Web Publishing & Deployments

Get a site or app that exists in the sandbox onto a public URL. There are two worlds, and picking the right one is 90% of the job:

Instant & throwaway — a live URL in seconds, no account, no login, for a preview/demo the user can click and share. It self-destructs after ~1 hour unless claimed. This is the default when someone just wants to see it live.
Permanent — a real deployment on the user's own hosting account (custom domain, stays up, redeploys). This needs their account, so it involves them.

Always build the site first (npm run build, etc.) so you're publishing the final output directory (dist/, out/, build/, .next/, …), not source.

Which one?

The user wants…	Use	Account needed?
A live URL right now to preview/share a static site or SPA	Cloudflare temporary deploy (`wrangler deploy --temporary`) — see below	No
To drag-and-drop it themselves in a browser	Cloudflare Drop (`cloudflare.com/drop`) or Vercel Drop (`vercel.com/drop`) — `references/cloudflare.md`, `references/vercel.md`	CF: no · Vercel: yes
A framework app (Next.js, etc.) built & hosted properly	Vercel (`vercel deploy`, or Vercel Drop which auto-builds) — `references/vercel.md`	Yes
It to stay up on their own domain	Vercel (or claim a Cloudflare temp deploy) — `references/vercel.md`	Yes
A backend / container / any language online	Vercel Dockerfile (`Dockerfile.vercel`) — `references/vercel.md`	Yes

When in doubt for "just show me it live," reach for the Cloudflare temporary deploy first — it's the only path that needs nothing from the user.

Fast path — instant live URL, no account (Cloudflare)

wrangler deploy --temporary provisions a throwaway Cloudflare account, deploys, and prints a live URL plus a claim URL — all with zero credentials. It is the go-to for handing someone a working link in one turn.

bash

# Build first, then point --assets at the output directory.
# --temporary ONLY works when wrangler is unauthenticated, so clear any creds:
npx wrangler@latest logout 2>/dev/null || true
unset CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY

npx wrangler@latest deploy --assets ./dist --temporary --name my-site

Parse the output for the two URLs and hand both to the user:

the live URL (*.workers.dev) — works immediately, share it,
the claim URL — valid ~60 min; the user opens it to keep the site by signing into (or creating) a Cloudflare account.

Caveats to state plainly when you hand it over:

It's temporary. The deployment expires after ~60 min of inactivity; re-running the deploy resets the timer, and unclaimed accounts auto-delete. To make it permanent, the user claims it (or use Vercel instead).
Requires wrangler ≥ 4.102.0, Node 18+, and a genuinely unauthenticated wrangler (no OAuth login, no CLOUDFLARE_* token env).
Static assets only on this path (HTML/CSS/JS/images/fonts). Dynamic apps → a Worker (still works with --temporary) or Vercel. Full detail + the browser drag-drop flow: references/cloudflare.md.

Permanent / framework / container (Vercel)

For a site that stays up on the user's account, a framework project that needs a real build, or any backend/container, use Vercel — vercel deploy from the CLI (deployment limits were removed, so it's agent/CI-friendly), the browser Vercel Drop (auto-detects and builds frameworks), or Dockerfile.vercel to run any Dockerfile as an autoscaling function. All of this needs the user's Vercel account/token. Full detail: references/vercel.md.

Handing off — always do this

Give the user the live URL first thing (that's the payoff).
If it's a temporary deploy, say so in one line + give the claim URL and the ~60-min window. Don't let them assume it's permanent.
Offer the permanent path as the natural next step ("want this to stay up on your own domain? I'll set it up on Vercel / you can claim it on Cloudflare").
Never publish secrets or private data to a temporary, unauthenticated public URL — anything you deploy this way is world-readable. Treat a public URL as public.

Other providers & going deeper (`find-skills-sh`)

This skill covers the two fast paths (Cloudflare + Vercel) inline. For anything beyond that — a different provider (Netlify, Render, Fly.io, AWS, Deno Deploy, GitHub Pages, Railway, …) or a deeper, provider-specific skill for Vercel or Cloudflare (full framework configs, edge functions, DNS/domains, CI) — use the find-skills-sh skill to search the open ecosystem and install a battle-tested one: