Docs: CI patterns for organic and external snaps
Metadata
Current evaluation
Triaged documentation gap: add vetted CI patterns for organic and external snap publishing, including automated version bumps, to the official Snapcraft docs.
Suggested action: keep open
Reason: The issue is marked Triaged/Documentation, and @sed-i reports encountering this gap every time and calls it a substantial obstacle to publishing. The current publish guide only shows a terminal `snapcraft upload --release=stable`; although comments provide two CI examples, no resolving implementation or incorporated CI guide was found.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
24
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
91
Actionability:
78
Issue body
### What needs to get done
An unscheduled document was provided to us: https://forum.snapcraft.io/t/ci-patterns-for-organic-and-external-snaps/41963
We should:
- Assess its accuracy and suitability.
- Incorporate it into the official docs where possible.
### Why it needs to get done
Public documentation contributions.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
24
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
91
Actionability:
78
|
keep open | Triaged documentation gap: add vetted CI patterns for organic and external snap publishing, including automated version bumps, to the official Snapcraft docs. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
17
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
80
Actionability:
70
|
keep open | Documentation task to assess and incorporate a community-contributed guide on CI patterns for organic and external snaps into official docs. Triaged, no resolution yet. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
27
Staleness:
55
Complexity:
40
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Documentation gap for CI patterns (organic and external snaps) identified from a forum contribution. Triaged by maintainer, Jira ticket SNAPCRAFT-1117 created April 2025. No evidence the docs have been added to the repo yet. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
10
|
keep open | Triaged documentation task to assess and incorporate community-provided CI patterns for snaps into official docs. Currently inactive for over a year but remains relevant and unresolved. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
75
Complexity:
20
Confidence:
75
Support Request:
5
|
keep open | Task to assess and incorporate community-provided CI patterns for organic and external snaps into official documentation. Currently triaged and acknowledged by maintainers, but inactive for over a year. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #6227 docs: small updates for latest pattern compliance | snapcraft | merged | Docs-only PR #6227 merged as commit 915e402dd: reorganised snapcraft.yaml explanation into an 'About snapcraft.yaml' doc, rewrote/trimmed examples (dropped yt-dlp, updated wethr to core26), flattened references, added 'About' prefixes to overlapping titles, and added how-to landing pages. |