netlify-deployment-specialist

What problem does it solve?

This Skill streamlines deploying static sites and single-page applications to Netlify by guiding build configuration, redirects, environment variables, functions setup, and troubleshooting to prevent common failures like 404s, build errors, or inaccessible functions.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Build & Publish Configuration: Identify and verify build commands and publish directories for Vite, Create React App, Next.js static exports, and similar toolchains.
• Routing & Redirects: Provide SPA fallback configuration using _redirects or netlify.toml and set up API proxies to avoid route refresh 404s.
• Environment & Serverless Functions: Manage build-time environment variables with proper prefixes and deploy Netlify Functions under netlify/functions with correct handler exports.
• Use Case: Deploy a Vite React SPA with SPA fallback, CI deploy previews for PRs, a custom domain with SSL, and an API proxy to a backend service.

Quick Start

Connect the repository in the Netlify dashboard, set the build command to npm run build and the publish directory to dist, add an SPA fallback redirect, configure required environment variables, and trigger a deploy.