Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) is a set of practices where code changes are automatically built, tested, and prepared for release. CI ensures that every commit is validated against the test suite. CD automates the deployment pipeline so validated changes can reach production quickly.
AI coding agents are changing CI/CD in two ways. First, agents can generate code that is CI-ready from the start, including tests and configuration. Second, CI/CD pipelines are becoming a feedback mechanism for agents, where test failures are fed back to the agent for automatic correction.
Teams running agents in production often tighten their CI/CD requirements, requiring higher test coverage thresholds for agent-generated code than for human-written code.