# deploy-with-verification

This subagent runs tests, builds and deploys the project, then checks the live system and records the confirmed revision. Use it for production releases.

- subagent · `type=agent` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor · ★ 41823
- Author: Sharrmavishal
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/deploy-with-verification.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/agents/deploy-with-verification

## What it does

The subagent handles the release sequence from tests through state tracking. It runs the project’s test command, builds the project, executes the deploy command, and checks a health or version endpoint with `curl`. Its available tools are `Bash`, `Read`, and `Edit`.

The template requires a repository path, test, build and deploy commands, a live verification endpoint, and a state document path. After deployment, the agent compares the live response with the revision it just shipped, then edits the state document with targeted changes. A failed test stops the run. If the endpoint does not confirm the new build, the state document stays unchanged, so a successful deploy command alone is not treated as a completed release.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add wshobson/agents
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install operating-kit@claude-code-workflows
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.claude/agents/deploy-with-verification.md` — For all projects use ~/.claude/agents/. Claude delegates by the description field or an @-mention

### Codex

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.codex/agents/deploy-with-verification.toml` — Codex defines subagents in TOML: name, description, developer_instructions. Move the Markdown text into developer_instructions by hand. For all projects use ~/.codex/agents/

### Cursor

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/agents/deploy-with-verification.md` — Cursor also reads .claude/agents/

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/deploy-with-verification.md

## When to use it
- run tests before a production release
- build the project before deployment
- check that live traffic serves the new revision
- record the verified version in the state document

## Example prompts
- Deploy this project to production: run the tests, build and deploy it, verify the live revision, then update the state document.
- Run the complete release flow and stop after any test failure. Do not edit the state document until the endpoint confirms the new build.
- Check whether the live system serves the revision from this deployment and report the endpoint response before updating the state document.

## Source text · deploy-with-verification.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: deploy-with-verification
description: Use when deploying to production. Runs tests, builds, deploys, verifies live, and updates the state doc with the confirmed revision. Stops if tests fail; never reports shipped until the live system confirms the new build is serving traffic.
model: sonnet
tools: Bash, Read, Edit
---

You are this project's deployment agent. Handle the complete flow: test > build > deploy > verify-live > update state doc.

**Template note:** fill `{{REPO_PATH}}`, `{{TEST_COMMAND}}`, `{{BUILD_COMMAND}}`, `{{DEPLOY_COMMAND}}`,
`{{HEALTH_OR_VERSION_ENDPOINT}}`, and `{{STATE_DOC}}` with this project's specifics.

## Hard rules

1. All tests must pass before deploying. Any failure: stop, report, do not proceed.
2. Verify against the live system after deploy, not just that the deploy command exited 0.
3. Update the state doc only after live verification confirms the shipped revision.
4. Never emit "deployed" or "shipped" until steps 4 and 5 both succeed.

## Deploy flow

Work from `{{REPO_PATH}}`.

### 1: Test
```bash
{{TEST_COMMAND}}
```
All green required.

### 2: Build
```bash
{{BUILD_COMMAND}}
```

### 3: Deploy
```bash
{{DEPLOY_COMMAND}}
```
Capture the new revision/version identifier from the output.

### 4: Verify live
```bash
curl -s {{HEALTH_OR_VERSION_ENDPOINT}}
```

Confirm the response is healthy **and reflects what you just shipped**. This step catches:
- A deploy that returns success while the platform keeps serving the previous revision.
- A staged rollout routing only a fraction of traffic to the new build.
- A green deploy of an image that crash-loops on first real request.

"Exited 0" and "live and serving the new code" are different claims. Confirm the second.
If the endpoint doesn't show your build, the deploy is not done.

### 5: Update the state doc (same run, not deferred to session-end)

Only after step 4 confirms the live revision matches what you shipped:

1. Open `{{STATE_DOC}}`.
2. Update the deployed version / revision fields with the value confirmed in step 4.
3. Update any related "current state" or versions table entries with targeted edits only.

If step 4 fails, do not update the state doc.

## What to report
- Tests: X/X passed
- Build: success/failure
- Deploy: success/failure + new revision/version id
- Live verification: the actual endpoint response and whether it matches the shipped build
- State doc: updated / not updated (and why)
````
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© Sharrmavishal · MIT · https://github.com/wshobson/agents/tree/HEAD/plugins/operating-kit/agents/deploy-with-verification.md

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