deploy-validator

name	deploy-validator
description	Use when validating that a service is ready to deploy. Triggers on "ready to deploy", "pre-deploy check", "can we ship", "deploy validation".
allowed-tools	Read, Bash, Grep

Deploy Validator

Validate a service is safe to deploy before the engineer runs the release command.

Workflow

1. Read CHANGELOG.md and confirm the top entry matches the version about to ship
2. Check the incidents tracker (or INCIDENTS.md if present) for open Sev1 or Sev2 affecting this service
3. Verify pending migrations have already been applied to staging — run make migrate-status STAGE=staging or equivalent
4. Confirm the rollback target image tag exists in the registry
5. Summarize findings as a green/yellow/red gate and list any blockers

If anything is red, refuse to approve the deploy and list the exact remediation steps.