exa-prod-checklist

name	exa-prod-checklist
description	Execute Exa production deployment checklist with pre-flight, deploy, and rollback. Use when deploying Exa integrations to production, preparing for launch, or verifying production readiness. Trigger with phrases like "exa production", "deploy exa to prod", "exa go-live", "exa launch checklist", "exa production ready".
allowed-tools	Read, Bash(curl:*), Bash(node:*), Grep
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
compatible-with	claude-code, codex, openclaw
tags	["saas","exa","deployment","production"]

Exa Production Checklist

Overview

Complete checklist for deploying Exa search integrations to production. Covers API key management, error handling verification, performance baselines, monitoring, and rollback procedures.

Pre-Deployment Checklist

Security

• Production API key stored in secret manager (not env file)
• Different API keys for dev/staging/production
• .env files in .gitignore
• Git history scanned for accidentally committed keys
• API key has minimal scopes needed

Code Quality

• All tests passing (unit + integration)
• No hardcoded API keys or URLs
• Error handling covers all Exa HTTP codes (400, 401, 402, 403, 429, 5xx)
• requestId captured from error responses
• Rate limiting/exponential backoff implemented
• Content moderation enabled (moderation: true) for user-facing search

Performance

• Search type appropriate for latency SLO (fast/auto/neural)
• numResults minimized per use case (3-5 for most)
• maxCharacters set on text and highlights
• Result caching enabled (LRU or Redis)
• Request queue with concurrency limit (respect 10 QPS default)

Monitoring

• Search latency histogram instrumented
• Error rate counter by status code