Agent skill · operations · addyosmani
shipping-and-launch
Prepares production launches. Use when preparing to deploy to production, or when asking what needs to be in place before shipping. Use when you need a pre-launch checklist, when setting up monitoring, when planning a staged rollout, or when you need a rollback strategy.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a comprehensive pre-launch checklist and procedures that ensure safe and effective deployments, which the AI may not generate reliably on its own.
What it needs
About 7k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-06. 83,053 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Shipping and Launch Overview Ship with confidence. The goal is not just to deploy — it's to deploy safely, with monitoring in place, a rollback plan ready, and a clear understanding of what success looks like. Every launch should be reversible, observable, and incremental. When to Use Deploying a feature to production for the first time Releasing a significant change to users Migrating data or infrastructure Opening a beta or early access program Any deployment that carries risk (all of them) The Pre-Launch Checklist Code Quality [ ] All tests pass (unit, integration, e2e) [ ] Build succeeds with no warnings [ ] Lint and type checking pass [ ] Code reviewed and approved [ ] No TODO comments that should be resolved before launch [ ] No console.log debugging statements in production code [ ] Error handling covers expected failure modes Security [ ] No secrets in code or version control [ ] The ecosystem's dependency audit (npm audit, pip-audit, cargo audit, ...) shows no critical or high vulnerabilities [ ] Input validation on all user-facing endpoints [ ] Authentication and authorization checks in place [ ] Security headers configured (CSP, HSTS, etc.) [ ] Rate limiting on authentication endpoints [ ] CORS configured to specific origins (not wildcard) Performance [ ] Core Web Vitals within "Good" thresholds [ ] No N+1 queries in critical paths [ ] Images optimized (compression, responsive sizes, lazy loading) [ ] Bundle size within budget [ ] Database queries have appropriate indexes [ ] Caching configured for static assets and repeated queries Accessibility [ ] Keyboard navigation works for all interactive elements [ ] Screen reader can convey page content and structure [ ] Color contrast meets WCAG 2.1 AA (4.5:1 for text) [ ] Focus management correct for modals and dynamic content [ ] Error messages are descriptive and associated with form fields [ ] No accessibility warnings in axe-core or Lighthouse Infrastructure [ ] Environment variables set in production [ ] D …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills addyosmani/shipping-and-launch