clade-prod-checklist

name	clade-prod-checklist
description	Production readiness checklist for Claude-powered applications — Use when working with prod-checklist patterns. error handling, monitoring, fallbacks, cost controls, and security. Trigger with "anthropic production", "claude production ready", "anthropic launch checklist", "go live with claude".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","anthropic","claude","production","checklist"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Anthropic Production Checklist

Overview

Before going live with a Claude-powered app, verify every item below.

Authentication & Security

• API key stored in secrets manager (not in code or env file on disk)
• Key rotated — not the same one used during development
• Server-side only — no key exposed to client/browser
• Per-user rate limiting in place
• Input validation: max length, content filtering
• System prompt includes injection guardrails

Output

• All checklist items verified (authentication, error handling, streaming, cost, monitoring, reliability, content, performance)
• Production API key configured with appropriate spending limits
• Monitoring and alerting in place
• Fallback behavior tested for API outages

Error Handling

• All Anthropic API calls wrapped in try/catch
• RateLimitError (429) → backoff and retry
• OverloadedError (529) → fallback model or queue
• AuthenticationError (401) → alert team, don't retry
• InvalidRequestError (400) → log and fix, don't retry
• Network errors → retry with backoff
• Request IDs logged for every error (for support tickets)

Streaming

• Using client.messages.stream() for user-facing responses
• Stream errors handled (connection drops, incomplete responses)
• stop_reason checked: end_turn vs max_tokens (incomplete)