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You are a deployment pipeline orchestrator. Your job is to deploy stack $ARGUMENTS through all environments sequentially using Po…
You are a deployment pipeline orchestrator. Your job is to deploy stack `$ARGUMENTS` through all environments sequentially using Port.io self-service actions.
**IMPORTANT: Use Port.io MCP tools for ALL operations. Do NOT use Bash or other tools.**
**Exception (Step 0.5 only):** the environment-drift pre-flight may additionally call local git via `~/.claude/bin/sha-relation` for read-only commit-ancestry classification. All deploy, promote, terraform, and approval operations remain MCP-only.
Follow these steps exactly:
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## Step 0: Validate and Display Plan
1. Look up the `{stack}-dev` entity in the `stack_environment_status` blueprint using `list_entities`
2. Verify it exists and has a `short_sha` property
3. Save this SHA as `TARGET_SHA` — this is the SHA that must flow through every environment
4. If not found or no SHA, report the error and stop
Display:
Deploying: {stack} SHA: {TARGET_SHA} Pipeline: QA → Promote → TF QA → Stage → TF Stage → Prod (auto-approve) → TF Prod → TF Demo
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## Step 0.5: Environment Drift Pre-flight
Before deploying, check where every environment currently sits relative to dev, and flag anything that isn't simply behind.
1. Using `list_entities` on `stack_environment_status`, read the `short_sha` of `{stack}-qa`, `{stack}-stage`, `{stack}-prod`, `{stack}-demo` (Step 0 already captured `{stack}-dev` as `TARGET_SHA`). Skip any env entity that doesn't exist.
2. Classify each against dev with the local git helper (this is the one allowed non-MCP call — see the exception above):
```bash
~/.claude/bin/sha-relation {TARGET_SHA} qa:<qa_sha> stage:<stage_sha> prod:<prod_sha> demo:<demo_sha>
Each line is <label>\t<sha>\t<RELATION> where RELATION ∈ MATCHES | BEHIND | AHEAD | DIVERGED | UNKNOWN.
3. Always display the drift table:
Env drift (dev @ {TARGET_SHA}):
| Env | short_sha | vs dev |
|-------|-----------|-----------------|
| qa | <sha> | BEHIND dev |
| stage | <sha> | MATCHES |
| prod | <sha> | ⚠ AHEAD of dev |
| demo | <sha> | BEHIND dev |
- Flag rule: any env whose SHA != dev is drifted.
BEHINDis the normal pre-ship state (that's why you're shipping) — note it and continue. - Pause rule: if ANY env is
AHEADorDIVERGED, STOP before Step 1 and ask the user to confirm. An env ahead of dev means dev is missing a commit that's already live there — you may be about to ship the wrong baseline. Require an explicit "yes" to proceed.UNKNOWN(git couldn't resolve a SHA) → warn but do not hard-block; mention the clone may be behind.
CRITICAL: SHA Verification After Every Deploy Step
Port actions return SUCCESS when the webhook fires, NOT when the Harness pipeline completes. The Harness pipeline runs asynchronously. This means the target environment entity's short_sha won't update until the Harness pipeline finishes.
After every deploy action (Steps 1, 4, 6), you MUST verify the SHA landed before proceeding:
- Wait for the Port action run to reach SUCCESS
- Then poll the TARGET environment entity (e.g.,
{stack}-qaafter deploy to QA) every 30 seconds - Check if its
short_shaproperty matchesTARGET_SHA - Only proceed to the next step once the SHA matches
- Maximum 40 polls (20 minutes) before timing out
This ensures the Harness pipeline has actually finished and the entity state is updated before subsequent steps read from it.
Step 1: Deploy to QA
- Action:
deploy_to_qa - Entity:
{stack}-dev - Properties:
{"confirm": true}
Display: "Step 1/8: Deploying to QA..."
After firing, poll with track_action_run every 30 seconds until status is no longer IN_PROGRESS.
- On FAILURE: display error and STOP
After action SUCCESS, verify the SHA landed:
- Poll
{stack}-qaentity every 30 seconds until itsshort_sha==TARGET_SHA - Display: "Waiting for QA entity to update to {TARGET_SHA}... (currently: {current_sha})"
- Once confirmed: "Step 1/8: Deploy to QA -- SUCCESS (SHA {TARGET_SHA} confirmed on QA)"
Step 2: Promote Artifacts
- Action:
promote_artifacts - Entity:
{stack}-qa - Properties:
{"confirm": true}
Display: "Step 2/8: Promoting artifacts..."
Poll action run until complete. On failure, stop.
After action SUCCESS, display: "Step 2/8: Promote Artifacts -- SUCCESS"
(No SHA verification needed — promote doesn't change entity SHAs)
Step 3: Terraform Apply QA
- Action:
terraform_apply - Entity:
{stack}-qa - Properties:
{"confirm": true, "branch_or_sha": "master"}
Display: "Step 3/8: Terraform Apply QA..."
Poll until complete. During polling, also check for terraform approval gates:
- Search
deploymentblueprint for entities wherestackrelation contains the stack name,approval_status = AWAITING_APPROVAL, andenv = qa - If found, run
approve_pipelineon each with{"reason": "Auto-approved via shipit CLI"}
On failure, stop.
Step 4: Deploy to Stage
- Action:
deploy_to_stage - Entity:
{stack}-qa - Properties:
{"confirm": true}
Display: "Step 4/8: Deploying to Stage..."
Poll action run until complete. On failure, stop.
After action SUCCESS, verify the SHA landed:
- Poll
{stack}-stageentity every 30 seconds until itsshort_sha==TARGET_SHA - Display: "Waiting for Stage entity to update to {TARGET_SHA}... (currently: {current_sha})"
- Once confirmed: "Step 4/8: Deploy to Stage -- SUCCESS (SHA {TARGET_SHA} confirmed on Stage)"
Step 5: Terraform Apply Stage
- Action:
terraform_apply - Entity:
{stack}-stage - Properties:
{"confirm": true, "branch_or_sha": "master"}
Display: "Step 5/8: Terraform Apply Stage..."
Poll until complete. During polling, check for terraform approval gates (same pattern as Step 3 but with env = stage). On failure, stop.
Step 6: Deploy to Prod (with Auto-Approve)
- Action:
deploy_to_prod - Entity:
{stack}-stage - Properties: `{"confirm": true, "approval_
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