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+---
+name: deploy
+description: Redeploy the Ulicraft Minecraft stack to the production host `cochi` — git pull on main then a hard restart (compose down + build-stack.sh --up online). Use when the user says "deploy", "redeploy", "deploy to cochi", "push to prod", "ship it", or "restart the server" for this project. Causes brief Minecraft downtime.
+---
+
+# Deploy Ulicraft to `cochi`
+
+Redeploy the running stack on the production host. Full reference:
+`plan/14-deploy.md`.
+
+## Fixed parameters
+
+- Host: `cochi` (SSH alias)
+- Path: `/home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1`
+- Branch: `main`
+- Run mode: `online` → compose files `docker-compose.yml` + `docker-compose.static.yml`
+- Auth: Drasl (base stack)
+- Restart: **hard** (down → up) — players are disconnected for a few minutes
+
+## Procedure
+
+This is an outward-facing, downtime-causing action on production. The user
+invoking this skill is the authorization to proceed, but:
+
+1. **Pre-check (read-only).** See what would change before tearing anything down:
+   ```bash
+   ssh cochi 'cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1 && git fetch && git log --oneline HEAD..@{u}'
+   ```
+   Report the incoming commits. If the list is empty, tell the user the host is
+   already up to date and ask whether to restart anyway (they may want a plain
+   restart). If `git fetch` fails (host unreachable, auth), STOP and report.
+
+2. **Pull + hard restart** (single SSH session, halts on any error):
+   ```bash
+   ssh cochi 'set -e
+     cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1
+     git pull --ff-only
+     docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml down --remove-orphans
+     tooling/build-stack.sh --up online'
+   ```
+   - `--ff-only` refuses to merge — if the pull is not a fast-forward, STOP and
+     report (local changes on the host need manual resolution).
+   - `build-stack.sh --up online` renders configs (needs `.env` complete:
+     `BASE_DOMAIN`, `HOST_LAN_IP`, `RCON_PASSWORD`) and runs `compose up -d`.
+
+3. **Verify.**
+   ```bash
+   ssh cochi 'cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1 && docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml ps'
+   ```
+   Confirm `caddy`, `drasl`, `minecraft`, `mc-backup` are Up. Tail the minecraft
+   log briefly and confirm it reaches `Done` (server ready):
+   ```bash
+   ssh cochi 'cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1 && timeout 120 docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml logs -f minecraft' 2>/dev/null | grep -m1 "Done"
+   ```
+
+## Guardrails
+
+- Never `git reset --hard` or discard changes on `cochi` without telling the user
+  first — there may be host-local edits.
+- Volumes (`mc_data`, `drasl_state`) persist across `down`; the world is safe. Do
+  NOT pass `-v`/`--volumes` to `down`.
+- If a step fails, STOP and surface the exact error + the failing command. Do not
+  improvise recovery on production.
+- Blessing Skin variant or `airgap` mode changes the compose file set — if the
+  user asks for those, follow `plan/14-deploy.md` instead of the fixed commands
+  above.
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+# Deployment — redeploy to `cochi`
+
+Production host for the Ulicraft stack.
+
+| | |
+|---|---|
+| Host | `cochi` (SSH alias) |
+| Path | `/home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1` |
+| Branch | `main` |
+| Run mode | `online` (compose files: `docker-compose.yml` + `docker-compose.static.yml`) |
+| Auth | Drasl (base stack — no Blessing Skin override) |
+| Restart | **hard** (`compose down` → `build-stack.sh --up`) — brief full downtime |
+
+## Routine redeploy
+
+```bash
+ssh cochi
+cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1
+git pull --ff-only
+# hard restart: tear the stack down, then bring it back up (renders configs first)
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml down --remove-orphans
+tooling/build-stack.sh --up online
+```
+
+Or as a one-shot from your workstation:
+
+```bash
+ssh cochi 'set -e
+  cd /home/ubuntu/mc/ulicraft-server-v1
+  git pull --ff-only
+  docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml down --remove-orphans
+  tooling/build-stack.sh --up online'
+```
+
+`build-stack.sh --up online` runs preflight (checks `.env`), `render-config.sh`
+(which renders configs + `render-pack.sh` for the packwiz pack), then
+`docker compose ... up -d` with the online file set.
+
+## What survives a hard restart
+
+Named volumes persist — world and auth data are safe:
+- `mc_data` — world + installed NeoForge/mods
+- `drasl_state` — Drasl accounts/skins
+- `backups/` — mc-backup snapshots
+
+`down` removes **containers**, not volumes. Players are disconnected during the
+restart (a few minutes); they reconnect once `minecraft` is healthy again.
+
+## Prerequisites (one-time, on `cochi`)
+
+- SSH access as the `cochi` alias.
+- `.env` present and complete: `BASE_DOMAIN`, `HOST_LAN_IP`, `RCON_PASSWORD`
+  (`render-config.sh` halts on any unset var, even in online mode).
+- Docker + compose plugin, `packwiz`, `envsubst`, `git`.
+- **First deploy only** — heavy online prep (fetch launcher, pre-bake the server
+  volume, etc.):
+  ```bash
+  tooling/build-stack.sh --prep
+  ```
+  Not needed for routine redeploys; `--up` alone re-syncs the pack and configs.
+
+## Verify
+
+```bash
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml ps
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml logs -f minecraft   # watch for "Done"
+curl -fsS "http://auth.$(grep '^BASE_DOMAIN=' .env | cut -d= -f2)/" >/dev/null && echo "auth ok"
+```
+
+## Rollback
+
+```bash
+git log --oneline -5            # find the last-good commit
+git checkout <sha>              # or: git reset --hard <sha>
+docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.static.yml down --remove-orphans
+tooling/build-stack.sh --up online
+```
+
+## Notes
+
+- **Online mode needs internet** on `cochi` at restart (no air-gap mirror): the
+  server installs NeoForge + mods over the network. For an internet-less deploy,
+  switch to `airgap` (needs `--prep` first) — see `plan/13-dns-and-run-modes.md`.
+- Switching to the **Blessing Skin** auth variant changes the file set to
+  `-f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.blessingskin.yml` (see
+  `plan/03b-blessing-skin.md`); update the `down`/`up` commands accordingly.