I launched 3 small products to make CI debugging less chaotic

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If you work with GitHub Actions long enough, you start seeing the same pattern:

A workflow fails.
Someone opens the logs.
A few guesses get tested.
The job gets rerun.
Eventually it goes green.
And almost nobody writes down the real root cause clearly.

That means teams lose time twice:

when the workflow breaks
when the same class of failure comes back later

So I made 3 small products to make CI debugging more structured.

1) GitHub Actions Triage Checklist

This is a practical checklist for diagnosing failed GitHub Actions runs faster.

It walks through common failure categories like:

triggers
branch and path filters
permissions
secrets and tokens
dependency issues
cache problems
runner issues
action version changes
concurrency conflicts

The goal is simple: stop guessing and work through the likely causes in a repeatable order.

Link:
GitHub Actions Triage Checklist

2) CI Debugging Template

This is a lightweight template for documenting CI failures properly.

It helps you:

capture what failed
record the exact error
test hypotheses
confirm root cause
document the fix
note prevention steps

It's meant to be simple enough to use during a real incident, but structured enough to make the debugging session actually useful afterward.

Link:
CI Debugging Template

3) CI Failure Recovery Pack

This bundle combines both products.

The idea is straightforward:

use the checklist to find the issue faster
use the template to document the fix and reduce repeat failures

If you're regularly dealing with broken workflows, the bundle is probably the best buy.

Link:
CI Failure Recovery Pack

Pricing

GitHub Actions Triage Checklist — $7
CI Debugging Template — $9
CI Failure Recovery Pack — $12

Who they're for

developers using GitHub Actions
DevOps and platform engineers
freelancers and consultants managing repos
small teams without a formal CI troubleshooting process

They're not meant to be flashy. They're meant to be useful.

Why I made them

A lot of CI debugging pain isn't some deep technical mystery.

It's often just:

noisy logs
no structured triage process
poor documentation after the fact
repeated failures no one captured properly

I wanted a simple way to make that workflow cleaner.

If you've built or bought similar developer products, I'd love feedback on the positioning, packaging, or what would make these more useful in practice.

If broken CI workflows are eating your time, these should help:
CI Failure Recovery Pack