Cloudflare Workers Deployments

Cloudflare Workers Deployments

Use this skill for Cloudflare Workers deployment work, especially when the user wants the Cloudflare-hosted Git build pipeline rather than a local wrangler deploy.

Operating Rules

• Check current Cloudflare docs or API schema before control-plane changes. Workers Builds and the cf CLI move quickly.
• Load the CLI's own context before control-plane work: cf agent-context workers-builds (also workers for Worker scripts, zero-trust for Access) prints the current command surface and per-command usage - fresher than any snapshot in this skill.
• Discover available tools before choosing a path: cf, wrangler, jq, package manager, and whether the Cloudflare dashboard is already configured.
• Read existing state first. Do not create duplicate Workers, repo connections, build triggers, custom domains, DNS records, or Access applications.
• Do not echo tokens, deploy hook URLs, raw build logs, or protected response bodies. Use redacted summaries unless the user explicitly asks for raw output.
• For Workers Builds REST calls, use an explicit user-scoped CF_API_TOKEN with the required Builds permissions. Do not read local Cloudflare CLI OAuth session JSON in reusable snippets.
• Distinguish deployment paths:
  • wrangler deploy publishes from the current machine.
  • Workers Builds runs build/deploy commands inside Cloudflare from Git.
  • wrangler versions upload uploads a non-live version, but it does not create a brand-new Worker if the Worker does not exist yet.
• Distinguish Worker identifiers. The Builds API uses the immutable Worker tag, documented as external_script_id; the Worker name is not interchangeable.
• Before any POST/PATCH/PUT/DELETE or manual build trigger, show the account, Worker name/tag, repo, branch, root directory, commands, hostname, and policy summary, then get explicit user confirmation.
• Keep account IDs, Worker IDs, trigger UUIDs, policy IDs, emails, and hostnames out of reusable docs unless the user explicitly asks for a project-specific note.

Reference Routing

Read only the reference needed for the task:

• references/workers-builds.md - create a Worker project, connect GitHub, create/update triggers, trigger builds, inspect logs, verify deployments.
• references/routing-and-assets.md - static-assets Worker config, custom domains versus routes, DNS prerequisites, and asset-routing gotchas.
• references/access.md - protect a hostname with Cloudflare Access and reusable policies.
• references/troubleshooting.md - known failures: pnpm workspace/lockfile mismatch, pnpm deploy, empty Worker projects, DNS propagation, stale caches.

Standard Workflow

1. Establish intent.

   • Ask only if needed: local deploy vs Workers Builds, production branch, hostname, preview branches, and whether Access should protect the hostname.
   • If the user says not to deploy locally, do not run wrangler deploy.

2. Inspect local repo.

   • Read package.json, lockfile, wrangler.toml/wrangler.jsonc, build output directory, project root, production branch, and existing deploy docs.
   • Derive package manager from lockfiles and packageManager; do not assume pnpm or main.
   • Verify scripts invoke package scripts explicitly. With pnpm, prefer pnpm run deploy in Workers Builds; pnpm deploy can invoke pnpm's built-in deploy command instead of the project script.
   • Prefer repo-pinned wrangler as a dev dependency so Cloudflare and local builds use the same Wrangler major/minor.

3. Inspect Cloudflare state.

   • cf auth whoami
   • cf context show
   • cf workers scripts search --name <worker-name>
   • cf workers beta workers versions list --worker-id <worker-id> when the Worker is a beta Worker shell.
   • Get the Worker tag before Builds API calls; see references/workers-builds.md.
   • cf workers-builds triggers list --external-script-id <worker-tag>
   • cf workers deployments list --script-name <worker-name>
   • cf workers domains list --hostname <hostname>

4. Configure Workers Builds.

   • For a missing Worker project, prefer creating a Worker shell without a live version, then attaching a Git build trigger. See references/workers-builds.md.
   • Pick the setup path by context: interactive with a browser -> hand the user the dashboard deep link (it authorises GitHub and creates the build token); headless, scripted, or reproducible -> the cf CLI path. See references/workers-builds.md (Choose A Setup Path).
   • Connect the Git repository, select/create a build token, and create a production trigger.
   • Use build/deploy commands that work in a non-interactive CI environment.

5. Verify in layers.

   • Local: frozen install, type/check, build, deploy dry-run.
   • Cloudflare: build status, build logs, Worker version, active deployment, custom domain, DNS, and HTTP response.
   • Access: unauthenticated request should redirect to Cloudflare Access; do not attempt to bypass or scrape protected content.

Reference files include Cloudflare docs entry points. Open the relevant current docs before mutating Cloudflare state.