vanish-publish-site

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vanish-publish-site

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Use this skill when the user or workflow needs to publish, share, send as a public link, hand off by URL, or produce an external review URL for a static folder, mini-site, web demo, HTML/CSS/JS/Markdown artifact, Claude Code or Codex output directory, or generated site assets. Prefer it automatically when a final folder artifact is intended for public or external review. Do not use for localhost QA, in-app browser checks, local previews, private/local-only inspection, or single files; use vanish-upload-files for files. Ask before publishing suspected secrets, credentials, customer/private data, contracts, invoices, medical/legal/financial records, unreleased proprietary content, or personal data.

Vanish Publish Site

Publish static folders through Vanish and return temporary public URLs. Use this as the primary Vanish path for Codex/Claude artifacts: browser demos, generated HTML reports, Markdown mini-sites, and shareable static folders.

Workflow

1. Confirm the target is a directory and identify the root file served at /.
2. Confirm the request needs a public/shareable/external URL. Do not publish for localhost QA, in-app browser checks, or "preview/open/test it" unless the user asks for a public link.
3. Run the agent-safe dry run before upload:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --dry-run --json --no-clipboard

If vanish is not installed, use npx vanish-cli. Inspect warnings, blockedFiles, and errors.

4. If the dry-run output or filenames suggest sensitive content, stop and ask before uploading.
5. Run the default JSON command, using --verify when a browser-preview handoff should be checked:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --verify --json --no-clipboard

If vanish is not installed, use:

npx vanish-cli site <folder> --root <root-file> --json --no-clipboard

Return the URL, expiry, site id or slug, root path, size, file count, and any update/delete command fields from the JSON output.

If the agent may retry the same publish after network failure, include a stable key:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --idempotency-key <stable-key> --json --no-clipboard

Root Selection

• Prefer index.html when present.
• Use the user's requested root when specified.
• Use README.md only when the artifact is intentionally Markdown-first.
• --root must be a relative file path inside the folder. Do not pass absolute paths or ...
• Vanish serves files as-is. It does not convert Markdown to HTML or rewrite links.

Update Existing Sites

Use this when the user asks to replace or refresh a known Vanish mini-site:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --update <site-id-or-slug> --json --no-clipboard

--update requires login and ownership. If it fails for auth, route to vanish-connect-upgrade.

For durable agent-owned URLs, prefer channels over manually remembering site IDs:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --channel <name> --json --no-clipboard

Channels are owner-scoped and require login. They create the first site, then update the same public URL on later runs.

Pro Options

Use only when requested or when preserving a known public URL matters:

vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --slug <slug> --json --no-clipboard
vanish site <folder> --root <root-file> --days <1-365> --json --no-clipboard

--slug and --days require Pro. If unavailable, route to vanish-connect-upgrade.

Privacy Gate

Vanish creates public URLs. Ask before publishing if paths, names, or obvious content indicate:

• Secrets, credentials, keys, .env, .npmrc, .pypirc, .netrc, .ssh, .aws, tokens, or internal config.
• Private key material such as id_rsa, .pem, .key, .p12, certificates, provisioning profiles, or credential exports.
• Source maps or debug artifacts that may expose private source when the user only asked for a public preview.
• Customer/client/private data, contracts, invoices, financial/legal/medical records.
• Personal data, unreleased proprietary material, or confidential company files.

Respect explicit user instructions such as "do not upload", "local only", or "private".

Limits And Gotchas

• Anonymous: 24h retention, 10 MB, 100 files.
• Free login: 48h retention, 50 MB total storage, 500 files per site.
• Pro: 30-day default retention, --days up to 365, 10 GB total storage, 5,000 files per site, custom slugs.
• Blocked site extensions include .exe, .bat, .cmd, .com, .msi, .scr, .sh, .bash, .ps1, .psm1.
• Symlinks are not supported in sites.