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Production Readiness Review

The pre-ship gate: environment, errors, data safety, performance, and the go/no-go checklist.

5 steps15 verify checks60-120 minutesWorks with: emergent · chatgpt · claude · cursor

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The Route

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Audit environment and config

Dev leftovers are the classic production faceplant.

3 checks 02

Test failure resilience

Production means things fail - force failures and watch the UX.

3 checks 03

Verify data safety

Real users mean real data - check what happens to it.

3 checks 04

Performance sanity pass

Not optimization - just catching the embarrassing slowness.

3 checks 05

Go/no-go decision

Ship on evidence: the final gate with named risks.

3 checks

Every step ends at a Verify Gate. Do not continue until every check passes.

Context Pack

Paste this first. It briefs the AI on requirements, constraints, and the Definition of Done before your first build prompt.

Context Pack

PROJECT CONTEXT:
I am about to put my app in front of real users and need to verify it is genuinely ready.

GOAL:
Run a production readiness review across config, resilience, data, performance, and operations - ending in a go/no-go.

REQUIREMENTS:
- Environment/config audit (no dev leftovers, secrets in env)
- Error resilience verification (failures degrade gracefully)
- Data safety checks (validation, backups posture, no test data)
- Performance sanity (load times, obvious N+1s, asset sizes)
- A go/no-go checklist with owners for gaps

CONSTRAINTS:
- Verify by testing, not by assumption
- Blockers stop the ship - severity honesty required

DEFINITION OF DONE:
- No hardcoded dev URLs, ports, or secrets in code
- Forced failures produce graceful UX everywhere tested
- No test/dummy data visible in production paths
- Core pages load acceptably; go/no-go documented

COMMON FAILURES TO AVOID:
- localhost URLs shipped in frontend calls
- One backend hiccup white-screening the app
- Test users and lorem data visible to real users
- Ship decisions made without listing known risks

Paste this into your AI builder first. It teaches the AI what you want before you give it the build prompt.