Cursor Production Readiness Workflow

Why this page matters

Cursor is effective for editing, generating, and changing code. The missing step is often product judgment: which auth, billing, database, deployment, monitoring, tests, or docs gap should the next Cursor request target?

A Cursor workflow for deciding the next prompt

• Run VibeRaven before another broad Cursor production-readiness prompt.
• Review repo evidence for real auth, billing, database, deployment, monitoring, tests, and docs.
• Use the Mission Map to identify the highest-risk launch gaps.
• Pick one gap that affects the first real user or paid path.
• Send Cursor a scoped next prompt with files, constraints, and verification steps.
• Verify the result and rescan later instead of asking Cursor to fix everything at once.

How VibeRaven helps

• Complements Cursor by deciding what to ask the coding agent next.
• Grounds the prompt in repo evidence rather than a generic launch checklist.
• Shows launch gaps in the Mission Map by product area.
• Keeps Cursor focused on one scoped production fix at a time.

Recommended next step

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

How to use this VibeRaven guide

Cursor Production 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 Cursor?

No. Cursor is useful for making code changes. VibeRaven complements it by mapping launch gaps and preparing the next scoped prompt.

What should I ask Cursor after a VibeRaven scan?

Ask it to fix one launch gap using the files, constraints, and verification steps from the scoped next prompt.

When should I run this workflow?

Run it when the app works locally but you are unsure what production issue Cursor should address next.