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	1.11.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","exa","deployment","production"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code, also compatible with Codex and OpenClaw

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