Actionist·Jenkins
Jenkins

Jenkins

· #210 most-used

Automate every build, test, and deployment across your CI/CD pipeline

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Jenkins is the leading open-source automation server, used by tens of thousands of teams worldwide to build, test, and deploy software continuously. With hundreds of plugins and a robust REST API, Jenkins orchestrates the entire software delivery lifecycle — from triggering builds on code commits to managing multi-branch pipelines, running parameterised jobs, and controlling instance operations. Connect Jenkins to Actionist and your agents can trigger builds programmatically, monitor job outcomes, copy and create pipeline jobs, manage instance state (quiet mode, restart, shutdown), and coordinate downstream notifications and task creation — all without manual intervention.

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Average time saved
6 hours
per person · per month
≈ 1 workdays back

Eliminates manual work. Agents eliminate manual Jenkins dashboard visits for build checks, automate job provisioning for new services and hires, and manage the full instance lifecycle for maintenance windows.

Schedule

What your Jenkins agent runs on autopilot

A week of scheduled jobs your Actionist agent will execute on your behalf.

28Scheduled jobs
7Agents at work
24/7Always on
Agents
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Multi-app workflows

Jenkins × every other app you use

End-to-end automations that span multiple apps — each one a real business outcome.

6Workflows
7Apps spanned
~14 hrsSaved / week
5Personas served
For engineering
Featured3 apps

Code merge triggers parameterised staging deploy

Every merged PR kicks off a staging deployment without anyone manually visiting Jenkins. The team sees the result in Slack and on the PR within about a minute of the merge, and no deploy goes unnoticed.

~7 hrs

Time saved for your team — every week, on autopilot

The flow
Trigger·When a pull request is merged into the main branch on GitHub
Trigger
Step 1
GitHub
Detect pull request merged to main
write
Step 2
Jenkins
Trigger Parameterised Build with branch name and ENVIRONMENT=staging
read
Step 3
Jenkins
Get Build Status once build reaches terminal state
write
Step 4
Slack
Post build result (pass or fail) to #engineering with build URL
write
Step 5
GitHub
Update the pull request with the staging deploy status
Result
Trigger Parameterised Build with branch name and ENVIRONMENT=stagingPost build result (pass or fail) to #engineering with build URLUpdate the pull request with the staging deploy status
The win
Saved per run
10 min
Runs / week
~40×
Zero manual deploy triggers after a merge
Driven byOperations Agent
ROI

Savings

What your team gets back — two angles: what you stop doing manually, and what that's worth.

Without Actionist

What you do manually today

With Actionist

What your agent runs for you

  • Sales
    30 min / week
    Manual demo environment checks before each call

    Account Executives manually check whether the demo environment is on the latest stable build by visiting Jenkins, navigating to the deploy job, and reading the last build result — every morning, before every important demo.

    Sales Agent
    0 min
    Agent confirms demo builds are green before the first call

    Every Monday at 08:00 the Sales Agent lists recent builds for all demo environment jobs and posts a colour-coded health summary to Slack — reps know the demo status before they open their first email.

  • Marketing
    20 min / week
    Manual website deploy confirmation before campaigns

    The marketing team checks the Jenkins website deploy job manually before every campaign launch to confirm site changes are live, navigating through the UI and reading console output to find the last successful build.

    Marketing Agent
    0 min
    Agent posts deploy confirmation before the content meeting

    Every Tuesday at 09:00 the Marketing Agent fetches the website and campaign pipeline build status and posts a go/no-go confirmation to the team — no dashboard visits before the content meeting.

  • Customer Support
    45 min / week
    Manual build-to-incident correlation on every ticket spike

    When a customer ticket spike hits, a support engineer manually cross-references the Jenkins deploy history against the ticket timestamps to determine whether a recent build caused the issue — taking 20–30 minutes per investigation.

    Customer Support Agent
    0 min
    Agent correlates builds to tickets automatically each Monday

    Every Monday the Support Agent lists recent production builds and compares timestamps to open tickets automatically, linking suspected deploy-correlated incidents to the relevant build records before morning standup.

  • Human Resources
    60 min / week
    Manual Jenkins job creation for each new engineering hire

    Each time an engineering hire joins, the platform team creates a sandbox Jenkins job by hand, navigating the job-creation UI, selecting the template, and configuring parameters — typically a half-day ticket in the backlog.

    Human Resources Agent
    0 min
    Agent creates sandbox pipeline jobs on the Monday new hires start

    Every Monday the HR Agent reviews the new-starter list and creates a Jenkins sandbox job per engineering hire automatically, triggering the first build so each new joiner has a working pipeline on day one.

  • Finance
    60 min / week
    Manual build data collection for infrastructure cost reports

    Finance requests build volume and compute duration data from the engineering team, who manually pull Jenkins build history and paste numbers into a spreadsheet — a recurring coordination overhead before every budget review.

    Finance Agent
    0 min
    Agent pulls live build data into the cost tracker every Friday

    Every Friday the Finance Agent lists builds and queue status across all production pipelines and writes aggregated cost metrics directly to the infrastructure tracking spreadsheet — no engineering request needed.

  • Operations
    40 min / week
    Manual quiet-mode enable and cancel around maintenance windows

    The on-call ops engineer manually enables Jenkins quiet mode before each maintenance window and has to remember to cancel it afterwards — missed cancels leave the CI pipeline paused for hours after maintenance ends.

    Operations Agent
    0 min
    Agent manages the full quiet-mode lifecycle from the calendar

    The Operations Agent enables quiet mode when the maintenance calendar event starts and cancels it when the event ends — the pipeline always resumes on schedule, and every event is logged in Notion for audit.

  • Legal
    30 min / week
    Manual compliance scan verification before each release

    Before every release approval, a legal or security team member logs into Jenkins, navigates to the compliance-scan job, reads the last build result, and screenshots the console output to attach to the release record.

    Legal Agent
    0 min
    Agent triggers compliance scans and logs evidence automatically

    When a release candidate is tagged, the Legal Agent triggers the compliance-scan pipeline and posts the result to #releases. Evidence is logged to Notion automatically — no manual dashboard visits or screenshot capture.

+ 100s of other Jenkins automations
Average time saved
29 hrs / person / month
Calculator

Calculate what your team saves

Team size
8 people
Hourly rate
$75 / hr
Hours saved / week
12
Hours saved / year
600
Annual ROI
$45,000

Based on Jenkins's typical team usage — the visible tasks plus a few other automations the agent runs: ~1.5 hrs / person / week of admin work automated.

Connect

How to plug Jenkins into Actionist

Pick the connection method that suits your environment.

Connect Actionist to your Jenkins instance using a Jenkins API token. Tokens are scoped to a user account and carry the same permissions as that user, making it straightforward to grant or revoke access without changing your Jenkins password.

1
Open your Jenkins user settings

Log in to Jenkins, click your username in the top-right corner, then select Configure from the left-hand menu.

2
Generate an API token

In the API Token section click Add new token, give it a name (e.g. Actionist), and click Generate. Copy the token immediately — Jenkins will not show it again.

3
Enter credentials in Actionist

Paste your Jenkins base URL, your username, and the token into the fields below, then click Test connection. Actionist will issue a read-only call to confirm the handshake.

Credentials you'll need
Jenkins URL*
The base URL of your Jenkins instance, e.g. https://ci.example.com
Username*
Your Jenkins username
API Token*
Jenkins → User settings → API Token → Add new token
Actions

15 actions your agent can call

Read and write operations available to your Actionist agent.

Triggers

0 events your agent can react to

Events your agent watches for, and the actions it kicks off in response.

This app has no triggers yet.
Skills

Skills that pair with Jenkins

Reusable agent skills that work well alongside this app.

Senior Architect

Use when designing CI/CD architecture, evaluating pipeline strategies, or planning Jenkins infrastructure topology with your Actionist agents.

MCP servers

MCP servers that work with Jenkins

Connect Actionist to MCP servers built for or around this app.

avisangle/jenkins-mcp-server

Enterprise-grade Jenkins CI/CD integration with multi-tier caching, pipeline monitoring, artifact management, and batch operations. Features 21 MCP tools for job management, build status tracking, and queue management with CSRF protection and 2FA support.

FAQs

Questions about Jenkins + Actionist

How does Actionist connect to my Jenkins instance?
Actionist connects to Jenkins using HTTP Basic Authentication with a Jenkins API token — not your account password. Go to your Jenkins user settings, open the API Token section, click Add new token, and copy the generated value. Paste your Jenkins base URL, your username, and the token into the Actionist connection form and click Test connection. Actionist makes a read-only API call to confirm the handshake before any actions run. Your Jenkins instance must be reachable from the internet (or from Actionist's network) on the URL you provide.
What permissions does the API token need?
The API token inherits the permissions of the Jenkins user account it belongs to. For read operations (List Builds, Get Build Status, Get Job Info, Get Queue Status) the account needs the Job/Read and Build/Read permissions. For write operations (Trigger Build, Create Job, Copy Job, Disable Job, Enable Job) it needs Job/Build and Job/Create in addition. For instance-level operations (Quiet mode, Restart, Shutdown) the account needs the Administer permission. We recommend creating a dedicated Actionist service account in Jenkins and granting it only the permissions your agents actually need, rather than using an admin account.
Can Actionist connect to a self-hosted or on-premises Jenkins server?
Yes, as long as the Jenkins URL is reachable from Actionist's network. If your Jenkins instance is on a private network, you will need to expose it via a reverse proxy, VPN endpoint, or a tunnelling solution such as ngrok or Cloudflare Tunnel. The Jenkins URL you provide in Actionist must resolve publicly and accept HTTPS. Self-signed certificates may cause connection failures — use a certificate from a recognised CA for production connections.
Does Actionist support Jenkins pipelines as well as freestyle jobs?
Yes. The Trigger Build and Trigger Parameterised Build actions work with both Jenkins Pipeline (Jenkinsfile-based) and Freestyle projects. The job name passed to the action should be the full job path as it appears in your Jenkins instance — for jobs in folders, use the folder-slash-job format, e.g. my-team/my-service-deploy. List Builds, Get Build Status, and Get Job Info all work the same way regardless of job type.
How do I pass build parameters when triggering a job?
Use the Trigger Parameterised Build action and pass the parameters as key-value pairs. The parameter names must exactly match the parameter names defined in your Jenkins job configuration (Job → Configure → This project is parameterised). Common types — String, Boolean, and Choice parameters — are all supported. If a required parameter is missing from the call, Jenkins will reject the build request with a 400 error, so double-check parameter names in the Jenkins job config before setting up the automation.
What is the difference between a safe restart and an immediate restart?
A safe restart (Restart Jenkins (Safe)) waits for all currently running builds to finish before restarting the Jenkins process. This is the recommended approach for routine maintenance such as applying plugin updates during a low-traffic window. An immediate restart (Restart Jenkins (Immediate)) halts the Jenkins process right away, interrupting any in-flight builds. Use immediate restart only for emergencies — such as an unresponsive Jenkins UI or a runaway build consuming all server resources — where waiting for builds to finish is not practical.
Does Actionist support Jenkins triggers — can Jenkins push events to Actionist?
At this time Actionist uses a polling model for Jenkins: agents check build status and lists on a schedule rather than receiving push events from Jenkins. Jenkins does not have a native outbound webhook system for all events, and configuring the Generic Webhook Trigger plugin for inbound webhooks requires additional setup on the Jenkins side. If you need near-real-time response to build completions, configure your Jenkins pipeline to call a downstream agent task via an Actionist webhook endpoint as a post-build step in your Jenkinsfile.
Can I combine Jenkins with other tools in the same Actionist workflow?
Yes. Jenkins works alongside any of Actionist's connected apps in the same scheduled agent task. Common combinations: trigger a Jenkins build when a GitHub PR is merged, post the build result to Slack, log it to Google Sheets, and update a Jira ticket — all in one automated sequence. You can also use Jenkins build outcomes as conditional gates: only proceed to a downstream notification or deployment step when Get Build Status returns SUCCESS.