An automated 6-gate verification system designed to validate code health and security before any production or staging deployment.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install shadows-deploy-guardian
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install shadows-deploy-guardian using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is Deploy Guardian?
Deploy Guardian is a specialized automation within the Openclaw Skills ecosystem that acts as a final safety barrier before software deployment. It systematically executes a series of 6 technical gates to ensure that only stable, secure, and fully tested code reaches your users. By centralizing git status checks, test execution, and secret scanning into a single workflow, it eliminates the human error often associated with manual pre-flight checklists.
This skill is built for developers who need confidence that their environment is properly configured and their codebase is ready for release. Leveraging the power of Openclaw Skills, Deploy Guardian automatically detects your project toolchain—whether it is Node.js, Python, Rust, or Docker—to run the appropriate build and linting commands without requiring manual configuration for every repository.
Deploy Guardian Use Cases
- Use before pushing critical updates to production or staging branches.
- Trigger a check when asking the agent if you are ready to deploy.
- Run a final verification before creating a release tag or merging a major pull request.
- Audit repositories for leaked secrets or missing environment documentation before handoff.
How Deploy Guardian Works
- The agent performs a Git status check to ensure the working tree is clean and synchronized with the remote branch.
- It auto-detects the project type and runs the corresponding test suite (e.g., npm test, pytest, or cargo test).
- It executes type checking and linting tools to identify syntax or architectural errors.
- A dry-run or release build is triggered to verify that artifacts can be successfully generated.
- The skill scans the last five commits for potential secrets, API keys, or uncommitted environment files.
- It validates the target environment, checking for migrations, .env.example files, and SSL status.
Deploy Guardian Setup
To use this within your Openclaw Skills environment, ensure you have git installed on your system path. The skill will automatically use the following tools if they are present in your project directory:
# Prerequisites include one or more of the following:
git --version
npm --version
python --version
cargo --version
docker --version
No additional configuration is required; the skill detects your toolchain by looking for files like package.json, pyproject.toml, or Cargo.toml.
Deploy Guardian Data Schema & Taxonomy
Deploy Guardian generates a comprehensive Markdown report summarizing the status of the deployment lifecycle. The data is organized as follows:
| Data Point | Description |
|---|---|
| Deployment Metadata | Captures Date, Branch, Commit SHA, and detected Toolchain. |
| Gate Results | A table showing PASS/FAIL/SKIP status for all 6 verification gates. |
| Verdict | A final status: CLEAR TO DEPLOY, BLOCKED, or CLEAR WITH WARNINGS. |
| Blockers | Specific file and line references for issues that must be resolved. |
| Warnings | Non-critical suggestions for improvement before release. |
Deploy Guardian Advanced Features
- Multi-language support with automatic toolchain detection for Node, Python, and Rust.
- Regex-based secret scanning that identifies leaked API keys and private tokens in recent diffs.
- Intelligent skip logic that bypasses missing tools without failing the entire deployment process.
- Environment validation that checks for pending database migrations and Docker configuration validity.
- Automated generation of recommended deployment commands based on project context.
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