Idea To Deploy
This is a Hermes-native idea-to-deploy workflow skill.
Why This Exists
idea-to-deploy exists to keep delivery work explicit, evidence-backed, and inside the Hermes/executor boundary instead of relying on ad hoc chat narration.
Do Not Use When
- The task is already a concrete repo change whose stopping point is one PR-ready cycle, not product or release operations; use
ultrawork.
- The request is a settings-only change, one bounded edit that is explicitly low-risk and has a direct owner and verification path, or a direct answer/diagnosis; handle it directly instead of opening a product delivery loop.
Examples
Good example:
- Prompt: idea-to-deploy: turn this onboarding idea into a scoped plan, implementation handoff, QA gate, and release path.
- Expected behavior: Prepare the idea-to-release lane while keeping implementation, QA, and deploy evidence observed-only.
- Why: The request spans product shaping through deploy readiness instead of a single task.
Bad example:
- Prompt: idea-to-deploy: treat casual chat or unaccepted work as if this workflow already produced verified results.
- Expected behavior: Ask a clarification question or route to a narrower workflow instead of forcing
idea-to-deploy.
- Why: The request lacks the required inputs or would overclaim work that Hermes did not observe.
Completion Checklist
- Confirm the workflow target, evidence boundary, and stop condition are named.
- Report which outputs are prepared, observed, blocked, or missing.
- Name the smallest next verification or handoff instead of claiming completion from narration.
Recovery Notes
- If required context is missing, ask one blocking question or route back to the narrower workflow.
- If runtime or wrapper evidence is unavailable, keep the status as not_observed and expose the next observable action.
Workflow Lane
- Current lane: Coding handoff (
idea-to-deploy, llm-app-dev, cto-loop, deploy-and-monitor, code-review, build-failure-triage, verification-gate, security-safety-review, +13 more) - coding owners, handoffs, review, CI, and merge evidence.
- If intent belongs to another lane, hand back to
oh-my-hermes or name the adjacent workflow.
- Shared product, routing, compatibility, and evidence rules:
omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md.
Use When
Use when Hermes should carry a product or app idea through shaping, decision gates, plan acceptance, executor handoff, verification, release readiness, deploy, and monitoring boundaries, including a fresh or empty repository that needs the greenfield bootstrap pass (git, license, README, agent context file, CI skeleton) before delivery work starts.
Strong routing signals: `idea-to-deploy`, `idea to deploy`, `from idea to deploy`, `plan to deploy`, `idea to launch`, `ship this idea`, `ship this feature`, `launch this feature`, `product delivery loop`, `app delivery loop`, `complete product loop`, `end-to-end app operation`, `ship this idea to production`, `bootstrap the project`, `bootstrap this project`, `bootstrap a new project`, `scaffold a new project`, `set up a new repo`, `완제품 루프`, `아이디어부터 배포`, `기획부터 배포`, `출시까지`, `앱 운영 루프`, `서비스로 만들어서 배포`, `아이디어를 서비스로`, `배포까지 가보자`
Catalog Metadata
Category: delivery
Phase: app-delivery-loop
Hermes role: operator
Quality tier: delivery-gated
Reasoning demand: heavy
Quality bar:
- Name the idea, user value, decision owner, non-goals, and success metric before planning delivery.
- Expose idea, decision, plan, handoff, verification, release, deploy, and monitor stages as separate status steps.
- Prepare coding handoffs only after plan acceptance and selected executor/runtime choice.
- Mark deploy, monitoring, and rollback as unobserved until the wrapper or operator records evidence.
- For a fresh, empty, or newly
git init-ed target that is expected to outlive the session, run the greenfield bootstrap pass before or alongside delivery planning - load references/project-bootstrap.md for the six-step order (git and .gitignore, LICENSE, README, agent context file, CI skeleton, docs/ seed) and its per-file verify line; explicitly skip it for throwaway or scratch work instead of silently running it.
Handoff policy:
Keep idea shaping, decision gates, planning, release narration, and status in Hermes; prepare selected executor/runtime handoffs only for accepted code work and record deploy/monitoring only from observed operator or wrapper evidence.
Required inputs:
- product idea
- target user or customer signal
- success metric
- repo or app context
Expected outputs:
- stage rail
- decision gates
- executor handoff criteria
- verification and deploy/monitor status boundaries
Artifact expectations:
- app delivery loop status record when the wrapper captures stage acceptance or observations
Safety rules:
- Do not claim implementation, deploy, health checks, rollback, or monitoring happened from a prepared loop.
- Keep coding, release, and monitoring observations as separate evidence gates.
- Ask for missing success metric, release scope, or executor choice before preparing a handoff.
Runtime Evidence
Preferred harness for this skill: app-delivery-loop.
omh runtime record --skill idea-to-deploy --harness app-delivery-loop --status started
Record observed delegation results; otherwise return not_available or not_observed.
Prepared OMH routing is not execution, review, CI, merge-readiness, or merge evidence.
- When wrapper metadata includes
memory_review_card/v1 or handoff_context_pack/v1, treat it as reviewed OMH-local or wrapper-supplied context only. Use conflict-free context summaries to shape plans and handoffs, but do not claim Hermes internal memory was read or changed.
Preserve workflow intent and stop conditions; verify before claiming completion.
Use Hermes-native subagent/delegation features when available: native subagents -> Hermes delegation when available, otherwise sequential lanes.
Shared product, compatibility, topology, memory, harness, and execution rules: omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md. Load it when applicable; otherwise name an unavailable capability.
1---2name: omh-idea-to-deploy3description: [omh] Hermes Idea-to-Deploy workflow: shape an app idea into decisions, delivery handoff, verification, release, and monitoring status. Use when the user says: idea-to-deploy, idea to deploy, from idea to deploy, plan to deploy, idea to launch, ship this idea, ship this feature, launch this feature.4---5
6# Idea To Deploy
7
8This is a Hermes-native `idea-to-deploy` workflow skill.
9
10## Why This Exists
11
12`idea-to-deploy` exists to keep `delivery` work explicit, evidence-backed, and inside the Hermes/executor boundary instead of relying on ad hoc chat narration.
13
14## Do Not Use When
15
16- The task is already a concrete repo change whose stopping point is one PR-ready cycle, not product or release operations; use `ultrawork`.
17- The request is a settings-only change, one bounded edit that is explicitly low-risk and has a direct owner and verification path, or a direct answer/diagnosis; handle it directly instead of opening a product delivery loop.
18
19## Examples
20
21Good example:
22
23- Prompt: idea-to-deploy: turn this onboarding idea into a scoped plan, implementation handoff, QA gate, and release path.
24- Expected behavior: Prepare the idea-to-release lane while keeping implementation, QA, and deploy evidence observed-only.
25- Why: The request spans product shaping through deploy readiness instead of a single task.
26
27Bad example:
28
29- Prompt: idea-to-deploy: treat casual chat or unaccepted work as if this workflow already produced verified results.
30- Expected behavior: Ask a clarification question or route to a narrower workflow instead of forcing `idea-to-deploy`.
31- Why: The request lacks the required inputs or would overclaim work that Hermes did not observe.
32
33## Completion Checklist
34
35- Confirm the workflow target, evidence boundary, and stop condition are named.
36- Report which outputs are prepared, observed, blocked, or missing.
37- Name the smallest next verification or handoff instead of claiming completion from narration.
38
39## Recovery Notes
40
41- If required context is missing, ask one blocking question or route back to the narrower workflow.
42- If runtime or wrapper evidence is unavailable, keep the status as not_observed and expose the next observable action.
43
44## Workflow Lane
45
46- Current lane: **Coding handoff** (`idea-to-deploy`, `llm-app-dev`, `cto-loop`, `deploy-and-monitor`, `code-review`, `build-failure-triage`, `verification-gate`, `security-safety-review`, `+13 more`) - coding owners, handoffs, review, CI, and merge evidence.
47- If intent belongs to another lane, hand back to `oh-my-hermes` or name the adjacent workflow.
48- Shared product, routing, compatibility, and evidence rules: `omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md`.
49
50## Use When
51
52Use when Hermes should carry a product or app idea through shaping, decision gates, plan acceptance, executor handoff, verification, release readiness, deploy, and monitoring boundaries, including a fresh or empty repository that needs the greenfield bootstrap pass (git, license, README, agent context file, CI skeleton) before delivery work starts.
53
54 Strong routing signals: `idea-to-deploy`, `idea to deploy`, `from idea to deploy`, `plan to deploy`, `idea to launch`, `ship this idea`, `ship this feature`, `launch this feature`, `product delivery loop`, `app delivery loop`, `complete product loop`, `end-to-end app operation`, `ship this idea to production`, `bootstrap the project`, `bootstrap this project`, `bootstrap a new project`, `scaffold a new project`, `set up a new repo`, `완제품 루프`, `아이디어부터 배포`, `기획부터 배포`, `출시까지`, `앱 운영 루프`, `서비스로 만들어서 배포`, `아이디어를 서비스로`, `배포까지 가보자`
55
56## Catalog Metadata
57
58Category: `delivery`
59Phase: `app-delivery-loop`
60Hermes role: `operator`
61Quality tier: `delivery-gated`
62Reasoning demand: `heavy`
63
64Quality bar:
65
66- Name the idea, user value, decision owner, non-goals, and success metric before planning delivery.
67- Expose idea, decision, plan, handoff, verification, release, deploy, and monitor stages as separate status steps.
68- Prepare coding handoffs only after plan acceptance and selected executor/runtime choice.
69- Mark deploy, monitoring, and rollback as unobserved until the wrapper or operator records evidence.
70- For a fresh, empty, or newly `git init`-ed target that is expected to outlive the session, run the greenfield bootstrap pass before or alongside delivery planning - load `references/project-bootstrap.md` for the six-step order (git and .gitignore, LICENSE, README, agent context file, CI skeleton, docs/ seed) and its per-file verify line; explicitly skip it for throwaway or scratch work instead of silently running it.
71
72Handoff policy:
73
74Keep idea shaping, decision gates, planning, release narration, and status in Hermes; prepare selected executor/runtime handoffs only for accepted code work and record deploy/monitoring only from observed operator or wrapper evidence.
75
76Required inputs:
77
78- product idea
79- target user or customer signal
80- success metric
81- repo or app context
82
83Expected outputs:
84
85- stage rail
86- decision gates
87- executor handoff criteria
88- verification and deploy/monitor status boundaries
89
90Artifact expectations:
91
92- app delivery loop status record when the wrapper captures stage acceptance or observations
93
94Safety rules:
95
96- Do not claim implementation, deploy, health checks, rollback, or monitoring happened from a prepared loop.
97- Keep coding, release, and monitoring observations as separate evidence gates.
98- Ask for missing success metric, release scope, or executor choice before preparing a handoff.
99
100## Runtime Evidence
101
102Preferred harness for this skill: `app-delivery-loop`.
103
104```sh
105omh runtime record --skill idea-to-deploy --harness app-delivery-loop --status started
106```
107
108Record observed delegation results; otherwise return `not_available` or `not_observed`.
109Prepared OMH routing is not execution, review, CI, merge-readiness, or merge evidence.
110- When wrapper metadata includes `memory_review_card/v1` or `handoff_context_pack/v1`, treat it as reviewed OMH-local or wrapper-supplied context only. Use conflict-free context summaries to shape plans and handoffs, but do not claim Hermes internal memory was read or changed.
111Preserve workflow intent and stop conditions; verify before claiming completion.
112
113Use Hermes-native subagent/delegation features when available: native subagents -> Hermes delegation when available, otherwise sequential lanes.
114
115Shared product, compatibility, topology, memory, harness, and execution rules: `omh-routing/references/skill-common-rail.md`. Load it when applicable; otherwise name an unavailable capability.