Deploy Checklist

anthropics/knowledge-work-pluginsOfficial

Generates a pre-deployment checklist you can run through before shipping to production. Covers the basics like CI status, code reviews, and rollback plans, then adds sections for the deploy itself and post-deploy verification. The smart bit is it customizes based on what you tell it: mention a database migration and it adds migration-specific checks, say you use feature flags and it reminds you to verify them. If you have CI/CD or monitoring tools connected, it can pull actual build status or pre-fill rollback thresholds from your current baselines. Honestly just a structured way to avoid the "oh crap I forgot to notify the on-call team" moments that happen when you're rushing a deploy.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins --skill deploy-checklist --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

/deploy-checklist

If you see unfamiliar placeholders or need to check which tools are connected, see CONNECTORS.md.

Generate a pre-deployment checklist to verify readiness before shipping.

Usage

/deploy-checklist $ARGUMENTS

Output

## Deploy Checklist: [Service/Release]
**Date:** [Date] | **Deployer:** [Name]

### Pre-Deploy
- [ ] All tests passing in CI
- [ ] Code reviewed and approved
- [ ] No known critical bugs in release
- [ ] Database migrations tested (if applicable)
- [ ] Feature flags configured (if applicable)
- [ ] Rollback plan documented
- [ ] On-call team notified

### Deploy
- [ ] Deploy to staging and verify
- [ ] Run smoke tests
- [ ] Deploy to production (canary if available)
- [ ] Monitor error rates and latency for 15 min
- [ ] Verify key user flows

### Post-Deploy
- [ ] Confirm metrics are nominal
- [ ] Update release notes / changelog
- [ ] Notify stakeholders
- [ ] Close related tickets

### Rollback Triggers
- Error rate exceeds [X]%
- P50 latency exceeds [X]ms
- [Critical user flow] fails