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2026-06-06 · 7 min read
Deployment Audit Checklist for AI-Built Apps
A practical checklist for checking if your AI-built app is ready to leave localhost.
What an audit should answer
A deployment audit should tell you what exists, what is missing, what is risky, and what needs to happen next. It should not be vague advice. It should produce a path to a public URL.
What we inspect
For AI-built apps, the important pieces are usually secrets, backend runtime, database, domain, SSL, email, error logs, and whether the app can restart safely.
- Frontend and backend structure.
- Required environment variables.
- Database and migration state.
- Domain and DNS access.
- Docker or process manager readiness.
- Security and backup basics.
Short checklist
- Can the project build?
- Can the project start without local-only assumptions?
- Are secrets documented but not committed?
- Is the database production-ready?
- Is there a clear deployment target?