SquadScope Rollout Checklist
Use this checklist to verify your SquadScope instance is ready for production. Complete each item before considering the system operational.
Pre-Launch
Repository created
- GitHub repository exists and is accessible
- Submodules initialized:
git submodule update --init --recursive - Hugo version verified:
hugo version(must be v0.161.1 to match CI)
Copilot auth configured
- Fine-grained PAT created with Account → Copilot Requests permission
- Token is
github_pat_...(notghp_...) - Secret
COPILOT_GH_TOKENset in repo:gh secret set COPILOT_GH_TOKEN --body TOKEN -R OWNER/REPO - Secret verified:
gh secret list -R OWNER/REPOshowsCOPILOT_GH_TOKEN - Copilot subscription verified at https://github.com/settings/copilot
GitHub Pages enabled
- Repo Settings → Pages → Source set to "GitHub Actions"
- No errors in Pages deployment section
First-Time Testing
Local build succeeds
- Run
hugo serverlocally and verify site loads at http://localhost:1313 - No Hugo build errors in console
- Run
hugo --minifyand verifypublic/directory created with HTML files - Run
npx pagefind --site public/and verifypublic/pagefind/pagefind-ui.jsexists
- Run
First manual crawl successful
- Trigger:
gh workflow run crawl-and-publish.yml -R OWNER/REPO - Monitor:
gh run list -R OWNER/REPO --workflow crawl-and-publish.yml - Verify: Green checkmark in Actions tab
- Artifacts created:
data/raw/YYYY-WNN.jsonanddata/snapshots/YYYY-WNN-stars.json
- Trigger:
First manual analysis successful
- Previous crawl completed
- Verify:
data/analyzed/YYYY-WNN-summary.mdexists and contains valid Markdown + YAML - Check: YAML frontmatter includes
quality_score,title,date,categories - Check: File contains
## This Week's Trends,## Where Industry Meets Code,## Signal & Noise,## Blind Spots,## The Week Ahead,## Key References
Quality gate passed
- Analysis quality_score ≥ 60 (check frontmatter)
- Gate did NOT block publish (workflow continued to deploy step)
- Content sections present and not empty
Site deploys correctly
- Wait for full workflow to complete (crawl + analyze + generate + deploy)
- Monitor: Actions → Crawl and Publish → Latest run → Deploy Pages shows success
- Verify: GitHub Pages shows "Deployment successful"
- Verify: deployed search still works and the build includes fresh
pagefind/assets
RSS feed accessible
- Visit:
https://PAGES_URL/index.xml(replace with your Pages domain) - Verify: Valid XML returned (not 404 or error)
- Verify: Latest week's summary appears in feed items
- Visit:
Content visible on site
- Visit:
https://PAGES_URL/(your GitHub Pages site) - Verify: Site loads without errors
- Verify: Latest week appears in post list
- Click into latest week's article and verify content renders correctly
- Visit:
Pre-Production
Cron schedule enabled
- Verify workflow file:
.github/workflows/crawl-and-publish.ymlhas schedule trigger:yaml schedule: - cron: '53 11 * * 0' # Sunday 11:53 UTC - Confirm schedule is correct for your timezone
- Confirm operators understand GitHub-hosted
scheduleis best-effort and may start hours late on shared runners - If punctual launches matter, document who owns the external scheduler or manual
gh workflow run crawl-and-publish.yml -R OWNER/REPOfallback
- Verify workflow file:
Run counter initialized
- File exists:
.squad/run-counter.txt - Contains integer counter (e.g.,
1) - Reskill only triggers on positive multiples of 5 (
5,10,15, ...), not when the counter is0
- File exists:
First Automated Run
Automated run completed (wait until the next Sunday schedule window or use a manual trigger)
- Check the Actions tab after the schedule window; do not assume the run starts exactly at 11:53 UTC
- Verify workflow completed with green checkmark
- Monitor logs for any warnings or errors
Data artifacts generated
-
data/raw/YYYY-WNN.jsoncreated (current week) -
data/analyzed/YYYY-WNN-summary.mdcreated -
content/weekly/YYYY/WNN.mdcreated
-
Pages deployment succeeded
- Pages Shows "Deployment successful" in deployment history
- Site updated with new week's content
RSS feed updated
-
https://PAGES_URL/index.xmlnow shows the latest entry - Feed readers can subscribe and receive new entries
-
Post-Launch Monitoring
Weekly runs continue automatically
Quality remains consistent
- Review a few published analyses for quality
- If quality degrades, check workflow logs and Copilot API status
Site remains accessible
- Periodically visit your SquadScope site
- Verify RSS feed is updated each week
Optional Verification
Manual stage execution (debug only)
- Crawl:
python3 scripts/crawl.py --as-of 2026-05-18 - Analyze (local debug only — not a production fallback):
python3 scripts/analyze_fallback.py --raw-json data/raw/YYYY-WNN.json --output ./scratch-analysis.md --current-datetime 2026-05-18T16:00:00Z - Gate:
python3 scripts/analysis_gate.py --analysis-file data/analyzed/YYYY-WNN-summary.md --raw-json data/raw/YYYY-WNN.json --current-datetime 2026-05-18T16:00:00Z - Generate:
python3 scripts/generate_content.py data/analyzed/YYYY-WNN-summary.md - Build search assets after Hugo:
npx pagefind --site public/
- Crawl:
Copilot auth failure handling (fail-closed verification)
- Comment out or rename
COPILOT_GH_TOKENsecret temporarily - Manually trigger workflow
- Verify workflow fails cleanly with a clear error (no fallback — pipeline is Copilot-only, fail-closed)
- Confirm token-renewal issue automation triggers if configured
- Restore secret after testing
- Comment out or rename
Reskill cycle verified (after 5 runs)
- Count automated runs (every scheduled weekly publish = 1 run)
- After 5 weeks, check for
.squad/reskill/YYYY-WNN.mdfile - Verify the workflow invokes the real reskill path (
scripts/reskill.py) and outputs analysis + recommendations
Sign-Off
- Operator name: _______________
- Date: _______________
- SquadScope instance: https://_______________
- All items checked: Yes ☐ / No ☐
Notes: ``` [Space for operator notes or issues encountered]
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## Troubleshooting During Rollout
If any checklist item fails, see `docs/operator-guide.md` for troubleshooting guidance:
- **Auth failures:** Section "Copilot auth failure"
- **Rate limits:** Section "GitHub API rate limits exceeded"
- **Build failures:** Section "Hugo build fails"
- **Quality gate blocks:** Section "Quality gate blocks publish"
- **Pages doesn't update:** Section "GitHub Pages doesn't update"
- **Reskill doesn't trigger:** Section "Reskill workflow doesn't trigger"
Good luck with your SquadScope rollout! 🚀