# deployment-automation

Plans release rollouts and safe rollback workflows. Useful when code builds reliably but staging-to-production deployment lacks clear guardrails.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 360 installs · ★ 51
- Author: akillness
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/deployment-automation/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/deployment-automation

## What it does

This skill organizes release execution for backend and fullstack software. It establishes a concrete release profile before suggesting actions, taking into account stateful database risks and verification depth. Instead of guessing workflows, it prompts the agent to inspect actual artifacts, deploy commands, and existing health checks.

Predefined reference templates guide specific execution paths. These handle preview branch checks, canary rollouts, staging sign-offs, and emergency containment when a release breaks. The skill relies on standard tools like `Read`, `Write`, and `Grep` to evaluate repository configs.

Without a working build or passing tests, this skill will not help. It strictly enforces operational boundaries: machine setup and Docker installation route to `system-environment-setup`, while Vercel domain handling belongs in `vercel-deploy`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill deployment-automation -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill deployment-automation -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill deployment-automation -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install akillness/jeo-skills deployment-automation
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill deployment-automation -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/akillness/jeo-skills --path .agent-skills/deployment-automation
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add akillness/jeo-skills --skill deployment-automation -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/akillness/jeo-skills/tree/HEAD/.agent-skills/deployment-automation/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Select a rollout pattern such as blue-green, canary, or rolling updates
- Structure verification gates for staging-to-production promotion
- Prepare a containment and rollback path for a failed rollout
- Define verification criteria and preflight checks for preview branches

## Example prompts
- Review our release workflow and create a staging-to-production promotion gate
- Plan a canary deployment for this API service with clear stop conditions
- Help contain a failed rollout and prepare safe rollback steps

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: deployment-automation
description: >
  Plan and review release execution for web, backend, and fullstack systems:
  preview releases, staging-to-production promotion, rollout strategy, post-deploy
  verification, rollback response, and release-hardening checklists. Use when the
  system can already build and the main job is shipping or recovering a release
  safely, choosing between preview / promotion / canary / rollback paths, or
  tightening deploy gates around health checks and sign-off. CI workflow and release-job
  authoring belongs here too. Route machine/runtime setup to
  `system-environment-setup`, long-lived telemetry design to
  `monitoring-observability`, and Vercel-specific operations to `vercel-deploy`.
allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Glob Grep
compatibility: >
  Best for repositories or delivery workflows where the system can already build
  and the main problem is safe release execution, promotion, verification, or
  rollback across preview, staging, and production environments.
license: MIT
metadata:
  tags: deployment, release-rollout, preview-environments, rollback, progressive-delivery, post-deploy-verification, devops
  platforms: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Codex
  version: "2.1.0"
  modernization: 2026-04-16
  source: akillness/jeo-skills
---

# Deployment Automation

Use this skill when the job is **safe release execution after the system is already buildable**.

`deployment-automation` is the repo's release-execution anchor for:
- preview releases and shareable review environments
- staging → production promotion and sign-off gates
- rollout strategy choice: replace, rolling, blue-green, canary, progressive
- post-deploy verification and stop conditions
- rollback response and bad-release containment
- release-hardening packets around an existing deploy path

Read these support docs before deciding the packet:
- [references/deployment-modes-and-boundaries.md](references/deployment-modes-and-boundaries.md)
- [references/release-packet-templates.md](references/release-packet-templates.md)
- [references/strategy-selection-and-stop-conditions.md](references/strategy-selection-and-stop-conditions.md)
- [references/rollout-and-rollback-checklist.md](references/rollout-and-rollback-checklist.md)
- [references/platform-routing-notes.md](references/platform-routing-notes.md)

## When to use this skill
- A preview or branch deployment exists, but nobody agrees what it is supposed to prove before merge.
- A release already works mechanically, but staging/prod promotion still depends on tribal knowledge.
- The main decision is rollout strategy, release gates, verification depth, or rollback readiness.
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