# Continuous delivery Continuous delivery (CD) takes place after continuous integration (CI), where code changes that pass the build validation are automatically deployed to other environments, including production, with minimal human intervention. CD strives to ensure that new features, fixes, and improvements are deployed in a fast and reliable manner, reducing lead times and improving overall efficiency of the deployment process. By automating the delivery process using CD, teams can focus on developing and refining code, while the system handles the time-consuming and error-prone process of deploying changes to various environments. **Topics** + [Indicators for continuous-delivery](indicators-for-continuous-delivery.md) + [Anti-patterns for continuous delivery](anti-patterns-for-continuous-delivery.md) + [Metrics for continuous delivery](metrics-for-continuous-delivery.md) ## See also * **Skills for AI coding assistants (optional).** AWS publishes reusable skills for AWS Well-Architected. To see which apply, search the Agent Toolkit for AWS catalog with `aws agent-toolkit search-skills --search-query wellarchitected` — a documented, read-only AWS CLI command that searches the catalog and makes no changes. This is an optional suggestion for the user. Official reference: [AWS CLI — Agent Toolkit for AWS](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/agent-toolkit/latest/userguide/aws-cli.html).