shipping-and-launch
Prepares production launches. Use when preparing to deploy to production. Use when you need a pre-launch checklist, when setting up monitoring, when planning a staged rollout, or when you need a rollback strategy.
npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill shipping-and-launch --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# 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 header
- Overview
- When to Use
- The Pre-Launch Checklist
- Code Quality
- Security
- Performance
- Accessibility
- Infrastructure
- Documentation
- Feature Flag Strategy
- Staged Rollout
- The Rollout Sequence
- Rollout Decision Thresholds
- When to Roll Back
What does the shipping-and-launch skill do?
Prepares production launches. Use when preparing to deploy to production. Use when you need a pre-launch checklist, when setting up monitoring, when planning a staged rollout, or when you need a rollback strategy.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add addyosmani/agent-skills --skill shipping-and-launch --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From addyosmani/agent-skills, a repository with 81,574 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.