Production deploy gate with tests, approval phrase and rollback
A coding agent skill that refuses to deploy to production until the agent has run fresh tests, a person has typed an approval phrase after seeing the results, and a rollback path is written down. Preview and dev deploys still go through after tests.
What it does
- Reads a policy file listing protected environments and deploy commands
- Runs the test suite and shows the evidence before any protected deploy
- Asks a person to type the approval phrase for production
- Checks a rollback path exists before it proceeds
- Lets preview and dev deploys run once tests pass
Your approval boundaries
Creates draftsThese actions always wait for your yes:
- Any deploy to production or another protected environment
- Skipping tests for any reason
You decide what happens next.
More about this workflow
This setup is for developers and small engineering teams who want fewer chores. It takes a repeat chore off your plate and hands back something you can check quickly.
First, it reads a policy file listing protected environments and deploy commands. Next, it runs the test suite and shows the evidence before any protected deploy. Then it asks a person to type the approval phrase for production. After that, it checks a rollback path exists before it proceeds. Finally, it lets preview and dev deploys run once tests pass. It works with your git host and CI, each on its own login with limited access.
You get the prep work done and waiting for you. The agent stops and asks for your yes before any deploy to production or another protected environment and skipping tests for any reason, and says plainly if a step cannot be undone.
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Tools and access
GitHub
Handles the git host and ci part of this job. Grant a fine-grained token, read code and write comments.
API required: Yes. Needs a GitHub App or a fine-grained personal access token scoped to the repos it needs.
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Model recommendations
Best pick
Claude Opus 5.5
Its maker points to it for long running coding work.
$4 per million input tokens, $20 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
Cheaper backup
Claude Sonnet 5.5
Half the price per token and still strong for reviews and docs.
$2 per million input tokens, $10 per million output tokens.
Anthropic docs as of October 11, 2026
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Run your workflow
Connect your tools with only the access this setup needs, then follow these steps.
Steps
Do these in order. Test on old data before it touches live work.
- 1Connect GitHub with its own login, not yours. Grant a fine-grained token, read code and write comments.
- 2Paste the prompt where your harness takes instructions. See the note under the Copy button.
- 3Do a dry run on old or test data first. Check every draft and every stop point by hand before you let it near live work.
- 4Read its log after the first real run. Only widen access once a week of runs looks clean.
Safeguards and trust score
The score describes this example setup’s access, approval boundaries, ability to undo changes, and scope.
Writes drafts and notes inside your tools, nothing leaves on its own.
Waits for a yes on: any deploy to production or another protected environment, skipping tests for any reason.
Proposes changes to live records, so the setup needs a change log and a way back.
Runs on its own login across 2 tools. Fewer connections means a smaller blast radius.
How to raise it
- Undo and logs: Stop it from editing live records. Have it write the change as a proposal you apply, and keep a log of every change with a way to roll it back +3
- Scope: Run it on one tool only, with its own login that can see just what this job needs +2
Do all of these to reach 91, up from 86.
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