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Install Canary Watch
Pick your agent. Every command is ready to paste.
npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill canary-watchThe open skills CLI detects your agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ more) and installs to the right folder. Add -g to install globally.
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Install it
Run the command above, or upload the folder in Claude.
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Ask naturally
Describe the task. Your agent loads canary-watch when the request matches its description.
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Name it if needed
If it does not trigger, say “use the canary-watch skill”. In Codex, type $canary-watch.
The skill itself
SKILL.md
Canary Watch — Post-Deploy Monitoring
When to Use
- After deploying to production or staging
- After merging a risky PR
- When you want to verify a fix actually fixed it
- Continuous monitoring during a launch window
- After dependency upgrades
How It Works
Monitors a deployed URL for regressions. Runs in a loop until stopped or until the watch window expires.
What It Watches
1. HTTP Status — is the page returning 200?
2. Console Errors — new errors that weren't there before?
3. Network Failures — failed API calls, 5xx responses?
4. Performance — LCP/CLS/INP regression vs baseline?
5. Content — did key elements disappear? (h1, nav, footer, CTA)
6. API Health — are critical endpoints responding within SLA?
7. Static Assets — are JS, CSS, image, and font requests returning 2xx/3xx with expected content types?
8. SSE Streams — do event-stream endpoints connect and receive an initial event or heartbeat?
Watch Modes
Quick check (default): single pass, report results
/canary-watch https://myapp.com
Sustained watch: check every N minutes for M hours
/canary-watch https://myapp.com --interval 5m --duration 2h
Diff mode: compare staging vs production
/canary-watch --compare https://staging.myapp.com https://myapp.com
Alert Thresholds
critical: # immediate alert
- HTTP status != 200
- Console error count > 5 (new errors only)
- LCP > 4s
- API endpoint returns 5xx
- Static asset returns 4xx/5xx
- SSE endpoint cannot connect or drops before first heartbeat
warning: # flag in report
- LCP increased > 500ms from baseline
- CLS > 0.1
- New console warnings
- Response time > 2x baseline
- Static asset content type changed unexpectedly
- SSE heartbeat latency > 2x baseline
info: # log only
- Minor performance variance
- New network requests (third-party scripts added?)
Notifications
When a critical threshold is crossed:
- Desktop notification (macOS/Linux)
- Optional: Slack/Discord webhook
- Log to
~/.claude/canary-watch.log
Output
## Canary Report — myapp.com — 2026-03-23 03:15 PST
### Status: HEALTHY ✓
| Check | Result | Baseline | Delta |
|-------|--------|----------|-------|
| HTTP | 200 ✓ | 200 | — |
| Console errors | 0 ✓ | 0 | — |
| LCP | 1.8s ✓ | 1.6s | +200ms |
| CLS | 0.01 ✓ | 0.01 | — |
| API /health | 145ms ✓ | 120ms | +25ms |
| Static assets | 42/42 ✓ | 42/42 | — |
| SSE /events | connected ✓ | connected | +80ms heartbeat |
### No regressions detected. Deploy is clean.
Integration
Pair with:
/browser-qafor pre-deploy verification- Hooks: add as a PostToolUse hook on
git pushto auto-check after deploys - CI: run in GitHub Actions after deploy step
Tips for Canary Watch
- • Start a fresh session after installing so your agent picks up the new skill.
- • It is part of a pack with 40 skills. Install only the ones you need with --skill to keep triggers precise.
- • If two skills overlap, mention the one you want by name.
Questions about Canary Watch
What does the Canary Watch skill do?
Use this skill to monitor and verify a deployed URL after releases — checks HTTP endpoints, SSE streams, static assets, console errors, and performance regressions after deploys, merges, or dependency upgrades. Smoke / canary / post-deploy verification.
How do I install Canary Watch?
Run "npx skills add affaan-m/ECC --skill canary-watch" in your project. The skills CLI installs it for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and 70+ other agents. In Claude on the web, upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Customize > Skills.
Does Canary Watch work in Cursor and Codex?
Yes. Canary Watch uses the open SKILL.md format, so it works in Claude Code, Claude, Cursor, OpenAI Codex, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and other agents that support agent skills.
Is Canary Watch free?
Canary Watch is open source on GitHub under the MIT license. It is free to install; check the license before commercial use.
Who made Canary Watch?
Canary Watch is published by affaan-m in the affaan-m/ECC repository, together with 39 other skills.
