How it works (the big picture)

Getting your app online with The Deployer is a guided journey of about ten short steps. You make the decisions; AI agents do the technical heavy lifting — reading your code, designing the setup, provisioning servers, and deploying. Here's the whole path at a glance so you always know where you are.

The journey, step by step

1. Sign up or log in. Create an account with your email and a password. You may be asked to confirm your email first. See Creating an account & signing in.
2. Connect your accounts. On the Connections page, link at least one cloud provider (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, or DigitalOcean — where your app will run) and at least one GitHub account (where your code lives). See what you need to connect.
3. Create a project. Pick a GitHub repository (the folder that holds your app's code), a branch (a version of that code), and the cloud provider to use. See create a project.
4. Analysis. The app scans your code to understand it — the languages, frameworks, web addresses it serves, settings it needs, and whether it uses a database. See how we read your code.
5. Environment variables. These are the app's settings and secret keys (like an API password). An Env Doctor agent helps you get them right. See environment variables.
6. Code Readiness. A Code Doctor agent suggests small, safe changes that make your app easier to deploy (like a health check the system can ping), and can apply them for you. See Code Readiness checks.
7. Architecture. The app proposes a few ways to run your app, each with a monthly cost estimate. You pick the one you like. See choosing an architecture.
8. Workflow. A visual map of the whole pipeline — building, deploying, monitoring — so you can review it before launch. See the deployment workflow.
9. Launch. The deployment runs while you watch live logs scroll by. If a step fails, a Recovery Agent automatically tries to fix it (a limited number of times). See launching & reading the logs.
10. Live. You get a public URL (web address) for your app, and you manage everything from the Dashboard.

What the AI agents do for you

Throughout that journey, several specialist agents work quietly on your behalf: one reads and understands your code, one designs the architecture, one prepares your code for deployment, and one steps in to repair problems during launch. In most cases you don't write configuration or run commands yourself — you review their suggestions and click to approve. Some apps need a change in code or settings that only you can make.

What to expect on cost

Every deployment creates real, live cloud resources in your own account, which your cloud provider bills you for. Before launching, The Deployer shows a monthly cost estimate for the setup you pick, as a guide to what you're committing to (it's an estimate, not a spending cap) — and deleting a project tears down its resources so the charges stop. Ready to try? Head to the Quick start.