---
title: "What is a CI/CD pipeline?"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline---yssxc5pm
source_url: https://circleci.com/blog/what-is-a-ci-cd-pipeline/
type: article
source: "CircleCI"
published: 2021-12-09T15:46:14.643Z
updated: 2026-03-15T03:14:54.168Z
tags: ["cicd", "general-programming", "testing"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 16
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# What is a CI/CD pipeline?

**[CircleCI](https://daily.dev/sources/circle)** · 4 min read · 16 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A CI/CD pipeline is the full set of processes that run when you trigger work on your projects. Pipelines encompass your workflows, which coordinate your jobs, and this is all defined in your project configuration file. Modern software delivery pipelines can build, test, and deploy applications based on your business needs.

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