent is an open-source toolkit written in Go for securely running build jobs on any device or network

Stars

998

Skill Type

🚀 CI/CD & Deployment

Quality Score

112/200

License

MIT

Forks

356

Last Updated

Jun 11, 2026

Discovered

Mar 25, 2026

Validation

Passed

github.com/buildkite/agent

Quality Breakdown

112/ 200

Content Signals

○Gotchas/Edge Cases+40

✓Progressive Disclosure+30

○Trigger Description+20

○Verification/Safety+20

✓Code Examples+15

✓Composability+15

Repo Health

✓Recent Activity+15

✓Scripts/Automation+10

✓Real Usage (Issues)+10

✓Single Responsibility+10

✓Config/Persistence+10

✓Install Instructions+5

Multi-platform bonus: +5 pts if tool supports 2+ platforms. Score derived from 12 structural signals — not stars or popularity.

medium

Requires extended permissions (shell access, subagents). Review before use.

Active

Updated within the last 90 days. Actively maintained.

Unverified skill. Always review source code before installing any skill from an unknown author.

Repository contains multiple bash scripts (.buildkite/steps/*.sh) that execute system commands, including build, package, and release automation
Build pipeline files (.buildkite/*.yml) define orchestrated multi-step CI/CD workflows that could execute arbitrary commands
Scripts perform package building and publishing (Debian, RPM, Docker, Homebrew) with potential for system-level modifications
Installation and bootstrap automation present (.buildkite/steps/build-*.sh, bootstrap command in agent)
Release and deployment scripts (.buildkite/steps/publish-*.sh, github-release.sh) modify external systems and repositories
Agent is designed to execute untrusted build jobs from Buildkite API (core functionality, not inherently malicious but high capability)