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CI Integration — Claude Code Opens Real PRs

An agent that can open pull requests unattended needs real guardrails before it needs anything else -- this is the section most likely to cause real harm if you rush it.

Hiring signal: Running Claude Code non-interactively in CI, with real safety boundaries, is exactly the pattern behind autonomous bug-fix and maintenance workflows teams are adopting right now -- and the safety design is the actual hard part.

What you will learn

Run Claude Code non-interactively (headless) in a CI environment
Design real safety boundaries: sandboxed branches, no direct push to main
Trigger a real CI-invoked fix and verify the resulting PR

Introduction

This is the lesson with real stakes: an agent that can open pull requests unattended. Get the guardrails right before anything else in this section, even if it means moving slower than the rest of the course.

What You're Building

A GitHub Actions workflow where Claude Code reads a real failing test, writes a fix, and opens a real pull request — on a sandboxed branch, never pushing directly to main, reviewed by you before merge.

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You've read the first 2 sections. The rest of this lesson covers Guardrails first, capability second, Headless invocation, Testing against a real, safe failure, What you're building today — plus a hands-on lab, quiz, and project artifact.

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