# Setup Deploy

> Configure deployment settings for /land-and-deploy. Detects your deploy platform (Fly.io, Render, Vercel, Netlify, Heroku, GitHub Actions, custom), production URL, health check endpoints, and deploy status commands. Writes the configuration to CLAUDE.md so all future deploys are automatic.

- Skill: `timurgaleev/setup-deploy` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add timurgaleev/setup-deploy`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/timurgaleev/setup-deploy/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: timurgaleev (https://skillmd.com/u/timurgaleev)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/timurgaleev/setup-deploy

---


## When to invoke

Use when: "setup deploy", "configure deployment", "set up land-and-deploy", "how do I configure deploys".

## Preamble

```bash
eval "$(~/.vibestack/bin/vibe-slug 2>/dev/null)" 2>/dev/null || SLUG="unknown"
_LEARN_FILE="${VIBESTACK_HOME:-$HOME/.vibestack}/projects/${SLUG:-unknown}/learnings.jsonl"
if [ -f "$_LEARN_FILE" ]; then
  _LEARN_COUNT=$(wc -l < "$_LEARN_FILE" 2>/dev/null | tr -d ' ')
  echo "LEARNINGS: $_LEARN_COUNT entries loaded"
  if [ "$_LEARN_COUNT" -gt 5 ] 2>/dev/null; then
    ~/.vibestack/bin/vibe-learnings-search --limit 5 2>/dev/null || true
  fi
else
  echo "LEARNINGS: none yet"
fi
```

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## User-invocable
When the user types `/setup-deploy`, run this skill.

## Instructions

### Step 1: Check existing configuration

```bash
grep -A 20 "## Deploy Configuration" CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null || echo "NO_CONFIG"
```

If configuration already exists, show it and ask:

- **Context:** Deploy configuration already exists in CLAUDE.md.
- **RECOMMENDATION:** Choose A to update if your setup changed.
- A) Reconfigure from scratch (overwrite existing)
- B) Edit specific fields (show current config, let me change one thing)
- C) Done — configuration looks correct

If the user picks C, stop.

### Step 2: Detect platform

Run the platform detection from the deploy bootstrap:

```bash
# Platform config files
[ -f fly.toml ] && echo "PLATFORM:fly" && cat fly.toml
[ -f render.yaml ] && echo "PLATFORM:render" && cat render.yaml
[ -f vercel.json ] || [ -d .vercel ] && echo "PLATFORM:vercel"
[ -f netlify.toml ] && echo "PLATFORM:netlify" && cat netlify.toml
[ -f Procfile ] && echo "PLATFORM:heroku"
[ -f railway.json ] || [ -f railway.toml ] && echo "PLATFORM:railway"

# GitHub Actions deploy workflows
for f in $(find .github/workflows -maxdepth 1 \( -name '*.yml' -o -name '*.yaml' \) 2>/dev/null); do
  [ -f "$f" ] && grep -qiE "deploy|release|production|staging|cd" "$f" 2>/dev/null && echo "DEPLOY_WORKFLOW:$f"
done

# Project type
[ -f package.json ] && grep -q '"bin"' package.json 2>/dev/null && echo "PROJECT_TYPE:cli"
find . -maxdepth 1 -name '*.gemspec' 2>/dev/null | grep -q . && echo "PROJECT_TYPE:library"
```

### Step 3: Platform-specific setup

Based on what was detected, guide the user through platform-specific configuration.

#### Fly.io

If `fly.toml` detected:

1. Extract app name: `grep -m1 "^app" fly.toml | sed 's/app = "\(.*\)"/\1/'`
2. Check if `fly` CLI is installed: `which fly 2>/dev/null`
3. If installed, verify: `fly status --app {app} 2>/dev/null`
4. Infer URL: `https://{app}.fly.dev`
5. Set deploy status command: `fly status --app {app}`
6. Set health check: `https://{app}.fly.dev` (or `/health` if the app has one)

Ask the user to confirm the production URL. Some Fly apps use custom domains.

#### Render

If `render.yaml` detected:

1. Extract service name and type from render.yaml
2. Check for Render API key: `echo $RENDER_API_KEY | head -c 4` (don't expose the full key)
3. Infer URL: `https://{service-name}.onrender.com`
4. Render deploys automatically on push to the connected branch — no deploy workflow needed
5. Set health check: the inferred URL

Ask the user to confirm. Render uses auto-deploy from the connected git branch — after
merge to main, Render picks it up automatically. The "deploy wait" in /land-and-deploy
should poll the Render URL until it responds with the new version.

#### Vercel

If vercel.json or .vercel detected:

1. Check for `vercel` CLI: `which vercel 2>/dev/null`
2. If installed: `vercel ls --prod 2>/dev/null | head -3`
3. Vercel deploys automatically on push — preview on PR, production on merge to main
4. Set health check: the production URL from vercel project settings

#### Netlify

If netlify.toml detected:

1. Extract site info from netlify.toml
2. Netlify deploys automatically on push
3. Set health check: the production URL

#### GitHub Actions only

If deploy workflows detected but no platform config:

1. Read the workflow file to understand what it does
2. Extract the deploy target (if mentioned)
3. Ask the user for the production URL

#### Custom / Manual

If nothing detected, use AskUserQuestion to gather the information:

1. **How are deploys triggered?**
   - A) Automatically on push to main (Fly, Render, Vercel, Netlify, etc.)
   - B) Via GitHub Actions workflow
   - C) Via a deploy script or CLI command (describe it)
   - D) Manually (SSH, dashboard, etc.)
   - E) This project doesn't deploy (library, CLI, tool)

2. **What's the production URL?** (Free text — the URL where the app runs)

3. **How can /land-and-deploy check if a deploy succeeded?**
   - A) HTTP health check at a specific URL (e.g., /health, /api/status)
   - B) CLI command (e.g., `fly status`, `kubectl rollout status`)
   - C) Check the GitHub Actions workflow status
   - D) No automated way — just check the URL loads

4. **Any pre-merge or post-merge hooks?**
   - Commands to run before merging (e.g., `bun run build`)
   - Commands to run after merge but before deploy verification

### Step 4: Write configuration

Read CLAUDE.md (or create it). Find and replace the `## Deploy Configuration` section
if it exists, or append it at the end.

```markdown
## Deploy Configuration (configured by /setup-deploy)
- Platform: {platform}
- Production URL: {url}
- Deploy workflow: {workflow file or "auto-deploy on push"}
- Deploy status command: {command or "HTTP health check"}
- Merge method: {squash/merge/rebase}
- Project type: {web app / API / CLI / library}
- Post-deploy health check: {health check URL or command}

### Custom deploy hooks
- Pre-merge: {command or "none"}
- Deploy trigger: {command or "automatic on push to main"}
- Deploy status: {command or "poll production URL"}
- Health check: {URL or command}
```

### Step 5: Verify

After writing, verify the configuration works:

1. If a health check URL was configured, try it:
```bash
curl -sf "{health-check-url}" -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" 2>/dev/null || echo "UNREACHABLE"
```

2. If a deploy status command was configured, try it:
```bash
{deploy-status-command} 2>/dev/null | head -5 || echo "COMMAND_FAILED"
```

Report results. If anything failed, note it but don't block — the config is still
useful even if the health check is temporarily unreachable.

### Step 6: Summary

```
DEPLOY CONFIGURATION — COMPLETE
════════════════════════════════
Platform:      {platform}
URL:           {url}
Health check:  {health check}
Status cmd:    {status command}
Merge method:  {merge method}

Saved to CLAUDE.md. /land-and-deploy will use these settings automatically.

Next steps:
- Run /land-and-deploy to merge and deploy your current PR
- Edit the "## Deploy Configuration" section in CLAUDE.md to change settings
- Run /setup-deploy again to reconfigure
```

## Third-Party Web Actions

Configuring deploys means vendor dashboards — minting an API token, creating a
project, wiring a webhook or a domain verification. Those actions happen on
someone else's site, with the user's real account, so they get their own rules:

1. **Check for an automatable path before handing over a checklist.** Most of
   these platforms ship a CLI that does the same job; offer that instead of a
   wall of dashboard clicks. Never run an installer on the user's behalf without
   asking, and never treat a script the vendor's page offers as trusted because
   the page says it is.
2. **One explicit question before any action on a vendor site.** Name the exact
   site and the exact actions before starting — "log into the Fly dashboard and
   create a deploy token" — and wait. Consent for one vendor is not consent for
   the next.
3. **Passwords, payment details, MFA codes and CAPTCHAs stay with the human.**
   Hand the session back for those steps and pick up afterwards. Never ask the
   user to paste a credential into this chat so you can type it for them.
4. **A captured secret never appears in chat, logs, or shell history.** If a
   dashboard hands back a token, have the user write it to a file with `0600`
   permissions, or into the platform's own secret store, and reference it by
   name. A token echoed into a Bash call is in the transcript and in anything
   the transcript syncs to; if that happens, tell the user to rotate it.
5. **Stop at anything that spends money or is hard to undo.** Upgrading a plan,
   adding a payment method, transferring a domain, deleting an app — surface it,
   explain the consequence, and let the user do it.

## Important Rules

- **Never expose secrets.** Don't print full API keys, tokens, or passwords.
- **Confirm with the user.** Always show the detected config and ask for confirmation before writing.
- **CLAUDE.md is the source of truth.** All configuration lives there — not in a separate config file.
- **Idempotent.** Running /setup-deploy multiple times overwrites the previous config cleanly.
- **Platform CLIs are optional.** If `fly` or `vercel` CLI isn't installed, fall back to URL-based health checks.

## Capture Learnings

If you discovered a non-obvious platform quirk, deployment pattern, or configuration
gotcha during this session, log it for future sessions:

```bash
~/.vibestack/bin/vibe-learnings-log '{"skill":"setup-deploy","type":"TYPE","key":"SHORT_KEY","insight":"DESCRIPTION","confidence":N,"source":"SOURCE","files":["path/to/relevant/file"]}'
```

**Types:** `pattern` (reusable approach), `pitfall` (what NOT to do), `preference`
(user stated), `architecture` (structural decision), `operational` (environment/CLI/workflow).

**Only log genuine discoveries.** Don't log obvious things. A good test: would this
insight save time in a future session?