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Deploy use when you need to work with deployment and CI/CD. This skill provides deployment automation and orchestration with comprehensive guidance and automation. Trigger with phrases like "deploy application", "create pipeline", or "automate deployment".
This skill is limited to using the following tools:
assets/README.mdassets/example_config.yamlassets/pipeline_template.yamlreferences/README.mdscripts/README.mdscripts/init_pipeline.shOrchestrating Deployment Pipelines
Overview
Orchestrate multi-stage deployment pipelines that coordinate builds, tests, approvals, and releases across environments (dev, staging, production). Implement deployment strategies including blue-green, canary, rolling updates, and feature flags using Kubernetes, cloud-native services, and CI/CD platforms.
Prerequisites
- CI/CD platform configured (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
- Kubernetes cluster with
kubectlaccess or cloud deployment target (ECS, Cloud Run, App Engine) - Container registry with built and tagged images ready for deployment
- Environment-specific configuration (secrets, environment variables) stored securely
- Monitoring and alerting configured to detect deployment failures
Instructions
- Define the deployment topology: target environments, promotion flow (dev -> staging -> production), and approval gates
- Select deployment strategy per environment: rolling update for staging, canary or blue-green for production
- Generate deployment manifests (Kubernetes Deployments, Services, Ingress) or cloud service configurations
- Implement pre-deployment checks: database migration status, dependency health, configuration validation
- Configure canary analysis: route 5-10% of traffic to new version, monitor error rate and latency for 15 minutes before full rollout
- Add post-deployment verification: smoke tests, health check endpoints, synthetic monitoring
- Implement automated rollback triggers: revert if error rate exceeds 1% or P99 latency doubles during canary phase
- Set up deployment notifications: Slack messages with deployment status, version, environment, and commit link
- Document the deployment runbook with manual intervention procedures for edge cases
Output
- Deployment pipeline configurations (GitHub Actions workflows, ArgoCD Applications)
- Kubernetes manifests with deployment strategy annotations
- Canary analysis configuration (Flagger, Argo Rollouts)
- Pre/post-deployment hook scripts
- Deployment runbook with rollback procedures
Error Handling
| Error | Cause | Solution |
|---|---|---|
ImagePullBackOff | Image tag not found in registry or auth failure | Verify image exists with docker manifest inspect; check imagePullSecrets |
CrashLoopBackOff | Application failing to start in new version | Check pod logs with kubectl logs; verify environment variables and config maps |
Canary analysis failed | Error rate or latency exceeded threshold during canary | Automatic rollback triggered; investigate logs from canary pods before retrying |
Deployment stuck in Progressing | Insufficient resources or pod scheduling failure | Check kubectl describe deployment for events; verify resource requests and node capacity |
Database migration failed | Schema conflict or lock timeout | Run migrations independently before deployment; add retry logic and connection timeout |
Examples
- "Create a deployment pipeline that builds on PR merge, deploys to staging automatically, runs integration tests, then requires manual approval for production with canary rollout."
- "Set up Argo Rollouts for a Kubernetes deployment with 10% canary traffic, Prometheus-based analysis, and automatic rollback on error rate > 0.5%."
- "Generate a blue-green deployment for an ECS service with ALB target group switching and automatic rollback on health check failure."
Resources
- Kubernetes deployment strategies: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/deployment/
- Argo Rollouts: https://argoproj.github.io/argo-rollouts/
- Flagger (progressive delivery): https://flagger.app/
- AWS ECS blue-green: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECS/latest/developerguide/deployment-type-bluegreen.html
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