6. Go live
Your own domain, serving real users — about an hour.
Production is the real thing, with real users and real data. It is deliberately harder to touch than staging.
First, check you are ready
I want to go to production. First review whether this project is actually ready and give me a plain GO or NO-GO with reasons. Do not deploy anything yet.
Fix whatever comes back. Only then:
Deploy to production and give me the URL.
Your assistant will ask you to confirm
That is intentional. It should ask every single time, even if you approved a production deploy an hour ago. If it ever deploys to production without asking, that is a bug — tell us.
Your own domain
Help me point yourdomain.com at this production deployment.
Done when
Your domain loads your app.
Production data is real
On your own computer, break anything — it is a throwaway file. In production, deleting data is permanent. When your assistant warns you before a destructive change, stop and read it.