Agent skill · operations · jeremylongshore
anth-prod-checklist
Execute production deployment checklist for Claude API integrations.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a detailed production deployment checklist specifically for Claude API integrations, covering authentication, error handling, and observability that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires anthropic account access. About 4k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Anthropic Production Checklist Overview Complete checklist for deploying Claude API integrations to production with reliability, observability, and cost controls. Pre-Launch Checklist Authentication & Keys [ ] Production API key from dedicated Workspace [ ] Key stored in secret manager (not env files on servers) [ ] Key rotation procedure documented and tested [ ] Separate keys for each environment (dev/staging/prod) Error Handling [ ] All 5 error types handled: authenticationerror, invalidrequesterror, ratelimiterror, apierror, overloadederror [ ] SDK maxRetries set (recommended: 3-5 for production) [ ] Custom error logging with request-id captured [ ] Circuit breaker for sustained API failures Rate Limits & Cost [ ] Usage tier verified at console.anthropic.com [ ] Application-level rate limiting implemented [ ] Cost alerts configured (monthly spend caps) [ ] Model selection optimized (Haiku for simple tasks, Sonnet for complex) [ ] maxtokens set to realistic values (not inflated) [ ] Prompt caching enabled for repeated system prompts Reliability [ ] Timeout configured (timeout parameter, recommended 60-120s) [ ] Graceful degradation when API is unavailable [ ] Health check endpoint tests API connectivity Observability [ ] Request/response logging (redact content, keep metadata) [ ] Latency tracking (p50, p95, p99) [ ] Token usage tracking (input + output per request) [ ] Cost tracking per feature/customer [ ] Error rate alerting (429s, 5xx, timeouts) Content Safety [ ] System prompts reviewed for injection resistance [ ] User input validated and length-limited [ ] Output scanned for sensitive data leakage [ ] Content moderation for user-facing responses Infrastructure [ ] Deployment uses canary/rolling strategy [ ] Rollback procedure documented and tested [ ] Runbook created (see anth-incident-runbook) [ ] On-call escalation path defined Alerting Thresholds Metric Warning Critical -------- --------- ---------- Error rate (5xx) > 1% > 5% p99 latency > 10s > 30s 429 …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/anth-prod-checklist--a386ee