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GitLab Status Bot

Webhook-driven bot that monitors GitLab CI/CD pipelines and posts status updates to team chat. Pipeline failures surface immediately instead of sitting unnoticed in GitLab. Parses webhook payloads to extract meaningful failure context.

Shipped: TBD
TypeScriptDockerGitLab API

Retrospective

The Good

Pipeline failures surface immediately in the team chat instead of sitting in GitLab unnoticed. The webhook-based approach means near-instant notifications.

The Bad

GitLab's webhook payload format is inconsistent across event types. Every new event type we handle needs its own parser.

The Ugly

The bot was built for one specific GitLab instance's workflow. Self-hosted GitLab versions have slightly different API responses. It works on ours, your mileage may vary.

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