--- title: The end of push-wait-guess CI | daily.dev description: Depot CI introduces a local debugging loop that replaces the traditional push-wait-guess CI cycle. Key features include running workflows against uncommitted... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-push-wait-guess-ci-limipmn6h twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The end of push-wait-guess CI | daily.dev og:description: Depot CI introduces a local debugging loop that replaces the traditional push-wait-guess CI cycle. Key features include running workflows against uncommitted... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-end-of-push-wait-guess-ci-limipmn6h og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lIMIpMn6h.png og:image:alt: The end of push-wait-guess CI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The end of push-wait-guess CI **[Programming Digest](https://daily.dev/sources/programmingdigest)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Depot CI introduces a local debugging loop that replaces the traditional push-wait-guess CI cycle. Key features include running workflows against uncommitted local changes (no throwaway commits), scoping runs to specific jobs, SSHing into the runner mid-job to inspect actual machine state, and stopping execution after a specific step. The workflow is: run, check status, read logs, SSH in, fix locally, rerun. The post also covers delegating this loop to an AI agent via a /fix-ci command backed by a Depot CI skill, which can methodically run the same debugging loop without human fatigue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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