From 8bbda86eb689d8b3d535430b60a49d26aa87047a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Rastoin <45004772+prastoin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2026 10:35:41 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] `[CREATE_APP]` Generate basic CI workflow (#18511)

---
 .../src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts  | 12 +++++
 .../src/utils/__tests__/test-template.spec.ts | 31 +++++++++++
 .../src/utils/test-template.ts                | 54 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 97 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
index fcd54c39f7..c70b2aca9e 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/app-template.spec.ts
@@ -386,6 +386,12 @@ describe('copyBaseApplicationProject', () => {
           ),
         ).toBe(true);
 
+        expect(
+          await fs.pathExists(
+            join(testAppDirectory, '.github', 'workflows', 'ci.yml'),
+          ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+
         // Install functions should always exist
         expect(
           await fs.pathExists(
@@ -464,6 +470,12 @@ describe('copyBaseApplicationProject', () => {
             join(srcPath, '__tests__', 'app-install.integration-test.ts'),
           ),
         ).toBe(false);
+
+        expect(
+          await fs.pathExists(
+            join(testAppDirectory, '.github', 'workflows', 'ci.yml'),
+          ),
+        ).toBe(false);
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/test-template.spec.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/test-template.spec.ts
index 94e168cd2b..ea9c4a0368 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/test-template.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/__tests__/test-template.spec.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,37 @@ describe('scaffoldIntegrationTest', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('github workflow', () => {
+    it('should create .github/workflows/ci.yml with correct structure', async () => {
+      await scaffoldIntegrationTest({
+        appDirectory: testAppDirectory,
+        sourceFolderPath,
+      });
+
+      const workflowPath = join(
+        testAppDirectory,
+        '.github',
+        'workflows',
+        'ci.yml',
+      );
+
+      expect(await fs.pathExists(workflowPath)).toBe(true);
+
+      const content = await fs.readFile(workflowPath, 'utf8');
+
+      expect(content).toContain('name: CI');
+      expect(content).toContain('TWENTY_VERSION: latest');
+      expect(content).toContain('twenty-version: ${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}');
+      expect(content).toContain('actions/checkout@v4');
+      expect(content).toContain('spawn-twenty-docker-image@main');
+      expect(content).toContain('actions/setup-node@v4');
+      expect(content).toContain('yarn install --immutable');
+      expect(content).toContain('yarn test');
+      expect(content).toContain('TWENTY_API_URL');
+      expect(content).toContain('TWENTY_TEST_API_KEY');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('tsconfig.spec.json', () => {
     it('should create tsconfig.spec.json extending the base tsconfig', async () => {
       await scaffoldIntegrationTest({
diff --git a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/test-template.ts b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/test-template.ts
index 599b6f1ace..12e21b764a 100644
--- a/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/test-template.ts
+++ b/packages/create-twenty-app/src/utils/test-template.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ export const scaffoldIntegrationTest = async ({
 
   await createVitestConfig(appDirectory);
   await createTsconfigSpec(appDirectory);
+  await createGithubWorkflow(appDirectory);
 };
 
 const createVitestConfig = async (appDirectory: string) => {
@@ -211,3 +212,56 @@ describe('App installation', () => {
   await fs.ensureDir(join(appDirectory, fileFolder ?? ''));
   await fs.writeFile(join(appDirectory, fileFolder ?? '', fileName), content);
 };
+
+const DEFAULT_TWENTY_VERSION = 'latest';
+
+const createGithubWorkflow = async (appDirectory: string) => {
+  const content = `name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request: {}
+
+env:
+  TWENTY_VERSION: ${DEFAULT_TWENTY_VERSION}
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Spawn Twenty instance
+        id: twenty
+        uses: twentyhq/twenty/.github/actions/spawn-twenty-docker-image@main
+        with:
+          twenty-version: \${{ env.TWENTY_VERSION }}
+          github-token: \${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Enable Corepack
+        run: corepack enable
+
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: yarn install --immutable
+
+      - name: Run integration tests
+        run: yarn test
+        env:
+          TWENTY_API_URL: \${{ steps.twenty.outputs.server-url }}
+          TWENTY_TEST_API_KEY: \${{ steps.twenty.outputs.access-token }}
+`;
+
+  const workflowDir = join(appDirectory, '.github', 'workflows');
+
+  await fs.ensureDir(workflowDir);
+  await fs.writeFile(join(workflowDir, 'ci.yml'), content);
+};