Turn a local prototype into a shareable pull request with one `/deploy` command that handles prerequisites, branch creation, checks, GitHub setup, and CI repair in a visible loop.
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How Notion Designs with AI: Brian Lovin's Prototype Playground and Claude Code Workflowswith Claire Vo
Brian’s `/deploy` command checks GitHub prerequisites, creates a branch and PR, opens it in the browser, and keeps fixing CI failures until the selected checks pass.
A pushed branch and open pull request whose required checks pass and whose URL opens in the browser.
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Step by step
Follow the sequence once, then adapt the prompts, checks, and handoffs to your own setup.
5 steps
Define a /deploy command that takes the current working changes from local repository to a shareable pull request. Tell it which local and CI checks matter and what success must look like.
/deploy --checks "typecheck, lint, test, preview"
The goal is to abstract away the complexity of Git for team members who are less familiar with the command line, empowering them to deploy their own work.
Before touching Git history, confirm that GitHub CLI is installed and authenticated, the repository has a remote, and the working tree changes belong in the deployment. Return setup guidance for any missing prerequisite.
If the current branch is the default branch, create a descriptive feature branch. Review the diff, run local checks, stage the intended files, write a useful commit, and push the branch.
Review the current diff, create a descriptive feature branch if needed, run the configured local checks, stage only the intended files, write a conventional commit message that explains the change, and push the branch.
Create the pull request with the GitHub CLI and open its URL in the default browser. Include the purpose, implementation, validation, and any known limitations in the description.
Poll the selected CI checks every 30 to 60 seconds. For a failure, read its log, make the smallest relevant correction, rerun the matching local check, push, and continue. Stop when all named checks pass or report the unresolved blocker.
Monitor the required checks on this pull request. If one fails, read the failure log, identify the root cause, make the smallest relevant fix, run the matching local check, and push. Continue until every named check passes. Do not report success while a required check is pending or failed.
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After the steps
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