operations-deployment-checklist

Run a thorough deployment checklist before any release or configuration change reaches a cluster. Verify that all environment variables, secrets, config values, and infrastructure prerequisites are accounted for.

When to use

Use this skill when:

• Deploying a new version of a service to any environment (staging, production)
• Updating Helm values, Kubernetes manifests, or deployment configurations
• Introducing a new environment variable, secret, or config map entry in application code
• Changing infrastructure resources (replicas, resource limits, ingress rules)
• Rolling back a deployment

Instructions

Step 1: Detect configuration changes