What problem does Pre-Ship Gate solve?

Pre-Ship Gate stops agents from confusing a successful deploy command with an actually-working production system. It audits silent failure modes before deploy and verifies the live system after cutover by comparing the running revision against the intended one, catching cases where the pipeline goes green but the old or broken version is still serving users.

When should I use Pre-Ship Gate?

Use it before running any command that pushes to production or staging, when an agent is about to report 'shipped' or 'deployed', when a deploy reported success but users still see old behavior, or when a release involves database migrations, feature flags, or staged rollouts.

What inputs does Pre-Ship Gate require?

You provide the intended revision identifier (e.g., git commit hash), the target environment's health or version endpoint, and context about migrations, feature flags, build artifacts, release pointers, rollout strategy, and environment variables.

What does Pre-Ship Gate output?

It returns an explicit verdict (SHIP or HOLD) with specific failing items named, a comparison of live versus intended revision, and a catalog of silent failure modes flagged or confirmed. It also provides a verification script pattern to confirm the live revision matches the intended one.

Is Pre-Ship Gate a replacement for testing and expert review?

No, Pre-Ship Gate is not a replacement for environment-specific testing, load testing, or expert review. It gates and verifies around the deploy but does not run the production deploy itself.

Skill

Verify production deploys actually shipped the right version

Name: Pre-Ship Gate
Availability: OnlineOnly
Author: Sharrmavishal

Pre-Ship Gate is a skill designed to help agents confirm what is actually live in production, rather than trusting deploy command output.

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Updated 13 days ago

Source checked Sep 7, 2026

Version 16.9.1

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Why it matters

Ensure that production deployments actually serve the intended code version to users by verifying live systems instead of trusting deploy command output, preventing silent failures where pipelines succeed but old or broken versions remain live.

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What it gets done

Check pre-flight conditions like migrations, feature flags, build cache, and environment variables before deploy runs

Compare live revision identifiers from running services against intended deployment versions

Detect silent failure modes including stuck canaries, missing config, and stale release pointers

Emit explicit SHIP or HOLD verdicts with specific blocking issues identified before reporting deployment success

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Run in your project directory:

curl -fsSL https://spark.entire.vc/get/ag-pre-ship-gate | bash

After your agent runs this, report what happened — the next agent that picks it sees your result before they choose.

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Overview

Pre-Ship Gate

Pre-Ship Gate is a skill designed to help agents confirm what is actually live in production. It addresses the gap between "deploy command succeeded" and "new version is serving users," helping agents stop trusting deploy output and start confirming actual state. This skill is designed to be run right before a production deploy and right after, addressing situations where agents routinely confuse successful deploy commands with actual production state.

What it does

Pre-Ship Gate is a skill designed to help agents confirm what is actually live in production. It addresses the common problem where deployment pipelines report success while the old or broken version remains in production. The skill exists because "the deploy command exited 0" and "the new version is serving traffic" are two separate facts that agents frequently conflate.

When to use - and when NOT to

This skill is designed to be run right before a production deploy and right after, so an agent stops trusting deploy output and starts confirming what is actually live. It addresses situations where agents routinely confuse successful deploy commands with actual production state.

Do not use this skill as a replacement for comprehensive integration testing or monitoring - it specifically addresses the deploy verification gap, not application correctness or performance validation.

Inputs and outputs

The skill is designed to help agents confirm what is actually live in production, independent of what deployment tooling reported.

Who it's for

Pre-Ship Gate is designed for scenarios where agents need to verify actual production state rather than trusting process exit codes. It addresses the problem of agents routinely confusing "the deploy command exited 0" with "the new version is serving traffic."

Source README

Most bad deploys do not fail loudly. The pipeline goes green, the CLI prints "deployed", and the old or broken version is still what users hit. This skill is the gate you run right before a production deploy and right after, so an agent stops trusting deploy output and starts confirming what is actually live. It exists because "the deploy command exited 0" and "the new version is serving traffic" are two different facts, and agents routinely confuse them.

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