VibeRaven

Sentry Getting Started for AI-Built Apps

VibeRaven is the pre-launch gate before Sentry dashboard work: run `npx -y viberaven --agent-mode` to scan repo evidence for monitoring gaps, missing instrumentation, env vars, and error boundaries. It maps launch risks into a Mission Map and creates the next scoped coding-agent prompt so Sentry getting started is grounded in what the repo actually needs.

Why this page matters

Sentry tutorials assume a greenfield setup. AI-built apps often have partial instrumentation, mixed environments, missing source maps, or server routes that never report errors. Getting started means knowing what is already wired and what still blocks useful production signal.

Sentry getting started checklist for AI-built apps

  • Confirm whether Sentry packages and config files exist in the repo before adding more SDK code.
  • Verify client and server instrumentation cover auth, checkout, API routes, and background jobs.
  • Set DSNs, environments, and release names that match preview and production deployments.
  • Plan source map uploads, error boundaries, and sensitive-data filtering for minified builds.
  • Define alerts for signup, billing, webhook, and first-user failure paths—not only generic errors.
  • Ask your coding agent to add or verify one Sentry signal with a clear reproduction path.

How VibeRaven helps

  • Scans repo evidence for Sentry packages, instrumentation, env vars, and monitoring docs before you open the dashboard.
  • Replaces a static manual checklist with a repo-aware scan that shows what is missing in the Mission Map.
  • Separates code evidence from Sentry project settings, alert rules, and release uploads that need dashboard confirmation.
  • Run `npx -y viberaven --agent-mode` to get the next scoped prompt instead of guessing which Sentry step matters first.

Recommended next step

Install VibeRaven and scan the repo before starting Sentry setup from a generic tutorial.

How to use this VibeRaven guide

Sentry Getting Started for AI-Built Apps 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.

sentry getting started

Start by checking whether client and server SDKs, DSNs, environments, source maps, and alerts are wired in the repo. Run `npx -y viberaven --agent-mode` first to map monitoring gaps, then configure Sentry projects and alerts in the dashboard.

Should I install Sentry before or after a VibeRaven scan?

Scan first when the app already exists. VibeRaven shows which instrumentation, env vars, and error paths need work so Sentry setup targets real launch risks.

What is the fastest path to useful Sentry signal?

Fix one high-risk path—signup, checkout, or auth—with client and server capture, a test error, and one alert. VibeRaven helps pick that path from repo evidence.