production-deployment-phase
Executes production deployment workflow by promoting validated staging builds to production with semantic versioning, health checks, and release tagging. Use when running /ship-prod command, deploying to production after staging validation, or promoting staging builds to production environment.
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/marcusgoll/Spec-Flow /tmp/production-deployment-phase && cp -r /tmp/production-deployment-phase/.claude/skills/production-deployment-phase ~/.claude/skills/production-deployment-phaseSKILL.md
<objective>
Execute production deployment workflow by promoting validated staging builds to production with semantic versioning, health checks, release tagging, and comprehensive monitoring.
</objective>
<quick_start>
<production_deployment_workflow>
**Prerequisite-driven production promotion:**
1. **Verify staging validation**: Check state.yaml manual_gates.staging_validation.status = approved
2. **Bump semantic version**: Update package.json/version files (major.minor.patch)
3. **Create release tag**: Tag git commit with new version
4. **Deploy to production**: Push to production branch or trigger deployment
5. **Run health checks**: Verify endpoints, databases, services operational
6. **Generate ship report**: Document deployment artifacts and metadata
7. **Monitor post-deploy**: Watch logs, metrics, alerts for 15-30 minutes
**Example workflow:**
```
Verifying staging validation complete... ✅
Current version: 2.6.0
Bump type: minor (new features added)
New version: 2.7.0
Creating git tag v2.7.0... ✅
Pushing to production branch... ✅
Triggering production deployment... ✅
Health checks:
API endpoints: 200 OK ✅
Database connections: healthy ✅
Cache: operational ✅
CDN: propagated ✅
Production deployment successful!
Release: https://github.com/user/repo/releases/tag/v2.7.0
Ship report: specs/NNN-slug/production-ship-report.md
```
</production_deployment_workflow>
<trigger_conditions>
**Auto-invoke when:**
- `/ship-prod` command executed
- User mentions "deploy to production", "ship to prod", "production release"
- state.yaml shows current_phase: ship-prod
**Prerequisites required:**
- Staging validation approved (manual_gates.staging_validation.status = approved)
- Rollback gate passed (quality_gates.rollback.status = passed)
- Git repository has remote configured
- Production deployment configuration exists
</trigger_conditions>
</quick_start>
<workflow>
<step_1_verify_staging>
**1. Verify Staging Validation Complete**
Check workflow state for staging validation approval:
```bash
# Read workflow state
STATE_FILE="specs/$(ls -t specs/ | head -1)/state.yaml"
STAGING_STATUS=$(grep -A2 "staging_validation:" "$STATE_FILE" | grep "status:" | awk '{print $2}')
if [ "$STAGING_STATUS" != "approved" ]; then
echo "❌ BLOCKED: Staging validation not approved"
echo "Current status: $STAGING_STATUS"
echo "Run: /validate-staging to complete manual validation"
exit 1
fi
echo "✅ Staging validation approved"
```
**Blocking conditions:**
- Staging validation status ≠ approved
- Rollback gate status ≠ passed
- No staging deployment exists
</step_1_verify_staging>
<step_2_bump_version>
**2. Bump Semantic Version**
Determine version bump type and update version files:
```bash
# Read current version
CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
# Determine bump type from CHANGELOG or git commits
# - major: Breaking changes
# - minor: New features (backward compatible)
# - patch: Bug fixes only
# Use npm version or manual update
npm version minor -m "chore: bump version to %s for production release"
NEW_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
echo "Version bumped: $CURRENT_VERSION → $NEW_VERSION"
```
**Semantic versioning rules:**
- **Major (X.0.0)**: Breaking changes, API contract changes
- **Minor (0.X.0)**: New features, backward compatible
- **Patch (0.0.X)**: Bug fixes, no new features
**Files to update:**
- package.json (version field)
- CHANGELOG.md (unreleased → version section)
- Any version constants in code
</step_2_bump_version>
<step_3_create_release_tag>
**3. Create Git Release Tag**
Tag the commit and push to remote:
```bash
# Create annotated tag
git tag -a "v${NEW_VERSION}" -m "Release v${NEW_VERSION}
$(sed -n "/## \[${NEW_VERSION}\]/,/## \[/p" CHANGELOG.md | head -n -1)"
# Push tag to remote
git push origin "v${NEW_VERSION}"
echo "✅ Tag created and pushed: v${NEW_VERSION}"
```
**Tag format:**
- Annotated tags required (not lightweight)
- Prefix with "v" (e.g., v2.7.0)
- Include CHANGELOG excerpt in tag message
</step_3_create_release_tag>
<step_4_deploy_production>
**4. Deploy to Production**
Trigger production deployment based on deployment model:
```bash
# Model 1: Git push to production branch
git push origin main:production
# Model 2: GitHub Actions deployment
gh workflow run deploy-production.yml \
-f version="${NEW_VERSION}" \
-f environment=production
# Model 3: Direct deployment platform (Vercel, Netlify, etc.)
vercel --prod --yes
```
**Deployment verification:**
- Wait for deployment to complete
- Check deployment platform status
- Verify deployment ID/URL returned
- Record deployment metadata
</step_4_deploy_production>
<step_5_health_checks>
**5. Run Production Health Checks**
Verify all critical services operational:
```bash
echo "Running production health checks..."
# API endpoints
for ENDPOINT in /health /api/status /api/version; do
STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://production.example.com$ENDPOINT")
if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
echo " ✅ $ENDPOINT: $STATUS OK"
else
echo " ❌ $ENDPOINT: $STATUS FAILED"
HEALTH_FAILED=true
fi
done
# Database connectivity
# (Run via deployment platform or SSH to production)
# Cache/Redis
# CDN propagation
# Background jobs
if [ "$HEALTH_FAILED" = "true" ]; then
echo "❌ Health checks failed - initiate rollback"
exit 1
fi
echo "✅ All health checks passed"
```
**Critical checks:**
- API endpoints return 200 OK
- Database connections healthy
- Cache/Redis operational
- CDN serving latest assets
- Background jobs processing
</step_5_health_checks>
<step_6_generate_ship_report>
**6. Generate Production Ship Report**
Create production-ship-report.md with deployment metadata:
```bash
cat > specs/$FEATURE_SLUG/production-ship-report.md <<EOF
# Production Ship Report: $FEATURE_SLUG
## Deployment Summary
- **Version**: v${NEW_VERSION}
- **Deployed at**: $(date -Iseconds)
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