# Automate the CI/CD pipeline with GitLab CI

> Automate the CI/CD pipeline: test, build, publish and release as GitLab CI in the repository, instead of redrawing it for every project.

> Source: https://www.application-platform.com/en/solutions/ci-cd-automatisierung/

Automating CI/CD is not buying a dashboard of green ticks. It means test, build and release exist as a file in the repo before the team argues whose laptop is currently green.