Service Checklist

Shared checklists for service deployment and upgrades.

Deployment Validation

After deploying or upgrading a service:

• • Pods running (no CrashLoopBackOff)
• • No errors in logs (kubectl logs -n <namespace> <pod> --tail=100)
• • Argo CD shows Synced/Healthy
• • Ingress accessible (if applicable)
• • Dependent services still operational

Monitoring Requirements

After initial deployment or major upgrade:

Metrics Collection

• • Service exposes metrics endpoint (usually /metrics)
• • Prometheus ServiceMonitor or PodMonitor configured
• • Metrics appearing in Prometheus (up{job="<service>"})

Alerting

• • Alert rules for error conditions
• • Alert rules for service availability
• • Severity levels appropriate (critical/warning)

Dashboards

• • Grafana dashboard exists for service
• • Key metrics visualized
• • Dashboard accessible and working

Health Indicators

• • Clear definition of "healthy" state
• • Operators can verify service is working

Human-in-the-Loop Workflow

AI Assistant MUST

• •✅ Make file changes
• •✅ Show changes with git diff
• •✅ Stage and commit changes
• •✅ Review Argo CD diff (use argocd-cli skill)
• •✅ Sync after user approval
• •✅ Mark tasks complete in real-time

AI Assistant MUST NOT

• •❌ Push commits (user must git push)
• •❌ Use git commit --amend
• •❌ Rewrite git history
• •❌ Sync without user approval

Anti-Patterns

• •❌ Parallel deployments/upgrades (too many variables)
• •❌ Pushing without user approval
• •❌ Syncing without user approval
• •❌ Rushing validation
• •❌ Skipping monitoring setup