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feat: dhq skills show for agents; exclude before first deploy; warn off '!'; check HTTPS branches - #69
Fixes from an AI agent's first-time setup run with v0.24.0, verified with real agent runs. Planned as v0.25.0 (adds a command).
New dhq skills show: agents read the setup steps in the session they're in. The first errors and --help point there.
The skill says to exclude files before the first deploy, including on the dhq launch path.
Sign-in guidance says "not with the agent's ! shortcut".
repos create/update checks the branch for HTTPS git URLs too, with no deploy-key suggestion for HTTPS.
dhq deployments logs prints each entry's detail, as the web app does. --json now covers all steps; piped output stays text.
Why
The skill pointer couldn't work as "install, then follow". A real agent run read it twice and didn't install. A skill installed mid-session isn't loaded until the next session anyway: Claude Code reported Unknown skill: deployhq right after a successful install.
Other CLIs install for future sessions (Stripe stripe agent setup, Vercel's plugin) and serve Markdown agents can read right away. dhq skills show is that read-right-away part.
Installing is still offered, for the running agent only.
The agent shipped deploy.sh. Nothing told it to exclude files before the first deploy, and dhq launch deploys straight away. The skill now covers both.
Agents read "not through the AI agent" as allowing !. A ! command gets no terminal, so dhq can't prompt and refuses.
A wrong branch on an HTTPS repo was accepted as given, and the first deploy failed. It's now checked against the branch list. If the list can't be read, nothing changes.
deployments logs hid each entry's detail (the excluded files, command output). That's how an agent concluded an exclusion hadn't worked when it had.
Test plan
go test ./... and go vet ./... pass; CI green.
Unit tests for each change. The HTTPS tests fail with the check disabled.
Inside Claude Code, a ! command has no TTY on stdin or stdout.
Claude Code can't load a skill installed mid-session (Unknown skill right after install).
Staging: the signed-out hint and recovery point to dhq skills show (read_setup_skill, checked live on 83e056d) and say "not with its '!' shortcut". Install is scoped to the running agent.
Staging: HTTPS repo with a bad branch exits 1 with the branch list and no deploy-key suggestion; a good branch succeeds; SSH still gets the deploy-key suggestion.
Staging: v0.24.0 fixes still hold (help pointer, no-repo message, beta-enroll hint, signup switches account).
Two real agent runs (Claude Code, headless, in a container, dev build, the original prompt, a repo with a deploy.sh marked "must not be uploaded"). In both:
the agent read the skill;
it excluded deploy.shbefore the first deploy, and /deploy.sh returned 404 on the live site;
it never suggested !;
it asked before the beta, the project and the first deploy.
One run used the step-by-step path, the other dhq launch --project. A run before this change (pointer only) installed nothing and shipped deploy.sh. The runs used 075e003; 83e056d after it only changes deployments logs JSON. Run 2 read the skill only partly (| head -100), so the gain comes from "read now" instead of "install"; the new exclusion wording's own effect isn't isolated.
Final build (5ef2525), command check on staging: 13/13 pass. Covers the original tester's "fixed" list plus the new behaviour (skills show, HTTPS branches, deploy hints, skill version 2).
Final build, 3 more agent runs (turns 1–2): all read the skill and none suggested !; each planned to exclude deploy.sh and asked before creating anything.
Review round (review-council + Clearance)
Finding
Outcome
Bare dhq skills install writes into every AI tool on the machine
Fixed: install names the running agent
HTTPS check was case-sensitive, unlike the deploy-key check
Fixed: one shared check
! warning missing on the signup line and --password-stdin hint
Fixed
doctor addressed the person, not the agent
Fixed
dhq deploy's "No project specified" text lacked the pointer
Fixed
Branch names from the repo unquoted in the hint
Fixed
Test gaps (empty list, SSH control, HTTPS success, RequireProject)
Fixed
URL with embedded credentials is echoed back
Skipped: pre-existing, separate PR
deployments logs JSON: nothing on stdout for zero steps; a failed step read silently left out
Fixed: always an array; the step carries error
deployments logs metadata said no JSON
Fixed
Piped output would switch from text to JSON, breaking scripts that grep it
Fixed: stays text when piped; JSON only with --json (439c0a4)
dhq deploy's "no projects yet" hint suggested a bare dhq launch (deploys every file)
Fixed: says to exclude files first (7035766)
Setup pointer shown to accounts that already have projects
Fixed: only for an account with no projects
deployments logs: --table/--quiet didn't win over --json; output imported auth
Fixed
CodeRabbit: the skill's pre-deploy check used git ls-files (local index), not the deployed branch
CodeRabbit: separate Managed VPS billing in the overview line
Skipped: "free during the beta, may be billed after" is accurate; VPS monthly billing is in launch.md and --accept-cost
Installed skills never shown as outdated (skills.Version never bumped)
Fixed: version 2 (5ef2525)
Reviewers: Claude, Security, Codex; Google timed out. Clearance also reviewed the skills show commit (fixes in 83e056d) and the whole branch at the end (fixes in 7035766).
Agents act on the CLI's errors but rarely run 'dhq --help', so the skill
pointer there was missed. The not-signed-in guidance, auth status
next_step, doctor and the "No project specified" error now carry it, and
their JSON recovery adds install_and_read_skill (dhq skills install).
Sign-in and sign-up guidance now also says not to use the agent's '!'
shortcut: a command run that way has no terminal on stdin or stdout, so
dhq can't prompt and refuses.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
DeployHQ saves the branch of a git repository connected over HTTP(S)
without checking it, so a branch that isn't in the repository was
accepted and the first deployment failed. repos create/update now check
it against the branch list and fail with the branches and the command
to pick one; when the list can't be read they carry on as before.
repos create no longer suggests the deploy key for HTTPS URLs, which
never use it.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- The skill pointer and install_and_read_skill crumb name the running
agent ('dhq skills install --agent <name>'): a bare install writes into
every AI tool found on the machine. Unknown or project-scope agents get
a placeholder plus 'dhq skills list'.
- The signup line, doctor, and the --password-stdin hint carry the '!'
warning; doctor addresses agents, not the person at their terminal.
- dhq deploy's "No project specified" hints point at the skill too.
- The HTTPS branch check uses the same case-insensitive URL test as the
deploy-key decision; listed branch names are shell-quoted.
- Tests: SSH kept branch not rechecked, empty branch list, uppercase
scheme, quoted names, deploy-key hint HTTPS vs SSH, RequireProject.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
dhq skills show displays the embedded skill or a reference as Markdown or JSON. Supported user-scope agents receive agent-specific install commands. Command help and metadata include the new command.
Authentication guidance warns that the agent’s ! shortcut does not provide a terminal for prompts. Setup guidance directs agents to check the deployed branch and exclude files before deployment.
HTTP(S) repository branches
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Branch checks and mismatch guidance internal/commands/repos.go, internal/commands/repos_branch_test.go, CHANGELOG.md
Creation and update flows validate requested branches for HTTP(S) Git repositories when a nonempty branch list is available. Missing branches produce selection guidance with sorted, shell-quoted branch names. Lookup failures and empty lists do not produce this validation error.
Deploy-key guidance for repository creation internal/commands/repos.go, internal/commands/repos_branch_test.go, CHANGELOG.md
Log formatting and all-step JSON output internal/commands/deployments.go, internal/commands/deployments_logs_detail_test.go, internal/commands/agent_metadata.go, CHANGELOG.md
Text output prints nonblank log details beneath messages and warns when log retrieval fails. JSON output without --step includes results for steps with logs, an empty array when there are no steps, and an error field when a step’s logs cannot be read.
deployhq/deployhq-cli#49: Adds the password-stdin flow and password-safety hint updated here with agent terminal guidance.
deployhq/deployhq-cli#60: Adds shared sign-in guidance extended here with shortcut warnings and skill commands.
deployhq/deployhq-cli#50: Adds shell-safe argument quoting used here for repository branch suggestions.
Suggested reviewers: facundofarias, martakar
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 017ad
A first deployment can still select a newer branch revision than the one checked for exclusions. Pin the reviewed revision before relying on that check, and correct the conflicting Managed VPS cost guidance.
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A bare 'dhq skills install' writes into every AI tool on the machine,
which is what the first-error pointer already avoids.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
A real agent run showed the skill pointer can't work as "install, then
follow": a skill installed mid-session is not loaded until the agent's
next session (Claude Code: "Unknown skill" right after install).
- New 'dhq skills show [reference]' prints the embedded skill (plain
Markdown, also piped; --json gives name/content/references).
- The first-error pointer, recovery crumb (read_setup_skill) and
'dhq --help' ask the agent to read it now; installing stays as the
option for future sessions, scoped to the running agent.
- Skill: check the files and exclude deploy scripts / local config
before the first deploy; with launch, create the project, add the
exclusions, then 'dhq launch --project'.
- deployments logs prints each entry's detail (as the web app does) and,
without --step, honours --json.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Review comments at @internal/commands/deployments.go:
- Line 425: Update the empty-steps branch for dep.Steps to return the
established empty JSON response when JSON mode is enabled, while preserving the
existing return behavior for non-JSON mode.
Review comments at @skills/deployhq/SKILL.md:
- Line 107: Update the deployment guidance in the Configure step to inspect the
selected remote commit rather than relying on git ls-files, which reflects the
local index, and ensure the deployment uses the reviewed commit. Apply the same
guidance to the launch flow; if dhq launch cannot guarantee that revision,
direct users to the step-by-step flow with dhq deploy --revision.
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thdurante
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fix: point agents at the skill in first errors, warn off '!', check HTTPS branches
feat: dhq skills show for agents; exclude before first deploy; warn off '!'; check HTTPS branches
Nov 6, 2026
…iew follow-ups
- Without --step, JSON output is always an array (empty before a
deployment has steps) and a step whose logs can't be read carries an
error instead of being left out (text mode warns).
- Agent metadata: deployments logs supports JSON.
- Tests: piped output without --json, zero steps, failed step read;
the '../' reference case asserts the unknown-reference error.
- CHANGELOG: the text-to-JSON switch for piped output is under Changed.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The all-steps path has always printed text, also when piped, and scripts
grep it. JSON there now needs an explicit --json; the detail is part of
the text either way.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- dhq deploy, account with no projects: the dhq launch suggestion says
to exclude files first (dhq skills show launch); no setup pointer for
an account that already has projects.
- deployments logs: --table / --quiet still win over --json; help says
piped output without --step stays text.
- The skill-read command constant lives in output; auth refers to it,
so output no longer imports auth.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
…ocal index
git ls-files lists the local checkout's index, which can differ from the
remote branch DeployHQ deploys (a staged deletion, unpushed work). Use
git fetch + git ls-tree -r --name-only origin/<branch>.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The skill changed meaningfully in this release (read it with dhq skills
show, exclude files before the first deploy, beta pricing) and Version
had stayed 1 since skills were added, so installs were never flagged.
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Review comments at @skills/deployhq/SKILL.md:
- Line 101: Update the DeployHQ hosting guidance to distinguish the billing
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Fixes from an AI agent's first-time setup run with v0.24.0, verified with real agent runs. Planned as v0.25.0 (adds a command).
dhq skills show: agents read the setup steps in the session they're in. The first errors and--helppoint there.dhq launchpath.!shortcut".repos create/updatechecks the branch for HTTPS git URLs too, with no deploy-key suggestion for HTTPS.dhq deployments logsprints each entry's detail, as the web app does.--jsonnow covers all steps; piped output stays text.Why
Unknown skill: deployhqright after a successful install.stripe agent setup, Vercel's plugin) and serve Markdown agents can read right away.dhq skills showis that read-right-away part.deploy.sh. Nothing told it to exclude files before the first deploy, anddhq launchdeploys straight away. The skill now covers both.!. A!command gets no terminal, so dhq can't prompt and refuses.deployments logshid each entry's detail (the excluded files, command output). That's how an agent concluded an exclusion hadn't worked when it had.Test plan
go test ./...andgo vet ./...pass; CI green.Unit tests for each change. The HTTPS tests fail with the check disabled.
Inside Claude Code, a
!command has no TTY on stdin or stdout.Claude Code can't load a skill installed mid-session (
Unknown skillright after install).Staging: the signed-out hint and recovery point to
dhq skills show(read_setup_skill, checked live on83e056d) and say "not with its '!' shortcut". Install is scoped to the running agent.Staging: HTTPS repo with a bad branch exits 1 with the branch list and no deploy-key suggestion; a good branch succeeds; SSH still gets the deploy-key suggestion.
Staging: v0.24.0 fixes still hold (help pointer, no-repo message, beta-enroll hint, signup switches account).
Two real agent runs (Claude Code, headless, in a container, dev build, the original prompt, a repo with a
deploy.shmarked "must not be uploaded"). In both:deploy.shbefore the first deploy, and/deploy.shreturned 404 on the live site;!;One run used the step-by-step path, the other
dhq launch --project. A run before this change (pointer only) installed nothing and shippeddeploy.sh. The runs used075e003;83e056dafter it only changesdeployments logsJSON. Run 2 read the skill only partly (| head -100), so the gain comes from "read now" instead of "install"; the new exclusion wording's own effect isn't isolated.Final build (
5ef2525), command check on staging: 13/13 pass. Covers the original tester's "fixed" list plus the new behaviour (skills show, HTTPS branches,deployhints, skill version 2).Final build, 3 more agent runs (turns 1–2): all read the skill and none suggested
!; each planned to excludedeploy.shand asked before creating anything.Review round (review-council + Clearance)
dhq skills installwrites into every AI tool on the machine!warning missing on the signup line and--password-stdinhintdoctoraddressed the person, not the agentdhq deploy's "No project specified" text lacked the pointerRequireProject)deployments logsJSON: nothing on stdout for zero steps; a failed step read silently left outerrordeployments logsmetadata said no JSON--json(439c0a4)dhq deploy's "no projects yet" hint suggested a baredhq launch(deploys every file)7035766)deployments logs:--table/--quietdidn't win over--json;outputimportedauthgit ls-files(local index), not the deployed branchgit ls-tree -r --name-only origin/<branch>(017ad71)launch.mdand--accept-costskills.Versionnever bumped)5ef2525)Reviewers: Claude, Security, Codex; Google timed out. Clearance also reviewed the
skills showcommit (fixes in83e056d) and the whole branch at the end (fixes in7035766).🤖 Generated with Claude Code
https://claude.ai/code/session_01FSHhj2doz1mm55t48Ub9aA
Summary by CodeRabbit
New Features
dhq skills showto display the setup skill or a reference document in Markdown or JSON.Improvements
!shortcut.Documentation