Skill: Deployment

Description

Handles deployment to hosting provider (Vercel, Docker, AWS, etc.).

When to Use

• •User triggers /deploy workflow
• •After merging to main branch
• •Setting up initial deployment

Instructions

Pre-Deploy Checklist

1. •All tests pass (npm test)
2. •Lint clean (npm run lint)
3. •Type check (npx tsc --noEmit)
4. •Environment variables set in hosting provider
5. •No secrets in codebase
6. •Health check endpoint exists

Vercel Deployment

# Link project (first time)
vercel link

# Preview deploy
vercel

# Production deploy
vercel --prod

Environment Variables

• •Compare .env.example with hosting provider settings
• •Flag any missing variables
• •Never deploy with missing required env vars

Post-Deploy Verification

1. •Visit live URL — confirm it loads
2. •Check key user flows (login, core feature)
3. •Monitor error logs for 5 minutes
4. •Update .ai/memory/current-state.md with deploy info
5. •Log deployment to .ai/logbook/

Rollback

If deployment fails:

1. •Revert to previous deployment (Vercel: instant rollback)
2. •Log failure reason to .ai/logbook/alerts.json
3. •Notify user with root cause analysis