Welcome to the SKAO Developer Portal

Find everything you need to build and contribute to SKAO

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Get Started#

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New developer

Set up your development environment and onboard to SKAO projects

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Existing contributor

Jump back in — find your project, tools, and latest guidelines

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Environment setup

Just the essentials — clone, build, and run in minutes

Essentials#

📋 Onboarding 🔧 Tutorials ⚙️ Tools 📖 Policies

Find docs for your role#

👤 Project Lead/SM

Coordinate your team, plan sprints, and manage delivery workflows

📚 Docs contributor

Write docs, set up Sphinx, and follow documentation standards

📊 Tester/QA

Test with BDD practices, use testing frameworks, and meet quality standards

⚙️ DevOps/Infrastructure

Build CI/CD pipelines, deploy to Kubernetes, and manage infrastructure

🐍 Research/Science

Process data, run science pipelines, and use analysis tools

Quick access tools#

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GitLab

Source code, CI/CD pipelines

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Jira

Issue tracking, sprint planning

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Confluence

Documentation, knowledge base

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Slack

Team communication

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Monitoring

Dashboards, metrics

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Artefact Repository

Python, npm, and other packages

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Artefact Repository (OCI)

OCI artefacts

Latest updates#

Nov 2025 — New CI/CD pipeline templates available
Oct 2025 — Updated contribution guidelines
Sep 2025 — Developer portal redesign launched