# Deployment Plan

> Plan application deployments across hosting environments and release targets. Use when Codex is asked to deploy an app, design a deployment runbook, choose deployment steps, define rollout order, or prepare a deployment plan without directly changing production.

- Skill: `gabrielmoreira/deployment-plan` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add gabrielmoreira/deployment-plan`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/gabrielmoreira/deployment-plan/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- License: MIT
- Author: gabrielmoreira (https://skillmd.com/u/gabrielmoreira)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/gabrielmoreira/deployment-plan

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# Deployment Plan

## Core Workflow

1. Identify artifact, target environment, hosting model, dependencies, release
   owner, users affected, and approval requirements.
2. Document pre-deploy checks: build, tests, migrations, config, secrets,
   capacity, observability, and support readiness.
3. Define deployment steps, rollout order, smoke tests, monitoring, and
   communication points.
4. Include rollback or fallback triggers before deployment begins.
5. Separate dry-run, staging, canary, and production steps.
6. Record owners, timing, risks, and go/no-go criteria.

## Safety Rules

- Do not deploy, change production config, run migrations, or restart services
  without explicit approval.
- Do not claim a deployment is safe without validation evidence.
- Escalate deployments involving customer data, auth, billing, migrations,
  high traffic, regulated workloads, or broad availability.

## Deliverable Shape

For deployment plans, provide:

- Target artifact and environment
- Preconditions
- Deployment steps
- Smoke tests and monitoring
- Rollout and communication plan
- Rollback triggers
- Owners and approvals
- Go/no-go criteria

## References

- Read `references/deployment-plan-checklist.md` when preparing deployment
  plans or runbooks.