# deploy-prototype

Generates lightweight web apps from brief prompts and packages them for Vercel deployment.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 783
- Author: aeonfun
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deploy-prototype

## What it does

This skill converts simple briefs or topics from project memory into functional browser interfaces. It puts the generated project into `.pending-deploy/files/`. By default, the output is a single-file static page using plain HTML and JavaScript without heavy bundlers, designed to load in under one second.

A quality audit runs before the final payload is built. The UI must support screens down to 360px wide, adapt to dark mode via `prefers-color-scheme`, and fetch live data from public APIs instead of mock text. The skill then creates `.pending-deploy/payload.json` and scans the codebase to catch accidentally exposed GitHub or Vercel keys.

The deployment will halt if the project exceeds 20 files or a 4MB JSON payload limit. Sending the output live to the platform requires a configured `VERCEL_TOKEN`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill deploy-prototype -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/deploy-prototype/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill deploy-prototype -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill deploy-prototype -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install aeonfun/aeon deploy-prototype
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill deploy-prototype -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon --path skills/deploy-prototype
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add aeonfun/aeon --skill deploy-prototype -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/aeonfun/aeon/tree/HEAD/skills/deploy-prototype/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- ship an interactive web prototype without manual bundler setup
- generate ready-to-deploy Vercel payloads from brief text prompts
- turn static documentation notes into functioning web tools
- scan generated prototype files for leaked API credentials before release

## Example prompts
- Build an interactive market heat map tool: `tool:market-heatmap` tracking top-20 token volumes.
- Scan recent notes in `memory/` and deploy an interactive tool from the findings.
- Create a quick landing page prototype: `landing:startup-idea` ready for Vercel.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: deploy-prototype
description: Generate a small app or tool and deploy it live to Vercel via API
metadata:
  title: Deploy Prototype
  category: dev
  var: ""
  tags:
    - dev
    - build
  requires:
    - VERCEL_TOKEN?
    - GH_GLOBAL?
---
<!-- autoresearch: variation B — sharper output via prototype quality bar + self-check + signal-anchored record -->

> **${var}** — What to build and deploy.
> - Empty → auto-select from recent signals (articles, logs, memory topics).
> - Plain text (e.g. `market heatmap`) → interpret as a build brief.
> - Typed form `type:slug description` (e.g. `tool:market-heatmap volume heatmap of top-20 tokens`, `viz:tx-graph`, `api:summarize`, `landing:startup-idea`) → use `type` to bias shape and `slug` as the deployment name.

Today is ${today}. Your task is to ship a small, self-contained prototype that someone could actually use in the browser today.

## Steps

1. **Read context.** Read `memory/MEMORY.md` and the most recent entries in `memory/logs/` for active topics.
   If running as part of a chain, scan injected upstream outputs for a concrete artifact worth making interactive.

2. **Pick what to build (if `${var}` is empty or vague).**

   Scan these sources, in order, for prototype-worthy signals:
   - `output/articles/` — last 7 entries by mtime: any claim, finding, or dataset that would be more useful as an interactive page?
   - `memory/topics/*.md` — running narratives; pick one with a live data source (prices, feeds, markets)
   - `memory/logs/${today}.md` and the two prior days — skill outputs flagged as interesting
   - `memory/MEMORY.md` → "Next Priorities" and "Recent Articles"

   Score each candidate 1-5 on:
   - **Leverage** — does an interactive version beat the static write-up?
   - **Concreteness** — is the spec obvious in one sentence? (if no, reject)
   - **Novelty** — haven't shipped this in the last 14 days (check `output/articles/prototype-*.md` by mtime and any `memory/topics/prototypes.md`)

   Pick the highest-total candidate. If no candidate reaches 9/15, skip building and exit as `DEPLOY_PROTOTYPE_EMPTY` (step 9).

   Record the chosen signal — its source file(s) and one-line rationale — you'll use it in steps 6 and 7.

3. **Commit to a shape before writing code.** Before touching `.pending-deploy/`, write out (in your reasoning, not a file):
   - **Slug**: `aeon-prototype-<descriptor>`, all lowercase, `[a-z0-9-]`, 3–50 chars after prefix (e.g. `aeon-prototype-market-heatmap`). If `${var}` supplied a typed slug, use it; otherwise derive one.
   - **Tagline** (≤90 chars) — the one-liner that appears in the page title and OG tags.
   - **Primary action** — what is the one thing a visitor does in the first 10 seconds? (read a number, click a filter, submit an input, compare two things). If you can't name it, go back to step 2.
```
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