--- title: Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With... description: Buildkite exposes CI/CD builds, logs, and retries through an API, letting a chat bot, script, or AI agent start builds, read logs, and retry failures without a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With Buildkite | daily.dev og:description: Buildkite exposes CI/CD builds, logs, and retries through an API, letting a chat bot, script, or AI agent start builds, read logs, and retry failures without a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hSZw73ZLX.png og:image:alt: Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With Buildkite 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. # Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With Buildkite **[API Evangelist](https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Buildkite exposes CI/CD builds, logs, and retries through an API, letting a chat bot, script, or AI agent start builds, read logs, and retry failures without a dashboard. The platform is hybrid: Buildkite runs the control panel while agents run on your machines or on machines Buildkite hosts. It has three products (Pipelines, Test Engine, Package Registries) and offers a REST API, GraphQL API, Agent API, webhooks, and an official MCP server for AI coding agents. APIs.io catalogs 9 workflows for Buildkite, including Build Failure Triage and Retry Failed Job, which finds a failed job, retries it, and watches the build to the end. Buildkite is paid, with self-serve signup, and is a hosted service you call. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How do I automatically retry a failed job in Buildkite using the API? Use the PUT /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/retry endpoint to retry a single failed job. A broader 'Retry Failed Job' workflow finds the failed job, retries it, and watches the build until it finishes, so you don't need to log into the dashboard to recover from a flaky test. _Teams automating flaky CI retries can track API-driven DevOps workflows like this on daily.dev._ ### Does Buildkite offer an MCP server for AI coding agents? Yes, Buildkite provides an official MCP server that makes its REST API, GraphQL API, and Agent API available to AI coding agents, alongside webhooks for event-driven automation. This lets an AI assistant start builds, read job logs, and retry failures directly. _Developers wiring CI/CD into AI agents can follow MCP server integrations like this on daily.dev._ ### What is the difference between a pipeline, a build, and a job in Buildkite? A pipeline is the set of steps your code goes through, a build is one run of that pipeline, and a job is one step inside a build. This structure underlies Buildkite's Continuous Integration Management capability and its API endpoints for listing pipelines, starting builds, and retrying individual jobs. _Engineers mapping out CI/CD concepts can keep up with platform-specific terminology like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Buildkite Adds Scoped Secrets and New Agentic CI Tools](https://daily.dev/posts/buildkite-adds-scoped-secrets-and-new-agentic-ci-tools-ntkp07yvy) · InfoQ · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GitHub Actions Is Slowly Killing Your Engineering Team](https://daily.dev/posts/github-actions-is-slowly-killing-your-engineering-team-l0ni7jj2k) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How AI Agents Can Work with TeamCity](https://daily.dev/posts/how-ai-agents-can-work-with-teamcity-wxxcjwoe9) · JetBrains · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Agentic CI with Buildkite: Three practical examples](https://daily.dev/posts/agentic-ci-with-buildkite-three-practical-examples-nrbkkpbuy) · Buildkite · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#cicd](https://daily.dev/tags/cicd), [#mcp](https://daily.dev/tags/mcp) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With Buildkite","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx"},"datePublished":"2026-10-28T22:28:31.573Z","dateModified":"2026-10-28T23:43:54.400Z","description":"Buildkite exposes CI/CD builds, logs, and retries through an API, letting a chat bot, script, or AI agent start builds, read logs, and retry failures without a...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6313585a17489a8302219dc1f076dd3f?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6313585a17489a8302219dc1f076dd3f?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"API Evangelist","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"API Evangelist","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a36244ae67bc4f41a605f780267ecb5f","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"devops,architecture,cicd,mcp","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"API Evangelist","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/apievangelist"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Trigger Builds And Retry Failed Jobs Automatically With Buildkite"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/trigger-builds-and-retry-failed-jobs-automatically-with-buildkite-hszw73zlx#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"How do I automatically retry a failed job in Buildkite using the API?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Use the PUT /organizations/{org}/pipelines/{pipeline}/builds/{number}/jobs/{job}/retry endpoint to retry a single failed job. 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