Deploy Release Skill

> !IMPORTANT] > Prepare and verify a staged or production deployment with rollback and smoke checks.

Optional args: slug=<feature>, ticket=<id/url>, mode=interactive|autonomous|channel, channel=<id>, auto_continue=true|false, profile=business|hybrid|technical.

Instructions

When the user asks to perform this workflow, execute the following steps:

Deploy Release Workflow

Goal: Ship verified work with explicit deployment steps, smoke checks, and rollback criteria.

Steps

1. Confirm readiness:

• Verification report is PASS or accepted with documented risk.
• Required approvals are present.
• Migrations and feature flags are accounted for.

1. Prepare release:

• Identify version, environment, deploy command, and owner.
• Confirm secrets, config, queues, cron, and external services.
• Define rollback command or revert path.

1. Deploy:

• Run staging deploy first when available.
• Run smoke checks before promotion.
• Promote only when smoke checks pass.

1. Monitor:

• Check logs, metrics, errors, latency, and core user flows.
• Stop or roll back on defined failure signals.

1. Route:

• User-facing notes -> publish-notes.
• Process and standards feedback -> retro-learn.

Runtime Contract

• Use once verification/UAT signoff is PASS and a release window is open.
• Required inputs: verification report plus release version, environment, and rollback path.
• Return BLOCKED only when required approvals, migrations, or rollback path are unresolved.

Handoff Payload

• slug, release verdict (GO/NO-GO/ROLLED-BACK), smoke check results, rollback path, outcome report, next workflow.

Blocking Questions

• Ask max 3 at a time with a recommended default and 2-3 options.

Output Template

md
# Deployment Report: [Name]

## Release Verdict
GO | NO-GO | ROLLED-BACK

## Release

## Environments

## Commands

## Smoke Checks

| Check | Result | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [check] | [PASS/FAIL/BLOCKED] | [evidence] |

## Rollback

## Outcome Report
feature_status: implemented | blocked
requirement_trace: BRD-OBJ-* -> REQ-* -> AC-* -> SRS-* -> evidence
completed_evidence: []; missing_evidence: []; decision_needed: []; recommended_next_workflow: publish-notes | retro-learn

## Next Workflow

publish-notes | retro-learn

## Cost Report
Call `get_session_cost(workflow="deploy-release")` before final handoff.