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name: scaffold-docker
description: Generate production-grade Docker configuration with multi-stage builds and health check module
disable-model-invocation: true
arguments:
- name: components
description: "Comma-separated list: 'dockerfile,health-checks,compose' or 'all'. If omitted, you will be asked."
required: false
---
# Scaffold Docker & Health Checks
You are setting up production-grade containerization for a mission-critical TypeScript project. This skill generates a hardened Dockerfile, health check module, and Docker Compose configuration.
## Available Components
| Key | Component | Description |
|-----|-----------|-------------|
| `dockerfile` | Dockerfile + .dockerignore | Multi-stage build with security hardening |
| `health-checks` | Health Check Module | `src/health/` module with liveness, readiness, and startup probes |
| `compose` | Docker Compose | Development and production compose files |
## Instructions
### 1. Determine components
If `$ARGUMENTS` is provided, parse it as a comma-separated list. Otherwise, ask the user which components to set up. Default: `all`.
### 2. Load context
- Read `package.json` for project name, main entry point, scripts
- Read `tsconfig.json` for `outDir` (default: `dist/`)
- Check if `src/index.ts` or `src/main.ts` exists (application entry point)
- Check for existing `Dockerfile`, `docker-compose.yml`, `src/health/`
---
## Component: `dockerfile` — Dockerfile + .dockerignore
Ask the user which base image they prefer for the production stage:
- **`node:22-slim`** (recommended for most cases) — smaller than full image, includes shell for debugging
- **`gcr.io/distroless/nodejs22-debian12`** — no shell, no package manager, minimal attack surface (best for production)
### Generate `Dockerfile`:
```dockerfile
# =============================================================================
# Build Stage
# =============================================================================
FROM node:22-slim AS builder
WORKDIR /app
# Copy dependency files first for layer caching
COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
# Use npm ci for reproducible installs (Rule 3.4)
RUN npm ci
# Copy source and build
COPY tsconfig.json ./
COPY src/ ./src/
RUN npm run build
# Prune dev dependencies
RUN npm ci --omit=dev
# =============================================================================
# Production Stage
# =============================================================================
FROM <chosen-base-image> AS production
# Security: run as non-root user
USER node
WORKDIR /app
# Copy only production artifacts
COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /app/dist ./dist
COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /app/node_modules ./node_modules
COPY --from=builder --chown=node:node /app/package.json ./
# Environment
ENV NODE_ENV=production
# Health check (adjust port and path as needed)
HEALTHCHECK --interval=30s --timeout=5s --start-period=10s --retries=3 \
CMD ["node", "-e", "fetch('http://localhost:3000/healthz').then(r => process.exit(r.ok ? 0 : 1)).catch(() => process.exit(1))"]
EXPOSE 3000
# Use node directly (not npm start) for proper signal handling
CMD ["node", "dist/index.js"]
```
If the user chose distroless:
- Remove `HEALTHCHECK` (no shell available; rely on Kubernetes probes)
- `CMD` uses JSON array format only
- No `USER` directive needed (distroless defaults to non-root)
If the user chose slim:
- Add `dumb-init` for PID 1 signal handling:
```dockerfile
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends dumb-init && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
ENTRYPOINT ["dumb-init", "--"]
```
### Generate `.dockerignore`:
```
# Source and tests (built artifacts are in dist/)
src/
tests/
**/*.test.ts
**/*.spec.ts
# Documentation
docs/
*.md
!README.md
# Development
.git/
.github/
.claude/
.vscode/
.idea/
coverage/
.stryker-tmp/
reports/
# Environment and secrets
.env
.env.*
*.pem
*.key
# Build tools
stryker.config.*
vitest.config.*
tsconfig.json
.eslintrc*
eslint.config.*
commitlint.config.*
.husky/
# OS files
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db
# Dependencies (rebuilt in Docker)
node_modules/
```
### Add npm scripts:
```json
{
"docker:build": "docker build -t <project-name> .",
"docker:run": "docker run -p 3000:3000 <project-name>"
}
```
### Suggest Trivy scanning:
```bash
# Scan the built image for vulnerabilities
trivy image --severity HIGH,CRITICAL --exit-code 1 <project-name>
```
---
## Component: `health-checks` — Health Check Module
Generate a health check module under `src/health/` following the project's coding standard (Result pattern, Zod schemas, branded types, readonly, TSDoc).
### `src/health/schema.ts`:
- Zod schema for health check responses
- Status type using `as const` object (not enum — Rule 3.5):
```typescript
const HealthStatus = {
HEALTHY: 'HEALTHY',
DEGRADED: 'DEGRADED',
UNHEALTHY: 'UNHEALTHY',
} as const;
type HealthStatusValue = typeof HealthStatus[keyof typeof HealthStatus];
```
- Response types for liveness, readiness (with per-component status), and startup
- All properties `readonly` (Rule 7.1)
- Exhaustive switch with `assertUnreachable` (Rule 8.3)
### `src/health/health.ts`:
- **`checkLiveness()`**: Returns `Result<LivenessResponse>`. Checks:
- Process is running
- Event loop is responsive (measure event loop lag)
- Does NOT check downstream dependencies (liveness should not trigger restarts due to external failures)
- **`checkReadiness(options)`**: Returns `Promise<Result<ReadinessResponse>>`. Checks each dependency:
- Accept a `ReadonlyArray<HealthDependency>` (dependency name + check function)
- Each check has an individual timeout using `AbortController` + `Promise.race` (Rule 4.2)
- Default timeout: 5 seconds per dependency
- Returns per-component status with overall status
- Bounded parallelism: check dependencies concurrently but with a limit (Rule 4.3)
- **`checkStartup()`**: Returns `Result<StartupResponse>`. Validates initialization prerequisites.
- All functions <= 40 lines (Rule 8.4), use Result pattern (Rule 6.2), have TSDoc (Rule 10.1)
### `src/health/health.test.ts`:
- Unit tests for all three health check functions
- Tests for: all healthy, one degraded, one unhealthy, timeout scenario, all down
- Property-based test with fast-check for dependency check arrays
- No `any` in tests
### `src/health/index.ts`:
- Barrel export of public types and functions
### Kubernetes probe configuration:
Generate a `docs/kubernetes-probes.yaml` reference:
```yaml
livenessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /livez
port: 3000
initialDelaySeconds: 30
periodSeconds: 15
failureThreshold: 3
timeoutSeconds: 5
readinessProbe:
httpGet:
path: /readyz
port: 3000
initialDelaySeconds: 10
periodSeconds: 10
failureThreshold: 3
timeoutSeconds: 5
startupProbe:
httpGet:
path: /healthz
port: 3000
initialDelaySeconds: 5
periodSeconds: 5
failureThreshold: 30
timeoutSeconds: 5
```
### Integration guidance:
Show how to wire the health module into common frameworks:
- Plain `http.createServer`: route handler example
- Express: `app.get('/healthz', ...)` example
- Fastify: route example
---
## Component: `compose` — Docker Compose
### Generate `docker-compose.yml` for development:
```yaml
services:
app:
build:
context: .
target: builder # Use build stage for development
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "9229:9229" # Node.js debugger
volumes:
- ./src:/app/src
- ./dist:/app/dist
environment:
- NODE_ENV=development
- LOG_LEVEL=debug
command: npm run dev
# Add dependencies as needed:
# depends_on:
# - postgres
# - redis
```
### If the user has databases or caches:
Ask which services to include and add them:
- PostgreSQL: with health check, volume for persistence
- Redis: with health check, memory limits
- MongoDB: with health check, volume
### Generate `docker-compose.prod.yml` (production overrides):
```yaml
services:
app:
build:
context: .
target: production
restart: unless-stopped
environment:
- NODE_ENV=production
deploy:
resources:
limits:
memory: 512M
```
---
## Summary
After generating all selected components:
1. List all created files
2. Note the Kubernetes probe configuration if health checks were generated
3. Remind the user to:
- Run `docker build` to verify the Dockerfile works
- Run Trivy scan on the built image
- Wire health check endpoints into their HTTP server
- Add `src/health/` to the parent barrel export if applicable