CircleCI · Schema

CircleCI Pipeline

A CircleCI pipeline represents a full CI/CD execution triggered by a code change, API call, or schedule. It contains one or more workflows that organize and run jobs.

CI/CDContinuous IntegrationContinuous DeploymentDevOpsPipelinesWorkflows

Properties

Name Type Description
id string The unique identifier of the pipeline
errors array Errors that occurred during pipeline setup
project_slug string The project slug in vcs-slug/org-name/repo-name format
updated_at string When the pipeline was last updated
number integer The monotonically increasing pipeline number
state string The current state of the pipeline
created_at string When the pipeline was created
trigger object
trigger_parameters object Parameters passed when triggering the pipeline
vcs object
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JSON Schema

circleci-pipeline-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://circleci.com/schemas/circleci/pipeline.json",
  "title": "CircleCI Pipeline",
  "description": "A CircleCI pipeline represents a full CI/CD execution triggered by a code change, API call, or schedule. It contains one or more workflows that organize and run jobs.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "state", "number", "created_at"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uuid",
      "description": "The unique identifier of the pipeline"
    },
    "errors": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "$ref": "#/$defs/PipelineError"
      },
      "description": "Errors that occurred during pipeline setup"
    },
    "project_slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The project slug in vcs-slug/org-name/repo-name format",
      "pattern": "^(gh|github|bb|bitbucket)/[^/]+/[^/]+$"
    },
    "updated_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "When the pipeline was last updated"
    },
    "number": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "The monotonically increasing pipeline number"
    },
    "state": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": ["created", "errored", "setup-pending", "setup", "pending"],
      "description": "The current state of the pipeline"
    },
    "created_at": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "When the pipeline was created"
    },
    "trigger": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/Trigger"
    },
    "trigger_parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "additionalProperties": true,
      "description": "Parameters passed when triggering the pipeline"
    },
    "vcs": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/VCSInfo"
    }
  },
  "$defs": {
    "PipelineError": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["config", "config-fetch", "timeout", "permission", "other"],
          "description": "The type of error that occurred"
        },
        "message": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "A human-readable error message"
        }
      },
      "required": ["type", "message"]
    },
    "Trigger": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Information about what triggered the pipeline",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["webhook", "explicit", "api", "schedule"],
          "description": "The type of trigger that started this pipeline"
        },
        "received_at": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "date-time",
          "description": "When the trigger was received"
        },
        "actor": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Actor"
        }
      }
    },
    "Actor": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "The user or system that triggered the pipeline",
      "properties": {
        "login": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The login name of the actor"
        },
        "avatar_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "The URL of the actor's avatar"
        }
      }
    },
    "VCSInfo": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Version control system information associated with the pipeline",
      "properties": {
        "provider_name": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": ["github", "bitbucket"],
          "description": "The VCS provider name"
        },
        "origin_repository_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "The URL of the origin repository"
        },
        "target_repository_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "format": "uri",
          "description": "The URL of the target repository"
        },
        "revision": {
          "type": "string",
          "pattern": "^[0-9a-f]{40}$",
          "description": "The full SHA-1 commit hash"
        },
        "branch": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The branch name"
        },
        "tag": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The tag name, if applicable"
        },
        "commit": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Commit"
        }
      }
    },
    "Commit": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Commit information associated with the pipeline",
      "properties": {
        "subject": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The commit message subject line"
        },
        "body": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The commit message body"
        },
        "author": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The commit author name"
            },
            "email": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "email",
              "description": "The commit author email"
            }
          },
          "description": "The commit author"
        },
        "committer": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "name": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "The committer name"
            },
            "email": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "email",
              "description": "The committer email"
            }
          },
          "description": "The committer"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}