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CI recipes

The Roboticks GitHub App is the canonical CI integration. For everything else there is rbtk — a single Go binary you call from any CI system.
CI systemMechanism
GitHub ActionsGitHub App (Check Runs) — zero YAML needed; optional upload-action for richer artifact paths
Jenkinsrbtk CLI inside a freestyle or pipeline stage
CircleCIrbtk CLI inside an orb job
BuildKiterbtk CLI inside a pipeline step
GitLab CIrbtk CLI inside a .gitlab-ci.yml job (GitLab App planned post-MVP)

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GitHub Actions

The GitHub App handles webhooks, Check Runs, and result upload automatically. If you want to also run your tests in Actions (because you already do, and you don’t want to move them), use the optional upload-action: 
# .github/workflows/ros2-tests.yml
name: ROS2 tests
on: [pull_request]

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    container: ros:humble
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install SDK
        run: pip install 'roboticks[mcap]' pytest-cov

      - name: Run pytest
        run: |
          pytest --cov=src --cov-report=xml:coverage.xml \
                 --junit-xml=test_results/junit.xml \
                 tests/

      - name: Upload to Roboticks
        uses: roboticks-io/upload-action@v1
        if: always()
        with:
          junit: 'test_results/**/*.xml'
          coverage: 'coverage.xml'
The action posts results to the Roboticks platform; the GitHub App writes them back as the Check Run. You can skip the action and let the App’s own runner execute the suite — see Self-hosted runners for the routing-label pattern that keeps the suite on your hardware.

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Jenkins

// Jenkinsfile
pipeline {
  agent any
  stages {
    stage('test') {
      steps {
        sh '''
          pip install 'roboticks[mcap]' pytest-cov
          pytest --cov=src --cov-report=xml:coverage.xml \
                 --junit-xml=test_results/junit.xml \
                 tests/
        '''
      }
    }
    stage('upload') {
      environment {
        ROBOTICKS_TOKEN = credentials('roboticks-token')
      }
      steps {
        sh '''
          rbtk test results upload \
            --junit 'test_results/**/*.xml' \
            --coverage coverage.xml \
            --commit "$GIT_COMMIT" \
            --branch "$BRANCH_NAME"
        '''
      }
    }
  }
}
The ROBOTICKS_TOKEN is a project-scoped API token created at Settings → API tokens in the dashboard.

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CircleCI

# .circleci/config.yml
version: 2.1
jobs:
  test:
    docker:
      - image: ros:humble
    steps:
      - checkout
      - run:
          name: Install
          command: pip install 'roboticks[mcap]' pytest-cov
      - run:
          name: Test
          command: |
            pytest --cov=src --cov-report=xml:coverage.xml \
                   --junit-xml=test_results/junit.xml tests/
      - run:
          name: Upload
          command: |
            curl -L https://github.com/roboticks-io/rbtk/releases/latest/download/rbtk-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/rbtk
            chmod +x /usr/local/bin/rbtk
            rbtk test results upload \
              --junit 'test_results/**/*.xml' \
              --coverage coverage.xml \
              --commit "$CIRCLE_SHA1" \
              --branch "$CIRCLE_BRANCH"
          environment:
            ROBOTICKS_TOKEN: $ROBOTICKS_TOKEN

workflows:
  pr:
    jobs:
      - test

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BuildKite

# .buildkite/pipeline.yml
steps:
  - label: "Test"
    command: |
      pip install 'roboticks[mcap]' pytest-cov
      pytest --cov=src --cov-report=xml:coverage.xml \
             --junit-xml=test_results/junit.xml tests/
      rbtk test results upload \
        --junit 'test_results/**/*.xml' \
        --coverage coverage.xml \
        --commit "$BUILDKITE_COMMIT" \
        --branch "$BUILDKITE_BRANCH"
    plugins:
      - docker#v5.10.0:
          image: "ros:humble"
          environment:
            - ROBOTICKS_TOKEN

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The CLI-in-CI pattern

For any system not listed: install rbtk, run your tests, upload. 
# Install (or cache)
curl -L https://github.com/roboticks-io/rbtk/releases/latest/download/rbtk-linux-amd64 -o rbtk
chmod +x rbtk

# Run your tests as usual
pytest --junit-xml=test_results/junit.xml ...

# Upload
./rbtk test results upload \
  --junit 'test_results/**/*.xml' \
  --coverage coverage.xml \
  --commit "$CI_COMMIT_SHA" \
  --branch "$CI_BRANCH"
The --commit and --branch flags are required so the platform can join the upload to the right traceability node. The platform does not infer them from git context — your CI may have detached HEADs, custom merge refs, or arbitrary checkout depths.

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Auth in CI

rbtk reads ROBOTICKS_TOKEN from the environment in CI mode. Create the token at: 
app.roboticks.io → Settings → API tokens → New (scope: project)
Tokens are project-scoped and revocable. Rotate per the schedule your security policy demands; the platform records every upload’s token ID so revocation is forensically clean.

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What you don’t need

  • A YAML schema for the Roboticks suite. Tests are discovered via pytest / colcon, not enumerated in CI YAML.
  • A custom runner per CI system. rbtk is the same binary everywhere.
  • A separate “report results” step beyond test results upload. JUnit + coverage is the entire payload.

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Next

GitHub App

The zero-YAML path. Strongly recommended over Actions+CLI.

CLI: test commands

Full rbtk surface.

Coverage

How to produce the coverage files referenced above.

Wire contract

What the upload command actually sends.