deployment-strategies

deployment-strategies is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from kid-sid/codex-spellbook. It costs 52 tokens per session (2,864 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

Deployment-strategy guidance explains ways to release a new version of an application while controlling user impact. It covers approaches such as rolling updates, blue/green releases, canaries, feature flags, and shadow traffic.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to choose a release method, plan gradual or split traffic, coordinate database changes with deployments, set rollback rules, or deploy high-risk services safely.
Why use it?
It helps teams reduce downtime and release risk, watch a change with limited exposure, and define how to roll back if problems appear.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it to choose a release method, plan gradual or split traffic, coordinate database changes with deployments, set rollback rules, or deploy high-risk services safely.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/kid-sid/codex-spellbook/deployment-strategies
Install

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Any agent
npx skills add kid-sid/codex-spellbook --skill deployment-strategies
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/kid-sid/codex-spellbook

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
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Opus 5 $0.00026 $0.01432
Sonnet 5 $0.00010 $0.00573
Haiku 4.5 $0.00005 $0.00286

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Security

Grade A, and why

deployment-strategies scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

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skills/deployment-strategies/SKILL.md · 313 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 313 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Deployment Strategies

A reference for selecting and implementing deployment strategies that minimize risk, enable zero-downtime releases, and provide fast rollback paths.

When to Activate

  • Planning a deployment strategy for a new service or major release
  • Implementing feature flags in an application
  • Coordinating a database migration with a zero-downtime deployment
  • Setting up canary releases or progressive delivery
  • Defining rollback procedures for a service
  • Reducing deployment risk for a high-traffic service

Strategy Comparison

Strategy Traffic routing Rollback speed Risk Infrastructure cost Best for
Recreate Stop all, start new Fast (redeploy) High (downtime) Low Dev/non-prod
Rolling update Replace pods gradually Medium (rollback flag) Medium Low Most services
Blue/Green Flip all traffic at once Instant (flip back) Low 2x High-stakes releases
Canary Shift % traffic gradually Instant (shift back) Very low Slightly > 1x High-traffic, data-sensitive
A/B Testing Route by user segment Instant Low ~1x Feature experiments
Shadow Mirror traffic, no user impact N/A None ~2x Testing new version with real traffic

Rolling Updates (Kubernetes)

Default Kubernetes behavior when you run kubectl apply. Pods are replaced incrementally — no full restart required.

strategy:
  type: RollingUpdate
  rollingUpdate:
    maxSurge: 1        # max pods above desired count during rollout
    maxUnavailable: 0  # never go below desired count (zero-downtime)
  • Set maxUnavailable: 0 to guarantee zero downtime — new pods must pass readiness probes before old pods are terminated.
  • Rollback: kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-service
  • Target a specific revision: kubectl rollout undo deployment/my-service --to-revision=3
  • Monitor progress: kubectl rollout status deployment/my-service
  • Issue: slow rollback if many replicas; new version runs alongside old — both app versions must be compatible with current DB schema.

Read the full file on GitHub · 313 lines

Changes

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  1. 8d ago First seen · 313 lines · 52 tokens per session scan A 66047e597dfd

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deployment-strategies is a skill published in the GitHub repository kid-sid/codex-spellbook (21 stars, last pushed 3mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 52 tokens to every session and 2,864 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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