cohere-prod-checklist

name	cohere-prod-checklist
description	Execute Cohere production deployment checklist and rollback procedures. Use when deploying Cohere integrations to production, preparing for launch, or implementing go-live procedures for Cohere-powered apps. Trigger with phrases like "cohere production", "deploy cohere", "cohere go-live", "cohere launch checklist".
allowed-tools	Read, Bash(kubectl:*), Bash(curl:*), Grep
version	1.5.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","ai","nlp","cohere"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Cohere Production Checklist

Overview

Complete go-live checklist for deploying Cohere API v2 integrations to production with safety gates, health checks, and rollback procedures.

Prerequisites

• Staging environment tested and verified
• Production API key (not trial) from dashboard.cohere.com
• Deployment pipeline configured
• Monitoring and alerting ready

Checklist

API & Authentication

• Using production API key (not trial — trial is rate-limited to 20 calls/min)
• CO_API_KEY stored in secret manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager)
• Key rotation procedure documented and tested
• Billing alerts configured at dashboard.cohere.com
• Using API v2 endpoints (CohereClientV2, not CohereClient)

Code Quality

• All API calls specify model parameter explicitly
• embeddingTypes set for all Embed calls (required for v3+)
• inputType set for all Embed calls (required for v3+)
• Error handling catches CohereError and CohereTimeoutError
• Retry logic with exponential backoff for 429 and 5xx
• No hardcoded API keys in source code
• Request/response logging excludes API keys and PII

Model Selection

• Correct model IDs used (not deprecated names):

Use Case	Recommended Model	Fallback