CLAUDE.md content for agentic deploys
Add this to your project's CLAUDE.md, cursor rules, or paste it when you start a new project. Your AI assistant will know how to build the app so it deploys correctly on Percher.
This app will be deployed on Percher (https://percher.app). ## Percher deployment requirements - The app MUST expose an HTTP server on a configurable port (default 3000) - The app MUST have a health check endpoint that returns HTTP 200, usually GET /health - A percher.toml file must exist in the project root - Percher uses Nixpacks to auto-detect and build — use standard project structures (package.json, requirements.txt, go.mod, etc.) ## Supported runtimes Percher config uses runtime = "node", "bun", "python", "static", or "docker". Use Dockerfile-based projects for Go, Rust, PHP, Ruby, Java, .NET, Elixir, and other runtimes. ## How to deploy **Standard deploy:** `bunx percher publish` (or the percher_publish MCP tool). Handles auth, config generation, packaging, and deploy in one call. Returns structured errors with explanations and suggestions on failure — this is the recommended path whether the deploy succeeds or fails. Supports `--dry-run`, `--preview`, `-m "note"`, `--force`. **Granular control / debugging:** `bunx percher login`, `bunx percher init`, `bunx percher push` for stepwise execution. Use this only when you need to isolate a single phase (e.g. validating the bundle without an upload, or re-running a specific step). `push` errors point at `percher deploys inspect <id>` for the full build log. Either path hits the same server-side build pipeline; the choice is purely about where the error surface lives. ## percher.toml Generated by percher init. Key fields: [app] name = "my-app" # becomes my-app.percher.run runtime = "node" # auto-detected [web] port = 3000 # the port your app listens on health = "/health" # health check path ## Database For apps that need a database, add to percher.toml: [data] mode = "pocketbase" A managed PocketBase instance is provisioned automatically. Use the POCKETBASE_URL env var to connect from your app. ## Environment variables Set via: bunx percher env set KEY=VALUE Or MCP tool: percher_env_set Available at runtime as standard environment variables. Apps deploy to https://<app-name>.percher.run with automatic SSL.
With this context, you can just say "build me an app that does X" and the agent will structure it correctly for Percher deployment.