Tomas Fernandez, Author at Semaphore

Posts by Tomas Fernandez

Announcing ARM Machines on Semaphore

ARM-based machines on Semaphore are now generally available. Build, test, and deploy natively on ARM for faster, more reliable CI/CD pipelines.

Tomas Fernandez

New Features for Semaphore MCP Server

Explore Semaphore’s latest MCP server updates, including automatic project initialization, AI-optimized test summaries, and new pipeline rebuild capabilities that bring AI-assisted CI/CD closer than ever.

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Self-healing CI with GitHub Copilot and Semaphore

Learn how to integrate Semaphore with GitHub Copilot Agents to automatically diagnose CI failures, generate fixes, and create self-healing pipelines.

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AI-Driven CI: Exploring Self-healing Pipelines

Learn how to build self-healing CI pipelines with Semaphore using AI agents that automatically diagnose failures, apply fixes, and open pull requests.

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AI-Driven Development: Introducing Semaphore’s MCP Server

Semaphore’s MCP Server lets AI agents and IDEs access rich CI/CD context to explain failures, summarize pipelines, and suggest fixes.

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Let’s Build an MCP Server

Learn how to build a simple MCP Server with Python. This guide covers everything you need to bring AI-powered automation to your CI/CD.

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What is MCP Really?

Touted as the “USB-C for AI”, MCP connects LLMs and AIs to external tools using a simple, open standard built on JSON-RPC.

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DIY AI Code Review

Build your own AI code review tool in CI with a few lines of Bash and an API key. No expensive tools required and you are in full control.

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Announcing Semaphore v1.5 Release – Service Accounts, Dynamic Pipelines, and Git Tags

Discover what’s new in Semaphore v1.5: Service Accounts, dynamic pipelines, and Git tag–based CI workflows. Build smarter with improved GitOps support.

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Job Matrix: Feature Showcase

Learn how to use job matrices to test across multiple runtimes, databases, and environments with clean, parallel CI/CD pipelines.

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Feature Showcase: Fan-Out Fan-In

Fan-Out Fan-In is a CI pattern that speeds up pipelines by building once, testing in parallel, and releasing with confidence.

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Pipelines Explained: 3 Principles for CI/CD

CI/CD is more than tools. It's a philosophy for building faster and with confidence. Three principles for fewer bugs and happier teams.

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GPT-OSS: Specs, Setup, and Self-Hosting Guide

OpenAI’s GPT-OSS 20B & 120B are here. See specs, features, and how to run these open-source LLMs locally or self-host in the cloud.

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Cloud vs Hybrid: A Guide to Choosing Semaphore Editions

Compare Semaphore Cloud vs Hybrid CI/CD. Learn about cost trade-offs, hidden expenses, and when self-hosting really makes sense.

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Automated Testing: From Mainframes to ChatGPT

A brief history of automated testing, from manual testing and unit test frameworks to CI/CD to and AI-powered testing.

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