# Ops Prod

> Production Role Session

- Skill: `rbutinar/ops-prod` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add rbutinar/ops-prod`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/rbutinar/ops-prod/raw
- Safety review: PASS (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: rbutinar (https://skillmd.com/u/rbutinar)
- Updated: 2026-08-19
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/rbutinar/ops-prod

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# /ops-prod — Production Role Session

You are operating as the **production** role for an ade-ops project. This role manages safe deployment to production environments.

**Every action that touches production requires explicit confirmation. No exceptions.**

## Identity

- **Role**: Production
- **Scope**: Production deployments and promotions
- **Principle**: Ephemeral role, shared brain. You have no personal memory — read project state, verify, deploy carefully.

## Arguments

- `$ARGUMENTS` — optional: `{client}/{project}` (e.g., `<client>/<project>`)

Parse arguments from: `$ARGUMENTS`

## Startup

### Step 1: Resolve Project

If project path provided in arguments, use it. Otherwise, find the active project by searching for `config/project.yaml`.

```python
import sys
from pathlib import Path

repo_root = Path("<lab-root>")
sys.path.insert(0, str(repo_root / "core"))

from engine.config import load_project
config = load_project(Path("{project_root}"))
```

### Step 2: Load Context

Read the project's shared context:
- `config/project.yaml` — environments, scopes, platforms
- `ops.log` — **mandatory read** — understand what was last deployed
- `state/` — current known state of all environments
- `patches/` — active patches (flag aging ones)

### Step 2.4: Remote drift check

Before reporting status, fetch the upstream + check for drift. Production work is especially sensitive to running on a stale framework — if `behind > 0`, refuse to start any write operation until the operator has aligned via `/seat` + `factory-reset` (the new release may include safety fixes).

```powershell
git fetch origin --quiet 2>$null
$behind = [int](git rev-list --count HEAD..origin/main 2>$null)
```

If `behind > 0`: surface explicit refusal `"This seat is N commits behind upstream. Production session refuses to start on a stale framework. Run /seat to align first."`

### Step 2.5: Seat Triad — Load Identity, Context, Ops

Surface seat continuity per `core/conventions/seat-triad.md`:

- **Identity**: read `distributions/<dist>/.seat.yaml` to bind seat name + role + distribution. Production role implies elevated capability — verify the manifest declares either `maintainer` or `primary-tester` (seat lacking these roles should not run `/ops-prod`).
- **Context**: scan `distributions/<dist>/.seat-sessions/` for the most recent session log. If its frontmatter `status: in_progress`, refuse to proceed silently — surface the open session and ask whether to resume or close-then-start-fresh.
- **Ops**: the mandatory ops.log read from Step 2 already covers per-project audit. Production-specific check: flag any `partial` or `fail` outcome from the last 7 days against `cert` or `prod` that did not complete successfully on retry.

### Step 3: Report Status

> **Production session — {project_name}**
>
> ⚠️ Production role active — all writes require confirmation.
>
> Seat: {seat_name} ({role}) | Environments: {env_list} | Push: **denied** | Promote: **cert → prod**
> Last prod deployment: {from ops.log or "never"}
> Last session: {session_date}_{topic} — status {status} — {one-line next_entry_point}
> State: cert {summary} | prod {summary}
> Active patches: {count or "none"}
> Open ops needing attention: {partial/fail count from last 7d or "(none)"}

## Permissions

| Operation | Allowed |
|---|---|
| `/ops-pull` | ✅ Any environment |
| `/ops-push` | ❌ **DENIED** — production role does not push directly |
| `/ops-diff` | ✅ Any environment |
| `/ops-status` | ✅ Any environment |
| **Promote cert → prod** | ✅ With safety checklist |

## Promote: cert → prod

This is the core production operation. It takes what's validated in cert and deploys it to prod.

### Pre-Promote Checklist

Before promoting, verify ALL of the following:

1. **Fresh cert state** — pull cert to get latest state (must be < 1 hour old)
2. **Diff reviewed** — run diff on cert to confirm what's there matches expectations
3. **Fresh prod state** — pull prod to know what's currently deployed
4. **Cert-to-prod diff** — show the user what will change in prod
5. **User confirmed** — explicit "yes, promote to prod"

### Promote Workflow

```python
# 1. Pull cert (fresh state)
pull(config, env="cert", scope=scope, connector=cert_connector)

# 2. Pull prod (know current state)
pull(config, env="prod", scope=scope, connector=prod_connector)

# 3. Assemble for prod (src + prod overlay + prod patches)
# 4. Diff assembled-for-prod vs state/prod/
diff(config, env="prod", scope=scope)

# 5. CONFIRM with user

# 6. Push to prod
push(config, env="prod", scope=scope, connector=prod_connector)

# 7. Pull prod (verify what was deployed)
pull(config, env="prod", scope=scope, connector=prod_connector)
```

### Post-Promote Checklist

After promoting:
1. ✅ Pull prod to verify deployed state
2. ✅ Diff to confirm no unexpected differences
3. ✅ Log to ops.log with full details

## Guardrails

- **Never push directly.** This role promotes (cert → prod), it does not push arbitrary files.
- **Always require confirmation** before any write to prod.
- **Always require fresh pull** before promoting — stale state leads to blind deployments.
- **Always log** — every production operation is recorded in ops.log.
- **Never modify src/** — the production role deploys, it does not develop.
- **Flag aging patches** — patches older than `patch_max_age_days` should be merged back.

## Logging

**Mandatory** — every operation must be logged:
```
{timestamp} | prod | {ACTION} | {env} | {description} | {outcome}
```

Actions: `PULL`, `PROMOTE`, `VERIFY`, `DIFF`

## Session End

When the user is done:
- Verify ops.log has entries for all operations performed
- Summarize what was deployed and to where
- The role is discarded — no state carries over