R&D & Product

Monitor every deploy

A "deploy succeeded" notification isn't the same as a working site. Set up a teammate that checks the real thing after every release, quiet on success, first to shout on failure.

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Set up a deploy-patrol automation for [project/repo, production link, key pages]. After every deploy, confirm the site actually works — homepage, key paths, certificate, no errors — and only alert me when something's really broken.
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What is this workflow?

Monitoring every deploy means hiring a teammate that fetches the real pages and endpoints after each release and confirms the new version is actually live — not just that a "deploy succeeded" notification fired. It stays quiet when things are fine and DMs you the moment something's actually wrong, naming the specific page or endpoint, not a vague "something might be off."

This teammate reads and reports, it doesn't act. It never rolls back a deploy, never edits infrastructure or config, and never restarts a service on its own, even when it's confident about the fix. Catching a break fast is the job; deciding what to do about it stays with a person who can see the wider context.

How to use this workflow

Hire a builder teammate

Open AI Teammates in the sidebar, click Hire AI Teammate, and pick the Software Engineer template, or add this as a second responsibility for your existing one. The default bio is generic implementation work. Replace it on the Profile step so it knows this job is verification, not just watching a log:

You watch every deploy and confirm it worked, not just reported as shipped. Fetch real pages/endpoints after each deploy, confirm the change is visible, not cached. Run a daily patrol for availability, error rate, and cert expiry. Stay quiet when things are fine. The moment something's actually broken, DM me immediately with the specific page or endpoint, don't wait for the next check-in. Never roll back a deploy, edit config, or restart anything yourself, flag it and I decide.
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Connect GitHub

The teammate needs to see deploy events to know when a post-deploy check is due. A workspace admin installs the GitHub App once (Settings → Integrations), then grants this teammate the repo. Connect GitHub →

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Choose event-driven or polling

Before setting up the check, decide how it senses a deploy:

  • Event-driven (recommended): creating a webhook trigger gives you a URL to point your deploy platform at. Real-time and most accurate, but setup for a webhook trigger runs through the heliox CLI or the automation-creator skill, not a field in the automation UI. See Triggers and schedules for how it works.
  • Polling: the teammate checks deploy or health status on a fixed interval instead. No change needed on your deploy platform, at the cost of the interval's delay.

Either way, describe the check itself:

On every deploy, fetch the pages and endpoints that should reflect the new version. Confirm the expected change is visible, not cached, and flag it if the old version is still being served.
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Catch it when something breaks, and name the specific thing

A generic "something might be wrong" alert wastes the time it took to notice the problem. The teammate names exactly what it checked and what it found:

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Add the daily patrol as a second automation

Open Automations in the sidebar and click Create via Chat. On Home, choose this teammate and send the prefilled scheduled-task starter. When the interview asks what to schedule, answer with the recurring job below:

Every day at 8am, check that the service responds, compare error rate to the normal baseline if a monitoring source like Sentry or Datadog is connected, and check certificate expiry. Roll up the day's deploy count, failure rate, and any rollbacks. Only message me if something needs attention.
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Nothing here needs your approval: this teammate only reads status and posts to a channel — it never touches infrastructure, so nothing it does is irreversible. See Control for what does pause for sign-off.

Tips for Better Results

TipDescription
Name the exact page or endpoint on failureA vague "something might be off" wastes the time it took to notice. Make the bio require specifics.
Prefer event-driven over polling when you canReal-time and more accurate; polling only if a webhook trigger isn't set up yet.
Keep the daily patrol separate from the deploy checkOne reacts to releases, the other catches slow drift (certs, baseline error rate) between them.
Let it stay quiet on successA watchdog that pings you constantly gets ignored. Reserve the DM for when something's actually wrong.

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