deployment

name	deployment
description	Deployment and DevOps skill covering CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure as code, and release management. Use when setting up deployment pipelines, Docker configurations, or release processes.
license	MIT

Deployment Skill — Release Engineering

This skill provides comprehensive deployment and release management guidance.

Deployment Checklist

Pre-Deployment

• All tests pass (unit, integration, e2e)
• Code review approved
• Security scan clean
• Performance baselines met
• Database migrations tested
• Environment variables documented
• Rollback plan documented
• Monitoring/alerting configured

Deployment Steps

• Tag release in version control
• Build production artifacts
• Run smoke tests against staging
• Deploy to production
• Verify health checks pass
• Monitor error rates for 15 minutes
• Announce deployment

Post-Deployment

• Verify all critical user journeys
• Check error rates and latency
• Verify monitoring dashboards
• Update release notes
• Notify stakeholders

CI/CD Pipeline Template

# .github/workflows/ci.yml
name: CI/CD Pipeline

on:
  push:
    branches: [main, develop]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]

jobs:
  quality:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
        with:
          node-version: '20'
          cache: 'npm'
      - run: npm ci
      - run: npm run lint
      - run: npm run typecheck
      - run: npm run test:unit
      - run: npm run test:integration
      - run: npm run build

  security:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npx audit-ci --moderate
      - run: npx snyk test

  deploy:
    needs: [quality, security]
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - run: npm run deploy:production

Docker Best Practices

# Multi-stage build for minimal image
FROM node:20-alpine AS builder
WORKDIR /app
COPY package*.json ./
RUN npm ci --ignore-scripts
COPY . .
RUN npm run build

FROM node:20-alpine AS runtime
WORKDIR /app
RUN addgroup -g 1001 appgroup && adduser -u 1001 -G appgroup -s /bin/sh -D appuser
COPY --from=builder /app/dist ./dist
COPY --from=builder /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --from=builder /app/package.json ./
USER appuser
EXPOSE 3000
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s CMD wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:3000/health || exit 1
CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]

Release Versioning

Semantic Versioning

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
  │     │     └── Bug fixes (backward compatible)
  │     └──────── New features (backward compatible)
  └────────────── Breaking changes

Release Notes Template

## [Version] — [Date]

### Breaking Changes

- [What changed and migration path]

### New Features

- [Feature description with PR link]

### Bug Fixes

- [Fix description with PR link]

### Dependencies

- [Updated dependencies list]

### Migration Guide

[Steps to upgrade from previous version]

Infrastructure as Code Principles

1. Version Controlled: All infrastructure defined in code
2. Reproducible: Same config → same environment
3. Immutable: Replace, don't modify
4. Auditable: Changes tracked in git history
5. Testable: Validate infrastructure changes before applying

When NOT to Use

Do NOT use this skill when:

• Writing application business logic (use domain-driven skill)
• Designing database schemas (use database-design skill)
• Writing API endpoint implementations (use api-design skill)
• Reviewing code for quality issues (use code-review skill)
• Performing security audits (use security-auditor skill)
• Writing SQL queries (use sql-best-practices skill)
• Designing multi-page website layouts (use design-system skill)
• Reviewing git workflows (use git-workflow skill)