SKILL.md
Next.js Deployment
Deploy Next.js applications to production with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and comprehensive monitoring.
Overview
This skill provides patterns and code examples for deploying Next.js applications to production environments. It covers containerization with Docker, CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions, environment configuration, health checks, and production monitoring. Use standalone output mode for container deployments, multi-stage Docker builds for optimized images, and OpenTelemetry for observability.
When to Use
Activate when user requests involve:
- "Deploy Next.js", "Dockerize Next.js", "containerize"
- "GitHub Actions", "CI/CD pipeline", "automated deployment"
- "Environment variables", "runtime config", "NEXT_PUBLIC"
- "Preview deployment", "staging environment"
- "Monitoring", "OpenTelemetry", "tracing", "logging"
- "Health checks", "readiness", "liveness"
- "Production build", "standalone output"
- "Server Actions encryption key", "NEXT_SERVER_ACTIONS_ENCRYPTION_KEY"