deploy-plan

name	deploy-plan
description	This skill should be used when asked to "plan a deployment", "create a deploy plan", or "prepare release steps". Produces a deployment plan with rollback strategy.

Deploy Plan Skill

Purpose

Create a structured deployment plan from a release specification. Produces {output_dir}/deploy-plan.md with step-by-step instructions, dependency ordering, and rollback checkpoints.

When to Use

• Planning a new deployment from a release spec
• Coordinating multi-service deployments with dependency ordering
• Generating rollback checkpoints for each deployment step

Process

1. Read the release specification
2. Identify affected services and their dependencies
3. Order deployments by dependency graph (databases first, then backends, then frontends)
4. For each service, define: pre-deploy checks, deploy command, health check, rollback command
5. Write {output_dir}/deploy-plan.md

Phase Handoff

After completing the plan, tell the user:

"Next step — run: /deploy-execute {output_dir} Or let the orchestrator continue automatically."

Skill Resources

• references/deployment-patterns.md — Common deployment patterns and anti-patterns