shipping-and-launch

What problem does it solve?

This Skill ensures that deployments to production are safe, observable, and reversible, minimizing the risk of introducing critical issues and providing clear steps for monitoring and rollback.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Pre-Launch Checklist: Comprehensive checks covering code quality, security, performance, accessibility, infrastructure, and documentation.
• Feature Flag Strategy: Guidance on using feature flags to decouple deployment from release, including lifecycle management.
• Staged Rollout: Detailed steps for gradual deployment, from staging to canary releases and full rollouts.
• Monitoring & Observability: Defines key metrics to monitor across application, infrastructure, and client-side.
• Rollback Strategy: Provides a template and triggers for immediate rollback.
• Use Case: Preparing to release a new payment gateway integration, this skill guides you through the entire process from code review to monitoring the live rollout and having a clear rollback plan if issues arise.

Quick Start

Use the shipping-and-launch skill to generate a pre-launch checklist for an upcoming production deployment.