Mergify CI Buildkite Plugin

A Buildkite plugin for integrating with Mergify CI Insights — upload JUnit test reports, detect pull request scopes, and upload scopes to Mergify Merge Queue.

Actions

junit-process

Process JUnit XML test reports and upload them to Mergify CI Insights. Detects silent test failures automatically using the step's exit code.

steps:
  - label: "Run tests"
    command: pytest --junitxml=reports/junit.xml
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: junit-process
          report_path: "reports/*.xml"
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"

scopes

Detect which code scopes are affected by a pull request and upload them to the Mergify API. A Buildkite annotation is created to display the detected scopes directly on the build page.

steps:
  - label: "Detect scopes"
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"

scopes-git-refs

Return the merge-queue-aware base and head SHAs. Results are stored as Buildkite meta-data (mergify-ci.base, mergify-ci.head) for use by subsequent steps.

steps:
  - label: "Get git refs"
    key: git-refs
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes-git-refs

scopes-upload

Upload scopes to the Mergify API. Requires a prior scopes-git-refs step for base/head refs. Scopes can be provided as a comma-separated list in plugin config, or read automatically from the mergify-ci.scopes meta-data set by a prior scopes step (both JSON and CSV formats are supported).

# Option 1: explicit scopes via plugin config
steps:
  - label: "Get git refs"
    key: git-refs
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes-git-refs

  - label: "Upload scopes"
    depends_on: git-refs
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes-upload
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"
          scopes: "backend,frontend"

# Option 2: scopes from meta-data (set by a prior step)
steps:
  - label: "Generate scopes"
    key: generate-scopes
    command: |
      buildkite-agent meta-data set "mergify-ci.scopes" "backend,frontend"

  - label: "Upload scopes"
    depends_on: generate-scopes
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes-upload
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"

Using scopes to conditionally run steps

Detect scopes first, then use the meta-data to skip steps unaffected by the change:

steps:
  - label: "Detect scopes"
    key: scopes
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"

  - label: "Backend tests"
    depends_on: scopes
    command: pytest tests/backend/
    if: build.env("BUILDKITE_TRIGGERED_FROM_BUILD_PIPELINE_SLUG") != null || build.pull_request.id != null
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: junit-process
          report_path: "reports/*.xml"
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"
    # Use a dynamic pipeline or script to check scopes:
    # SCOPES=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get "mergify-ci.scopes")
    # echo "$SCOPES" | jq -e '.backend == "true"'

  - label: "Frontend tests"
    depends_on: scopes
    command: npm test
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: junit-process
          report_path: "reports/*.xml"
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"
    # SCOPES=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get "mergify-ci.scopes")
    # echo "$SCOPES" | jq -e '.frontend == "true"'

For full conditional control, use a dynamic pipeline that reads the scopes meta-data and only uploads the relevant steps:

#!/bin/bash
# .buildkite/dynamic-pipeline.sh
SCOPES=$(buildkite-agent meta-data get "mergify-ci.scopes")

if echo "$SCOPES" | jq -e '.backend == "true"' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
  cat <<'YAML'
  - label: "Backend tests"
    command: pytest tests/backend/
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: junit-process
          report_path: "reports/*.xml"
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"
YAML
fi

if echo "$SCOPES" | jq -e '.frontend == "true"' > /dev/null 2>&1; then
  cat <<'YAML'
  - label: "Frontend tests"
    command: npm test
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: junit-process
          report_path: "reports/*.xml"
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"
YAML
fi

# pipeline.yml
steps:
  - label: "Detect scopes"
    key: scopes
    plugins:
      - mergifyio/mergify-ci#v2:
          action: scopes
          token: "${MERGIFY_TOKEN}"

  - label: "Upload pipeline"
    depends_on: scopes
    command: .buildkite/dynamic-pipeline.sh | buildkite-agent pipeline upload

Configuration

Property	Required	Default	Description
action	yes	—	junit-process, scopes, scopes-git-refs, or scopes-upload
token	for API calls	—	Mergify CI authentication token
report_path	for junit-process	—	Glob path to JUnit XML files
scopes	no	—	Comma-separated list of scopes. If not set, scopes-upload reads from mergify-ci.scopes meta-data
mergify_api_url	no	https://api.mergify.com	Mergify API endpoint
job_name	no	Step label	Override job name (useful for matrix builds)
mergify_config_path	no	—	Path to .mergify.yml configuration file
mergify_cli_version	no	pinned default	Version of mergify-cli to install. Leave unset to use the plugin's pinned default (kept current by Renovate, see hooks/environment), pin an exact release (e.g. 2026.6.16.1, must be >= 2026.6.15.1), or use latest to always install the newest released version.

Meta-data

The plugin stores the following values via buildkite-agent meta-data:

Key	Set by	Description
mergify-ci.base	scopes, scopes-git-refs	Merge-queue-aware base SHA
mergify-ci.head	scopes, scopes-git-refs	Merge-queue-aware head SHA
mergify-ci.source	scopes, scopes-git-refs	Reference source (e.g. buildkite_pull_request, merge_queue)
mergify-ci.scopes	scopes	JSON mapping of scope names to "true"/"false"

Annotations

The mergify-cli writes Buildkite annotations (context: mergify-ci-scopes) showing the detected scopes as a table. Annotations are written at both build scope (visible on the build page) and job scope (visible on the job card).

Requirements

mergify-cli is installed as a prebuilt binary (no Python required), downloaded and checksum-verified by the upstream install.sh. Supported platforms: Linux (x86_64, aarch64) and macOS (x86_64, aarch64).

• curl (to download the installer and the binary)
• tar (to extract the binary)
• sha256sum or shasum (to verify the binary checksum)
• jq (for JSON processing in scopes-upload)

Development

Running tests

bats tests/

License

Apache 2.0 — see LICENSE.