Coding rules for Dockerfiles and CI

A short set of rules for a coding agent writing Dockerfiles and CI pipelines.

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# Dockerfile and CI taste
- Use multi-stage builds and ship only the runtime artifacts in the final stage. Confidence: 0.95
- Pin base images to a specific version tag, and to a digest for production. Confidence: 0.90
- Prefer slim or distroless final images over full OS images. Confidence: 0.85
- Run the container as a non-root user. Confidence: 0.95
- Order layers so dependency manifests are copied and installed before source code. Confidence: 0.95
- Always keep a .dockerignore that excludes node_modules, .git and local env files. Confidence: 0.95
- Add a HEALTHCHECK or an equivalent readiness probe. Confidence: 0.80
- Use BuildKit cache mounts for package manager caches. Confidence: 0.80
- Never bake secrets into images; pass them at runtime or use build secrets. Confidence: 0.95
- Use exec-form CMD so the process receives signals correctly. Confidence: 0.90
- Scan images with Trivy in CI and fail on critical vulnerabilities. Confidence: 0.80
- Cache dependencies in GitHub Actions keyed on the lockfile hash. Confidence: 0.85
- Run lint, type check and tests as separate parallel CI jobs. Confidence: 0.80
- Tag images with the git SHA and never rely on the latest tag for deploys. Confidence: 0.90
- Keep workflows short and move repeated steps into reusable workflows. Confidence: 0.70