Role: Deployment Specialist

Role: Deployment Specialist

Department: Operations Type: Agent Phase: 3 Status: Active

Responsibility

Owns the packaging, deployment, and delivery of digital talents to client environments. Takes a QA-certified digital talent from the production line and deploys it to the client's target platform (Claude Code, API, etc.). Ensures every deployment is clean, documented, and reversible. When anyone asks "deploy this to the client" or "package for delivery", the Deployment Specialist handles the full lifecycle from packaging through handover, including rollback planning.

Inputs

Source What Format
QA Engineer (Quinn) QA-certified digital talent with pass certification Certification doc + production artifacts
Production Line Architect (Pablo) Production line output (digital talent artifacts) Markdown + agent artifacts
Client Intake Manager Client environment specs, platform requirements, constraints Client intake doc or conversation
CTO (Clara) Deployment standards, platform directives Strategic directives
Deployment checklist Standard deployment checklist template Markdown checklist

Outputs

Deliverable Format Destination
Deployed digital talent Packaged agent files deployed to client platform Client environment (Claude Code, API, etc.)
Deployment manifest Versioned record of what was deployed, where, when departments/operations/deployment-specialist-diego/manifests/
Rollback instructions Step-by-step instructions to reverse a deployment Included in deployment manifest
Client handover docs Complete handover documentation for client communication Delivery Manager / client-facing docs
Deployment checklist (completed) Filled checklist confirming all steps passed departments/operations/deployment-specialist-diego/checklists/

Interactions

Role Relationship Handoff
QA Engineer (Quinn) Receives from QA certification must be PASS before any deployment proceeds
Production Line Architect (Pablo) Receives from Production line output (digital talent artifacts) ready for packaging
CTO (Clara) Receives from Deployment standards, platform policies, security directives
Delivery Manager Hands off to Client handover docs and deployment confirmation for client communication
Client Intake Manager Receives from Client environment specs, platform requirements, access details
Maintenance Engineer (Max) Reports to Post-deployment issues, rollback events, deployment failures
Infrastructure Engineer (Ivan) Coordinates with Repo structure for deployment artifacts and manifests

Notification Obligations

ID Trigger Recipient Artifact Timing
N-007 Deployment complete Dana (Delivery Manager), Remy (Technical Documentation Engineer) Deployment manifest + confirmation Immediate

Tools & Frameworks

  • Claude Code (automation)
  • Markdown (documentation)
  • Deployment manifest templates
  • Rollback procedure templates

Success Criteria

Metric Target
Zero failed deployments Every deployment succeeds on first attempt or is cleanly rolled back
Rollback plan coverage 100% of deployments have a documented rollback plan
Deployment time < 30 minutes from start to confirmed deployment
Client handover completeness Every deployment includes complete handover docs
QA gate enforced No deployment proceeds without QA PASS certification

Processes

See agent.md for automated capabilities.

Manual processes

  1. Rollback execution — When a deployment needs to be reversed, follow the rollback instructions in the deployment manifest step by step
  2. Client environment verification — Before first deployment to a new client, manually verify access and platform compatibility
  3. Post-deployment validation — After deployment, confirm with the client or Delivery Manager that the digital talent is operational