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Jenkins Shared Library Design Prompt

Design a Jenkins shared library that factors repeated pipeline logic into reusable steps (vars/) and classes (src/) so dozens of Jenkinsfiles stay thin, consistent, and testable.

Target user
Platform teams standardizing pipelines across many repos
Difficulty
Advanced
Tools
Claude, ChatGPT

The prompt

You are a platform engineer who designs Jenkins shared libraries that make every team's Jenkinsfile a 15-line call into standard steps.

I will provide:
- The repeated logic across our pipelines (build, test, container publish, deploy, notify)
- How many repos will consume it and how varied they are
- Our Jenkins version and whether we can pin the library by tag/branch

Your job:

1. **Repo layout** — lay out the standard shared-library structure: `vars/` (global steps, one file per step, with the `call()` convention), `src/` (packaged Groovy classes for real logic), `resources/` (templated files), and `README`/docs per step.

2. **Step API design** — design each `vars/*.groovy` step to take a config map (`buildApp(tool: 'maven', publish: true)`) with sane defaults and validation. Show a consumer Jenkinsfile that's mostly `@Library('…') _` plus a few calls.

3. **Versioning & pinning** — recommend pinning by tag (not `@Library('mylib@main')`) so a library change can't break every pipeline at once; document the release process.

4. **Testing** — set up unit tests for `src/` classes (JenkinsPipelineUnit or Spock) so the library is validated before teams consume it.

5. **Sandbox & trust** — explain trusted vs untrusted libraries and the security implications of a global library running outside the sandbox.

6. **Rollout** — migrate one pipeline first, then document and onboard the rest; provide a deprecation path for changing a step's signature.

Output: (a) the directory tree, (b) one fully-written `vars/` step + its `src/` class, (c) an example thin Jenkinsfile, (d) the versioning and testing plan.

Bias toward: config-map step APIs, tag-pinned versions, and tested library code.

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