Agent skill · software engineering · jeremylongshore
deepgram-prod-checklist
Execute Deepgram production deployment checklist.
Why this skill is useful
Provides a comprehensive deployment checklist and executable scripts for Deepgram integrations that are not widely known.
What it needs
Requires @deepgram/sdk, express, prom-client installed locally. Requires deepgram account access. About 5k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-08-07. 2,604 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Deepgram Production Checklist Prerequisites A named service/data owner, approved model/provider/data-routing decision, and production rollback plan. Passing staging evidence for credentials, audio retention/consent, observability, rate limits, quality, and incident escalation. Examples Run the final production gate with a non-sensitive canary, verify alert routing and the redacted request receipt, then observe against the stated quality/latency/error threshold. If any gate fails, halt rollout and restore the previous approved configuration rather than extending the canary or disabling controls. Overview Comprehensive go-live checklist for Deepgram integrations. Covers singleton client, health checks, Prometheus metrics, alert rules, error handling, and a phased go-live timeline. Production Readiness Matrix Category Item Status ---------- ------ -------- Auth Production API key with scoped permissions [ ] Auth Key stored in secret manager (not env file) [ ] Auth Key rotation schedule (90-day) configured [ ] Auth Fallback key provisioned and tested [ ] Resilience Retry with exponential backoff on 429/5xx [ ] Resilience Circuit breaker for cascade failure prevention [ ] Resilience Request timeout set (30s pre-recorded, 10s TTS) [ ] Resilience Graceful degradation when API unavailable [ ] Performance Singleton client (not creating per-request) [ ] Performance Concurrency limited (50-80% of plan limit) [ ] Performance Audio preprocessed (16kHz mono for best results) [ ] Performance Large files use callback URL (async) [ ] Monitoring Health check endpoint testing Deepgram API [ ] Monitoring Prometheus metrics: latency, error rate, usage [ ] Monitoring Alerts: error rate >5%, latency >10s, circuit open [ ] Security PII redaction enabled if handling sensitive audio [ ] Security Audio URLs validated (HTTPS, no private IPs) [ ] Security Audit logging on all operations [ ] Instructions Step 1: Production Singleton Client Step 2: Health Check Endpoint Step 3: Prometheus Metrics …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills jeremylongshore/deepgram-prod-checklist