# site-launch-checklist

Runs an interactive pre-release audit for websites and web apps, covering DNS, security headers, GDPR rules, SEO, and analytics before production deployment.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4400 installs · ★ 237
- Author: samber
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/site-launch-checklist/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/site-launch-checklist

## What it does

The skill orchestrates a ten-phase release checklist tuned for setups using Cloudflare DNS, Vercel, and PostHog. When started, it asks structured questions about site type, migration needs, language locales, and AI scraper policies.

Rather than installing bulky plugin collections, it queries companion packs such as `AgriciDaniel/claude-seo` or `addyosmani/web-quality-skills` and proposes only the specific sub-skills needed for the verified site type. Each checkpoint tests individual assets and lets you decide whether to fix errors immediately or queue them.

Without `curl` and `jq` installed in your environment, automated header and configuration checks will fail. External directory checks and AI citation reviews also demand active internet access.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill site-launch-checklist -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill site-launch-checklist -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill site-launch-checklist -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/cc-skills site-launch-checklist
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/site-launch-checklist/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill site-launch-checklist -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/cc-skills --path skills/site-launch-checklist
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/cc-skills --skill site-launch-checklist -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/samber/cc-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/site-launch-checklist/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- inspect DNS records, TLS setup, and Content Security Policy headers
- configure PostHog tracking, robots.txt, and llms.txt files
- verify OpenGraph previews, favicons, and web manifest tags
- audit compliance with GDPR and CNIL requirements

## Example prompts
- Run a pre-launch audit before deploying my Vercel site
- Audit DNS, security headers, and SEO before shipping to production
- Help me set up robots.txt, llms.txt, and PostHog before release

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: site-launch-checklist
description: "Pre-launch checklist for shipping a new website or web app. Scope: analytics (GA4, PostHog, Google Search Console, Ahrefs), DNS, TLS and backups, legal and CNIL/GDPR compliance, security headers, SEO and GEO (robots.txt, sitemaps, llms.txt, hreflang, schema markup, keyword research), copywriting voice via TONE.md and a humanizer pass, OpenGraph and social previews, favicons and web manifest, Lighthouse, Core Web Vitals and WCAG quality gates, directory submissions, Product Hunt, G2/Capterra reviews, post-launch monitoring. Use when the user says 'checklist for the site', 'ready to ship', 'before I go live', 'ready for prod', 'audit before launch', or asks for a site review, pre-launch audit, or help launching a site or app, deploying a domain to production, or shipping a marketing, docs, SaaS, or lead-magnet site."
license: MIT
compatibility: Designed for Claude Code, Codex or similar harness. Requires internet access for directory submissions, G2/Capterra reviews, and AI citation checks.
user-invocable: true
metadata:
  author: samber
  version: "2.0.1"
  openclaw:
    emoji: "📊"
    homepage: https://github.com/samber/cc-skills
    install:
      - kind: npm
        package: skills
        bins: [skills]
      - kind: brew
        formula: jq
        bins: [jq]
    requires:
      bins:
        - curl
        - npm
        - npx
        - jq
allowed-tools: Read Edit Write Glob Grep Agent AskUserQuestion
---

**Questions:** Ask the user through the environment's question tool — never as plain-text prose. One question at a time, 2–4 tappable options, wait for the answer. If the environment has no question tool, ask in prose with the same options, one at a time.

# Site Launch Checklist

Pre-launch audit and setup workflow for shipping a new website. Opinionated for Cloudflare DNS + Vercel hosting + PostHog + Legal context.

## Interaction style (READ FIRST)

This skill is intentionally interactive. Ask aggressively instead of assuming. The user will tap, not type.

**Always ask these questions at the start of a run** (one at a time, in this order):

1. Site type: `doc-site` | `marketing/lead-gen` | `SaaS-app` | `training/paid-course` | `personal-portfolio`
2. Migration: `greenfield-new-domain` | `migration-need-301-redirects` | `replacing-existing-on-same-domain`
3. Multilingual: `single-locale` | `en` | `fr+en` | `other-multi`
4. PostHog setup: `hogpost.samber.dev` | `set-up-new-proxy` | `skip-PostHog`
5. AI scraper policy: `use-default-for-site-type` | `customize-per-bot` | `block-all`
6. Browser tool available: `claude-chrome-extension` | `playwright` | `neither-skip-browser-checks`

**Ask again at every decision point throughout the phases**, including:

- Whether to install Sentry / BetterStack / Crisp (depends on site type, ask explicitly)
- www vs apex canonical preference (most sites: apex; ask anyway)
```
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