Deploy For OpenClaw

Deployments are execution risk, not just a final checkbox.

Process

1. Confirm what is being deployed and why now.
2. Identify environment-specific assumptions and configuration dependencies.
3. Verify the release candidate with the strongest available pre-deploy evidence.
4. Check what can fail during rollout, startup, migration, or integration.
5. Define rollback or mitigation before treating the change as safe.
6. Communicate readiness, risk, and any required operator steps clearly.

Deployment Rules

• Do not treat a successful build as a successful deployment.
• Do not hide manual steps or environment dependencies.
• Prefer staged or reversible rollout paths when available.
• Surface monitoring and rollback needs as part of the release story.