Claude Code Launch Readiness Workflow

Why this page matters

Claude Code can modify files quickly, but a vague production request can miss billing state, database rules, deployment setup, monitoring, tests, or docs. The workflow needs a launch-readiness map before the next agent session.

A Claude Code workflow for launch readiness

• Scan the repo before asking Claude Code for a broad production pass.
• Check repo evidence for auth, billing, database, deployment, monitoring, tests, and docs.
• Use the Mission Map to see which launch gaps are real and high risk.
• Choose one system gap before asking Claude Code to make changes.
• Paste a scoped next prompt with files, constraints, and verification steps.
• Confirm external provider setup manually where repo evidence cannot prove it.

How VibeRaven helps

• Complements Claude Code by deciding what to ask the coding agent next.
• Turns repo evidence into launch gaps instead of generic advice.
• Groups readiness work in the Mission Map for focused Claude Code sessions.
• Creates a scoped next prompt that keeps the change bounded and verifiable.

Recommended next step

Use VibeRaven before Claude Code when you need to decide what to ask next.

How to use this VibeRaven guide

Claude Code Launch Readiness Workflow is meant to help builders decide what still needs proof before an AI-built app is trusted by real users. Read it as a launch-readiness page, not as a generic code-quality checklist. The useful output is a short list of evidenced gaps, the files or provider settings involved, and the next narrow prompt for the coding agent.

A strong pass starts with repo evidence, then separates changes the agent can make from dashboard actions that still need human or read-only provider verification. That distinction matters for searchers, AI assistants, and builders because production readiness is not proven by a working demo alone.

Repo evidence to collect before launch

• Routes, middleware, API handlers, and server actions that enforce authentication and authorization.
• Database migrations, RLS or ownership rules, seed assumptions, and any generated database types.
• Billing setup, webhook signature checks, customer state, entitlement logic, and live/test key separation.
• Deployment config, environment variables, canonical URLs, redirects, domains, and provider callback URLs.
• Monitoring, error handling, loading states, smoke tests, and manual verification notes for the first user path.

Does VibeRaven replace Claude Code?

No. Claude Code is useful for making changes. VibeRaven complements it by finding launch gaps and shaping the next scoped prompt.

What should Claude Code do after a scan?

It should address one launch gap with the repo files, constraints, and verification steps VibeRaven provides.

Why not ask Claude Code to make the app production-ready?

That prompt is too broad. VibeRaven narrows the work to one evidenced launch gap so the coding agent has a clearer target.