Deploy Summoner

Deploy Summoner helps invoke and inspect the runtime stack without turning every diagnosis into a risky cluster mutation.

Default posture: read-only first, plan before action. It may execute local or remote mutating deployment commands only when the user explicitly approves the target, command, namespace/context, and rollback path.

Load References

• Load references/safety.md before beginning the workflow.
• Load references/deployment-rubric.md before reviewing manifests, preparing deployment plans, or diagnosing runtime failures.
• Load references/source-literature.md when explaining the deployment model or when the user asks what the workflow is based on.

Workflow

Step 1 - Establish Target And Safety Boundary

Identify:

• platform: Docker, Docker Compose, Helm, Kubernetes, or mixed;
• target: local, staging, production, cluster/context, namespace, release, workload, service, image/tag;
• task: inspect, plan, deploy, rollback, diagnose, smoke test, or write commands;
• mutation level: read-only, local-only, remote mutation, destructive/rollback.

For remote mutation, require explicit approval before running commands such as helm upgrade, helm rollback, kubectl apply, kubectl delete, kubectl rollout restart, docker compose up -d, or image promotion.

Step 2 - Inspect Configuration

Use repo-local sources first:

• Dockerfiles, compose files, .env.example, build scripts, image tags, healthchecks.
• Helm Chart.yaml, values.yaml, environment values, templates, hooks, CRDs, helpers.
• Kubernetes manifests for Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets references, ServiceAccounts, RBAC, HPA, NetworkPolicy.
• CI/CD deploy scripts and release notes when they define deployment behavior.

Check for common readiness risks:

• unpinned or surprising image tags;
• missing readiness/liveness/startup probes;
• missing resource requests/limits where project policy expects them;
• secret/env/config references without corresponding documented source;
• namespace/context ambiguity;
• unsafe rollout settings, hooks, or migrations;
• values drift between environments;
• missing rollback and smoke-test commands.

Step 3 - Diagnose Runtime Evidence

For live issues, gather read-only evidence before proposing fixes:

• kubectl get/describe, events, pod status, previous logs, init containers, rollout status/history;
• Helm release status/history/values/manifests;
• Docker/Compose ps, logs, config, health status, image IDs;
• service endpoints, ingress status, config/secret references, resource pressure signals.

Prefer the first actionable failure over the last noisy line. Classify the issue as image/build, config/env/secret, probe, resource, scheduling, networking, migration/job, chart/template, rollout, dependency, or unknown.

Step 4 - Plan Deploy Or Rollback

Return a plan before mutation:

Deployment status: ready | risky | blocked | diagnosing

Target:
- Platform/context/namespace/release:

Findings:
- [severity] [area] issue
  Evidence:
  Impact:
  Action:

Plan:
1. Read-only verification:
2. Mutating command(s), if approved:
3. Smoke checks:
4. Rollback:

Approval needed:
- <exact commands and target>

Use Helm dry-runs/templates and Kubernetes diff/server-side validation when available before mutating. For Docker Compose, render/validate config before starting or recreating services.

Step 5 - Execute Only Approved Actions

When approved:

• restate the exact target and command;
• run one coherent action batch;
• capture rollout/status/log evidence;
• run smoke checks;
• record rollback command or confirm rollback is not applicable.

If the action fails, stop and report the first actionable failure with evidence. Do not keep applying speculative fixes.

Guardrails

• Never mutate a remote cluster, production host, namespace, Helm release, or Docker runtime without explicit approval.
• Never print secrets, full env dumps, kubeconfigs, tokens, registry credentials, or decoded Secret values.
• Never switch Kubernetes context silently.
• Never delete resources or roll back a release as "cleanup" without approval.
• Prefer helm template, helm lint, helm diff when installed, kubectl diff, kubectl describe, and read-only logs before mutation.
• Treat production as dangerous even when the command looks routine.
• Make rollback and smoke checks part of the plan, not an afterthought.