CI/CD Integration

May 18, 2026 - 3 minutes read - 508 words

CI/CD Integration

SPECTRA’s CLI-first design makes it a natural fit in automated pipelines. This page covers integration patterns for GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and Jenkins.

General Principles

Inject ANTHROPIC_API_KEY as a repository secret — never hard-code credentials in pipeline YAML
Use --format json for machine-readable output and pipe to ticket creation or SIEM ingest
Use --format both to preserve a human-readable artifact for security team review
Run SPECTRA after your scanner step, not before — it consumes scanner output, not raw code

GitHub Actions

Trivy + SPECTRA in a PR check

# .github/workflows/security-scan.yml
name: Security Scan

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, develop]

jobs:
  spectra-analysis:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Run Trivy container scan
        uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@master
        with:
          image-ref: ${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.sha }}
          format: json
          output: trivy.json
          exit-code: 0

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: "3.11"

      - name: Install SPECTRA
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/d0uble3L/spectra /tmp/spectra
          pip install -e /tmp/spectra          

      - name: Run SPECTRA analysis
        env:
          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          spectra analyze trivy.json --format both --output reports/pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}          

      - name: Upload SPECTRA report
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: spectra-report-pr-${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
          path: reports/
          retention-days: 30

Semgrep + SPECTRA on push

# .github/workflows/sast.yml
name: SAST

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  sast:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Run Semgrep
        run: |
          pip install semgrep
          semgrep --config=auto --json > semgrep.json          

      - name: Install SPECTRA
        run: |
          git clone https://github.com/d0uble3L/spectra /tmp/spectra
          pip install -e /tmp/spectra          

      - name: Run SPECTRA analysis
        env:
          ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          cat semgrep.json | spectra analyze --scanner semgrep --format both --output reports/sast-${{ github.run_id }}          

      - name: Upload report
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: spectra-sast-${{ github.run_id }}
          path: reports/

GitLab CI

# .gitlab-ci.yml
spectra-analysis:
  stage: security
  image: python:3.11-slim
  before_script:
    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y git
    - git clone https://github.com/d0uble3L/spectra /tmp/spectra
    - pip install -e /tmp/spectra
  script:
    - trivy image $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_COMMIT_SHA -f json -o trivy.json
    - spectra analyze trivy.json --format both --output reports/pipeline-$CI_PIPELINE_ID
  artifacts:
    paths:
      - reports/
    expire_in: 30 days
  variables:
    ANTHROPIC_API_KEY: $ANTHROPIC_API_KEY  # Set in GitLab CI/CD variables

Jenkins (Declarative Pipeline)

// Jenkinsfile
pipeline {
    agent any
    environment {
        ANTHROPIC_API_KEY = credentials('anthropic-api-key')
    }
    stages {
        stage('Trivy Scan') {
            steps {
                sh 'trivy image your-image:latest -f json -o trivy.json'
            }
        }
        stage('SPECTRA Analysis') {
            steps {
                sh '''
                    pip install -e /opt/spectra
                    spectra analyze trivy.json --format both --output reports/build-${BUILD_NUMBER}
                '''
            }
        }
    }
    post {
        always {
            archiveArtifacts artifacts: 'reports/**', allowEmptyArchive: true
        }
    }
}

Secrets Management

Platform	How to add `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`
GitHub Actions	Settings → Secrets and variables → Actions → New repository secret
GitLab CI	Settings → CI/CD → Variables → Add variable
Jenkins	Manage Jenkins → Credentials → Add Credentials (Secret text)

Recommended Pipeline Placement

Commit → Build → [ Trivy / Semgrep ] → SPECTRA → Report artifact → (optional) Ticket creation

SPECTRA runs after the scanner to analyze its output. It does not block the build by default — set your pipeline to fail on findings by parsing the JSON output for critical severity items if a gate is desired.

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