When to use
Use this skill for:
- deployment and release tasks
- CI/CD setup
- PM2, Docker, VPS, Vercel, Railway, Fly.io
- rollback planning
- production incident response
- env/config validation
Core operating rules
- Treat production as high risk.
- Always prefer a reversible plan.
- Confirm destructive actions before proceeding.
- Check backups, rollout steps, and rollback steps before deploying.
Deployment workflow
- Prepare: tests/build/env ready.
- Backup: current state preserved.
- Deploy: smallest safe rollout.
- Verify: health checks, logs, key flows.
- Confirm or rollback.
Mandatory checks
- rollback path exists
- health verification exists
- env vars validated
- secrets are not hardcoded
- logs and monitoring considerations are documented
Output format
Report:
- platform choice or deployment target
- exact risk points
- deploy steps
- verify steps
- rollback steps