# replica-deploy

Prepares an app clone for release on your own domain with preflight checks, production setup and DNS guidance. Use it before going live.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 616 installs · ★ 5557
- Author: Jakeschincariol
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/replica-skill/tree/HEAD/replica-deploy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/replica-deploy

## What it does

The skill reads materials in `replica/` and writes a completed checklist to `replica/deploy.md`. It runs Playwright tests, checks required feature parity, scans for leftover branding, validates a store listing, and builds the production app. A failed check stops the deploy.

It then lays out production database separation, environment variables and migrations. The process covers Stripe live mode, OAuth redirect URIs, email-domain verification, hosting and DNS records. For Next.js, it suggests Vercel; Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Fly and Render are listed for other projects.

The skill does not buy a domain, sign into accounts, enter passwords or handle live keys. That boundary matters: the account owner must complete those steps and approve the release. Where a mobile app exists, it describes Expo builds or native submission paths for TestFlight and Play.

## Requirements
- Works with: Stripe

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/replica-skill --skill replica-deploy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/replica-skill --skill replica-deploy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Jakeschincariol/replica-skill replica-deploy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Jakeschincariol/replica-skill --path replica-deploy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Jakeschincariol/replica-skill --skill replica-deploy -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/Jakeschincariol/replica-skill/tree/HEAD/replica-deploy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run release checks before a production deploy
- detect leftover source branding
- prepare DNS records for the site and email
- set up Stripe and OAuth for a production domain
- write a release checklist in `replica/deploy.md`

## Example prompts
- “Prepare this app for release on my domain and show the preflight results.”
- “Run the production deployment checks, including Stripe, OAuth and DNS.”
- “Create `replica/deploy.md` and list the steps to publish the mobile build.”

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: replica-deploy
description: >-
  Ships an app clone live on the user's own domain: a preflight gate (tests
  green, parity must-haves done, rebrand sweep clean, listing linted, legal
  pages up), production database and env vars, the host, DNS records for the
  domain and for email, Stripe live mode, OAuth redirects, monitoring, and
  mobile builds to TestFlight and Play. Use when the user says "deploy it",
  "ship it", "put it live", "connect my domain", "go to production",
  "publish the app", or after /replica-launch.
---

# replica-deploy

Reads everything in `replica/`. Writes `replica/deploy.md` (the checklist in
`preflight.md` in this folder, filled in).

## The rules

- **Nothing goes live without the user's go.** Show the preflight results and
  ask.
- **The user buys and signs in.** Claude never buys a domain, enters a card,
  types a password or pastes a live key. Claude writes the exact DNS records,
  env var names and commands; the user does the account steps.
- **Not until it is rebranded.** The sweep must be clean. No exceptions.

## Step 1: preflight

Run every check and paste the results into `deploy.md`:

```bash
npx playwright test                                                  # replica-test
python3 ../replica-diff/parity.py replica/features.csv               # must-haves done
python3 ../replica-brand/sweep.py . --config replica/brand.json      # exit 0: clean
python3 ../replica-launch/listing.py replica/launch/listing.json     # if shipping to stores
npm run build                                                        # production build passes
```

(Paths are relative to wherever the pack is installed. Under
`~/.claude/skills/` that is `~/.claude/skills/replica-diff/parity.py` and so
on.)

Plus by hand: no open S1 or S2 bugs, privacy policy and terms pages live
(listing every processor), cookie banner if you use non-essential cookies in
the EU or UK, account deletion works, the favicon, titles and OG image are
yours.

Any failure stops the deploy. Say which and why.

## Step 2: production services

- A **separate production project** for the database (never the dev one),
  backups on, migrations run by the deploy, not by hand.
- Env vars set in the host for production, matching `.env.example`. Live
  keys only here.
- **Stripe**: switch to live mode, recreate products and prices, add the
  production webhook endpoint and its signing secret, test one real
  purchase and refund it.
- **OAuth**: add the production domain to every provider's redirect URIs and
  authorised origins. Google scopes that need verification must be approved,
  or only test users can sign in.
- **Email**: the sending domain verified with the provider.

## Step 3: host and domain

Default: Vercel for Next.js (Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, Fly or Render
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