Claude Skill: Deploy Checklist

Resource overview Purpose
• Task skill pattern for production deploys with explicit test, build, migration, cache, and rollback steps.

Recommended SKILL.md contents
• Trigger description explaining when Claude should use the skill.
• Step-by-step procedure for the workflow.
• Required checks before edits or publication.
• Verification command or manual acceptance checklist.
• Links to supporting examples, scripts, or templates when the workflow needs them.

What it helps you do

Use this skill because it keeps deployment repeatable and reduces skipped release checks.

Skills load their full instructions only when used, which keeps normal session context smaller.

A reusable `SKILL.md` gives teams a versioned workflow instead of repeated ad hoc prompts.

Best fit users

DevOps engineers, Laravel teams, SaaS founders, and release managers.

Teams standardizing AI-assisted delivery across multiple repositories.

Builders who want Claude to apply consistent procedures without repasting instructions.

What to know first

known deployment target, environment variables, migration policy, smoke tests, and rollback plan.

A skill directory such as `.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md` or `~/.claude/skills/<skill-name>/SKILL.md`.

A concise frontmatter description so Claude can decide when to load the skill.

Environment needed

project-specific deploy commands, server access policy, CI/CD credentials if used, and guarded tool permissions.

Claude Code skill support and access to the files or commands the workflow needs.

Any external APIs, MCP servers, credentials, or local runtimes required by the specific workflow.