{"slug":"pre-deploy","title":"pre-deploy","summary":"Adapter-aware pre-deployment checklist (Node, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, static) for the failures that only surface in production: missing env vars, Node-only APIs in edge bundles, absent ISG manifest, oversized bundles, missing wrangler/vercel config, and static hosts without c","platform":"Claude","tags":[],"authorName":"LLM Mart","authorSlug":"llm-mart","score":0,"source":"github","price":null,"verified":false,"createdAt":"2026-10-19T21:17:26.568094Z","repo":{"url":"https://github.com/JoviDeCroock/pracht","stars":99,"forks":5,"license":"MIT","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T16:43:31Z"},"bodyHtml":"<hr>\n<p>name: pre-deploy\nversion: 1.5.0\ndescription: |\nAdapter-aware pre-deployment checklist (Node, Cloudflare Workers, Vercel, static)\nfor the failures that only surface in production: missing env vars, Node-only\nAPIs in edge bundles, absent ISG manifest, oversized bundles, missing\nwrangler/vercel config, and static hosts without clean URLs, 404, or security\nheaders.\nUse for \"pre-deploy check\", \"ready to ship?\", \"deployment checklist\", \"is my\nbuild production-safe\", before <code>wrangler deploy</code> or <code>vercel deploy</code>.\nallowed-tools:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bash</li>\n<li>Read</li>\n<li>Grep</li>\n<li>Glob</li>\n</ul>\n<hr>\n<h1>Pracht Pre-Deploy</h1>\n<p>Run before every production deploy. Each adapter has a different runtime\ncontract; enforce the one that matches the build. Never deploy on the user's\nbehalf — end at the verdict.</p>\n<p>MCP: when the pracht MCP server is registered (<code>pracht dev-mcp</code>), prefer its\n<code>inspect_routes</code>/<code>inspect_api</code>/<code>inspect_build</code>/<code>doctor</code>/<code>verify</code> tools over\nshelling out.</p>\n<h2>Step 1: Build, then detect the adapter</h2>\n<p>Always build first — never lint a stale <code>dist/</code>.</p>\n<pre><code>pracht build\npracht inspect build --json\n</code></pre>\n<p><code>adapterTarget</code> is authoritative; <code>vite.config.ts</code> (<code>nodeAdapter()</code>,\n<code>cloudflareAdapter()</code>, <code>vercelAdapter()</code>, <code>staticAdapter()</code>) is the\ncross-check. Never assume the adapter.</p>\n<h2>Step 2: Framework-wide checks</h2>\n<pre><code>pracht doctor --json\npracht verify --json\npracht typegen --check   # only if src/pracht-routes.ts or src/pracht.d.ts exists\n</code></pre>\n<p>These catch app-graph wiring problems independent of the adapter, including\n<code>defineApp({ constraints })</code> violations and a stale <code>.pracht/app-graph.json</code>\nsnapshot (fix that with <code>pracht plan --write</code>, then re-review the plan output).\nResolve every <code>status: \"error\"</code> before continuing — <strong>if <code>pracht doctor</code>\nreports errors, stop here</strong>; the remaining checks will be noisy false\npositives. Stale generated typed-route files block deployment; if the app does\nnot use them yet, note that <code>typegen --check</code> is optional.</p>\n<p>If <code>pracht inspect agents --json</code> reports any WebMCP exposure, run the live\nbrowser boundary too. Point it at the already-started preview, or let it own the\nserver lifecycle:</p>\n<pre><code>pracht verify webmcp --start \"pracht preview\" --json\n</code></pre>\n<p>CI must install a pinned Chrome 150+ build and pass its executable with\n<code>--browser</code>; the verifier never silently downloads one. The verifier drives\nChrome through <code>playwright-core</code>, which the app must list as a dev dependency. Treat unsupported API,\nstartup/registration failure, and graph drift as deployment errors. Do not add\n<code>--scenario</code> unless the repository already supplies an explicitly safe WebMCP\neval scenario.</p>\n<p>For a PR deploy, <code>pracht report --base origin/main</code> produces a markdown summary\n(graph diff + verify + budgets) worth attaching.</p>\n<h2>Step 3: Adapter checklist</h2>\n<h3>Node (<code>@pracht/adapter-node</code>)</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><code>dist/server/server.js</code>, <code>dist/client/.vite/manifest.json</code>, and — if any\nroute is <code>render: \"isg\"</code> — <code>dist/server/isg-manifest.json</code> all exist.</li>\n<li><code>pracht preview --skip-build</code> (or <code>node dist/server/server.js</code>) boots and\n<code>curl localhost:3000</code> returns 200.</li>\n<li>Every env var the app reads (grep <code>process.env.*</code> across <code>src/</code>) is set in\nthe deployment environment. List them for the user.</li>\n<li>If the app mounts <code>createImageHandler()</code> from <code>@pracht/image/node</code>, <code>sharp</code>\nis installed and <code>localOrigin</code> is the same trusted public origin as\n<code>nodeAdapter({ canonicalOrigin })</code>. A relative image endpoint without both is\nan error in every environment; loopback-looking request origins are\nintentionally not trusted.</li>\n<li>Reverse proxy / TLS termination configured — out of scope here, flag for\nconfirmation.</li>\n<li>If the proxy strips Vite's deploy base, <code>nodeAdapter({ basePathStripped: true })</code> is set; application code should still observe the public base in\n<code>request.url</code>, and the proxy must own the bare-base redirect (<code>/app</code> →\n<code>/app/</code>).</li>\n<li>If the app registers background work with <code>args.waitUntil()</code>, the process\nmanager sends <code>SIGTERM</code> (not <code>SIGKILL</code>) on stop and its grace period exceeds\n<code>nodeAdapter({ shutdownTimeoutMs })</code> (default 10s); otherwise that work is\ncut off on every deploy. A custom server entry must call\n<code>handler.closeEventStreams()</code> then <code>handler.drain()</code> itself.</li>\n<li>Background work still reaching for <code>context.executionContext.waitUntil</code> or a\nplatform context should move to the portable <code>args.waitUntil()</code> — the\nplatform-specific call is undefined on every other adapter.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Cloudflare Workers (<code>@pracht/adapter-cloudflare</code>)</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><code>wrangler.toml</code>/<code>wrangler.jsonc</code> present at repo root with an assets block\nbinding <code>ASSETS</code>, and bindings declared for every <code>context.env.*</code> access in\nloaders, middleware, and API routes (grep, then cross-check). <code>pracht build</code>\ngenerates <code>dist/server/wrangler.json</code> from it with <code>main: \"worker.js\"</code>,\n<code>no_bundle</code>, the <code>ESModule</code> rule, and the assets directory; confirm it exists\nafter the build and that <code>wrangler deploy</code> prints \"Using redirected Wrangler\nconfiguration\".</li>\n<li>If the config defines named environments, the deploy step must either build\nwith <code>CLOUDFLARE_ENV=&lt;name&gt;</code> or deploy with <code>--env &lt;name&gt;</code> from a config that\nsets the keys below. Only then does a config need them:\n<ul>\n<li><code>main</code> points at <code>dist/server/worker.js</code> — the deploy entry exporting only\nthe default handler and Cloudflare entrypoint classes. Pointing it at\n<code>dist/server/server.js</code> is an <strong>error</strong>: workerd validates every named\nexport of the deploy entry and rejects the build metadata (<code>buildTarget</code>,\nmanifests, <code>resolvedApp</code>, …) that <code>server.js</code> exports for the prerender\npass.</li>\n<li><code>no_bundle: true</code> plus an <code>ESModule</code> rule whose globs include <code>\"**/*.js\"</code>,\nso Wrangler uploads Pracht's lazy server chunks as separate modules instead\nof folding them into the entry, and <code>assets.directory: \"dist/client\"</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n<li><code>compatibility_date</code> is set and is a date the installed workerd supports. It\nmust not be <em>newer</em> than the runtime, or workerd refuses to start (\"This\nWorker requires compatibility date X, but the newest date supported by this\nserver binary is Y\"). Never set it to today's date — that is by construction\nat or beyond the newest released workerd.</li>\n<li><strong>No Node-only APIs in the server bundle.</strong> Check <code>compatibility_flags</code>\nfirst. Without <code>nodejs_compat</code>, <code>pracht build</code> already fails on any Node\nbuiltin left in the bundle (<code>nodejs_als</code> allows <code>node:async_hooks</code>), so grep\nfor globals instead: <code>process.cwd</code>, <code>Buffer</code>, <code>__dirname</code>, <code>__filename</code>.\nWith <code>nodejs_compat</code> (compatibility date 2024-09-23 or later) every <code>node:</code>\nimport builds, but some modules are stubs that throw when called — flag\ncalls into <code>child_process</code>, <code>cluster</code>, <code>worker_threads</code> and writes through\n<code>fs</code>. Dev already runs inside workerd via <code>@cloudflare/vite-plugin</code>, so this\nis the backstop for code paths dev never hits.</li>\n<li>An API route importing <code>@pracht/image/node</code> is an error on Workers (its\noptimizer needs <code>sharp</code>). Require <code>cloudflareLoader</code> or <code>passthroughLoader</code>.</li>\n<li>ISG works out of the box via the per-colo Workers Cache API. If\ntime-revalidated routes should use the edge-tier Workers Caching upgrade,\nconfirm <em>both</em> sides: <code>cloudflareAdapter({ cache: true })</code> and\n<code>\"cache\": { \"enabled\": true }</code> in wrangler config. With it enabled, flag ISG\nroutes reachable through unbounded query strings — require a bounded\nallowlist or canonical redirect, or an uncached gateway with a normalized\n<code>cf.cacheKey</code> — and check that markdown-capable routes normalize <code>Accept</code> at\nthe gateway when variant fan-out matters.</li>\n<li>Bundle size: measure what actually deploys — every <code>.js</code> file under\n<code>dist/server/</code> (<code>worker.js</code> alone is a few lines; <code>no_bundle</code> uploads the\npre-built module graph). <code>npx wrangler deploy --dry-run</code> prints the total. The Workers limit is\n~1 MB compressed on free, ~10 MB on paid. Warn at 80% of the active limit.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Vercel (<code>@pracht/adapter-vercel</code>)</h3>\n<ul>\n<li><code>.vercel/output/config.json</code> exists with <code>version: 3</code>, and\n<code>.vercel/output/static/</code> is populated.</li>\n<li>The render function exists at\n<code>.vercel/output/functions/&lt;functionName&gt;.func/server.js</code>. The name defaults\nto <code>render</code> but is configurable via <code>vercelAdapter({ functionName })</code> — read\nit from <code>vite.config.ts</code> rather than hardcoding <code>render.func</code>.</li>\n<li>Env vars are configured in the Vercel project. This cannot be verified from\nthe CLI alone: run <code>vercel env pull</code> and diff against <code>process.env.*</code> uses.</li>\n<li><strong>Run the Cloudflare Node-only API check unconditionally.</strong> The render\nfunction's <code>.vc-config.json</code> is always written with <code>runtime: \"edge\"</code>. Do not\nskip it based on a runtime probe — ISG routes run the same bundle on Node,\nbut a Node-only API still breaks the edge function.</li>\n<li>Every <code>&lt;route&gt;.prerender-config.json</code> sits next to a <strong>Serverless</strong>\n<code>&lt;route&gt;.func</code> (<code>.vc-config.json</code> with <code>launcherType: \"Nodejs\"</code>). Vercel\nrejects a prerender config paired with an edge function:\n<code>Unexpected function type \"EdgeFunction\" at path \"&lt;route&gt;\"</code>.</li>\n<li><code>vercelAdapter({ regions: \"all\" })</code> is valid for the Edge render function,\nbut generated Node ISG function configs must omit <code>regions</code> so the project\ndefault applies; Node configs may only contain arrays of concrete region\nidentifiers.</li>\n<li>An API route importing <code>@pracht/image/node</code> is an error for the Edge\nfunction. Require <code>vercelLoader</code> (with aligned allowed sizes) or\n<code>passthroughLoader</code>.</li>\n</ul>\n<h3>Static export (<code>@pracht/adapter-static</code>)</h3>\n<p>There is no server to get wrong, so this checklist is about what the <em>host</em>\nmust do and what the build cannot enforce.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>dist/client/</code> exists and is the deploy root. <code>dist/server/</code> is build tooling\nand must not be uploaded — it contains the prerender bundle.</li>\n<li>The build is the gate: it fails closed on <code>ssr</code>/<code>isg</code> routes, SPA loaders,\nnon-full SPA hydration, API routes, route/not-found middleware,\nnetwork-exposed capabilities, and any Vite <code>base</code> that is not <code>/</code> or a\nroot-absolute path. If <code>pracht build</code> succeeded, those contracts already hold\n— do not re-derive them by hand. Report a failing build verbatim; the message\nnames the routes.</li>\n<li>The host serves <code>index.html</code> for directory URLs. Confirm the actual setting:\nS3 website endpoints need an index document, nginx needs\n<code>try_files $uri $uri/index.html</code>; GitHub Pages and Netlify do it by default.</li>\n<li>The host maps <code>404.html</code> as its error document, or unknown URLs get the\nhost's generic error page instead of the app's <code>notFound</code> route. Verify\n<code>dist/client/404.html</code> exists — if it does not, the app declares no\n<code>notFound</code> page: <code>warn</code>.</li>\n<li><strong>Security headers are not applied.</strong> Every other adapter sets the four\ndefault security headers at request time; a static host has no request\nruntime. <code>dist/server/headers-manifest.json</code> records what each route <em>would</em>\nhave carried — mirror the ones you need into the host's own header config\n(<code>_headers</code> on Netlify, CloudFront response header policies, nginx\n<code>add_header</code>). <code>error</code> for any app handling user input, <code>warn</code> otherwise.\nHSTS and CSP are host-side decisions either way.</li>\n<li>If <code>staticAdapter({ fallback })</code> is configured, the host needs a rewrite of\nunmatched URLs to that file that does not shadow real files. It makes unknown\nURLs answer <code>200</code> (soft 404s), and without it the fallback file is inert —\ndeep links into dynamic <code>render: \"spa\"</code> routes will 404.</li>\n<li>Smoke test the real output, not the dev server: <code>pracht preview --skip-build</code>\nserves <code>dist/client/</code> the way a dumb host would. Check <code>/</code>, one dynamic SSG\npath, one deep link into a SPA route, and one unknown URL.</li>\n<li>A static host cannot negotiate <code>Accept</code>, so agents read an SSG page's\nMarkdown at <code>/&lt;path&gt;.md</code> (written by the build for routes with a <code>markdown</code>\nexport and no middleware). Check the host serves <code>.md</code> as\n<code>text/markdown; charset=utf-8</code> — nginx's stock <code>mime.types</code> lacks it — and\nread the build note naming Markdown-capable pages that got no file.</li>\n<li>Sub-path deploys (GitHub Pages <em>project</em> site, S3 key prefix) need Vite\n<code>base</code> set to that path (<code>base: \"/my-project/\"</code>), matching the deploy path\nexactly — a mismatch 404s every asset. Then confirm no hand-written\nroot-absolute internal links: <code>grep -rn 'href=\"/' src/</code> and check each hit is\nexternal, an asset under <code>public/</code>, or a <code>&lt;Link route&gt;</code>. Framework-owned URLs\nfrom <code>@pracht/image</code>'s <code>defaultLoader</code> and the OpenAPI companion\nUI/document already carry the base — do not flag their base-free route\ndeclarations — but custom image loaders and OpenAPI provider asset URLs still\nneed to match the intended host. CDN bases (<code>https://cdn…</code>) and\ndocument-relative bases (<code>\"\"</code> / <code>\"./\"</code>) are build errors, not sub-path\ndeploys.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Step 4: Cross-cutting</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><code>/audit-secrets</code> — no <code>process.env.*</code> or <code>context.env.*</code> value flows into a\nloader return value.</li>\n<li><code>/audit-headers</code> — <code>applyDefaultSecurityHeaders</code> is in use on user-facing\nresponses, or <code>headers()</code> exports cover the same ground. On a static export\nthis moves entirely to the host config; see above.</li>\n<li><code>git status</code> is clean. Deploying uncommitted work is a footgun.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Step 5: Report</h2>\n<p>A checklist grouped by <code>Framework</code>, <code>Adapter</code>, <code>Cross-cutting</code>. Tag each item\nwith a primary severity — <code>error</code> (blocks deploy), <code>warn</code> (proceeds but risky),\n<code>info</code> — keeping pass/fail as the secondary per-item status. End with one line:\n<code>READY</code> / <code>BLOCKED (N errors)</code> / <code>READY WITH WARNINGS (N warnings)</code>.</p>\n<p>For a static export, never report <code>READY</code> without naming the host settings the\ndeploy depends on — clean URLs, <code>404.html</code>, security headers, and the fallback\nrewrite if configured. The build cannot verify any of them, so an unqualified\n<code>READY</code> is the one way this skill can mislead.</p>\n<p>$ARGUMENTS</p>\n","files":[{"path":"SKILL.md","sizeBytes":13748,"isText":true}],"reviewScore":null,"reviewSummary":null,"trust":{"provenance":"trusted-source-unreviewed","notice":"Community-authored content, reproduced verbatim and not vetted as instructions. 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