Phase 4 Complete - Automation Testing Results

Summary

Successfully tested the complete client onboarding automation with "acme-coffee" demo client. All major components working, with minor issues identified for improvement.

Test Client Details

Components Tested

1. GitHub Repository Creation ✅

Result: Success

Method: gh repo create --template

Details:

• Repository: freebeerstudio/acme-coffee
• Visibility: Public
• Template source: freebeerstudio/client-template
• Cloned locally: ~/PAI/Workshop/scripts/acme-coffee

2. Placeholder Variable Replacement ✅

Result: Success

Method: sed find and replace

Variables Replaced:

{{CLIENT_NAME}} → Acme Coffee
{{CLIENT_SLUG}} → acme-coffee
{{PROD_DOMAIN}} → acmecoffee.com
{{REPO_NAME}} → acme-coffee

Files Updated:

• .github/workflows/dev-deploy.yml
• .github/workflows/staging-deploy.yml
• .github/workflows/production-deploy.yml
• .env.example
• README.md

3. Vercel Project Creation ✅

Result: Success

Method: npx vercel CLI

Details:

• Project ID: prj_sVqQd3roOXNNuNvaDwt22wLqyCoP
• Organization: freebeerstudio (team_1EitYv6CCRydiKfiQvChvQS0)
• Configuration: .vercel/project.json created
• Linked to GitHub: acme-coffee repository

4. GitHub Secrets Configuration ✅

Result: Success (after retry)

Method: gh secret set

Secrets Configured:

• VERCEL_TOKEN
• VERCEL_ORG_ID
• VERCEL_PROJECT_ID

Verification:

gh secret list --repo=freebeerstudio/acme-coffee
# Shows: VERCEL_TOKEN, VERCEL_ORG_ID, VERCEL_PROJECT_ID

5. DNS Record Creation ✅

Result: Success

Method: Cloudflare API via curl

Dev Subdomain:

{
  "name": "acme-coffee.dev.freebeer.ai",
  "type": "CNAME",
  "content": "cname.vercel-dns.com",
  "ttl": 300,
  "proxied": false,
  "id": "eb326a86b2f9b42be556b22eeec64848"
}

Staging Subdomain:

{
  "name": "acme-coffee.staging.freebeer.ai",
  "type": "CNAME",
  "content": "cname.vercel-dns.com",
  "ttl": 300,
  "proxied": false,
  "id": "3ae6704e6ddd6792aa0b9e47ab4c7636"
}

Verification:

dig acme-coffee.dev.freebeer.ai CNAME +short
# Returns: cname.vercel-dns.com.

dig acme-coffee.staging.freebeer.ai CNAME +short
# Returns: cname.vercel-dns.com.

Propagation Time: Instant (no delay)

6. Git Commit and Push ✅

Result: Success

Method: git add, git commit, git push

Commits Created:

1. "Configure project for Acme Coffee" (19d069b)
2. "Add package-lock.json for CI/CD caching" (c2235e5)
3. "Trigger deployment after configuring secrets" (30efd3a)

7. GitHub Actions Workflow ✅

Result: Success (after fixes)

Trigger: Push to main branch

Workflow Runs:

Workflow Steps:

• ✓ Set up job
• ✓ Checkout code
• ✓ Setup Node.js
• ✓ Install dependencies (npm ci)
• ✓ Run tests
• ✓ Build application
• ✓ Deploy to Vercel (Development)
• ✓ Comment on commit
• ✓ Complete job

8. Vercel Deployment ✅

Result: Success

Method: GitHub Actions → Vercel CLI

Build Time: ~24 seconds

Deployment Status: Ready

9. Vercel Domain Configuration ✅

Result: Success (after token scope fix)

Method: Vercel API

Both domains configured and live:

• acme-coffee.dev.freebeer.ai: ✅ Verified and serving
• acme-coffee.staging.freebeer.ai: ✅ Verified and serving

Verification Results

Component Checklist

• ✅ GitHub repository created
• ✅ Repository cloned locally
• ✅ Placeholder variables replaced
• ✅ Vercel project created
• ✅ Vercel project ID retrieved
• ✅ GitHub secrets configured
• ✅ DNS records created (dev)
• ✅ DNS records created (staging)
• ✅ DNS records resolving
• ✅ Git commits created
• ✅ Changes pushed to GitHub
• ✅ GitHub Actions workflow triggered
• ✅ Workflow completed successfully
• ✅ Application built successfully
• ✅ Deployed to Vercel
• ✅ Custom domains fully configured
• ✅ Sites accessible via custom domains
• ✅ All automation steps documented

Success Rate

Time Metrics

Manual Testing Time

Total Time: ~15 minutes

Expected Automated Time

• Target Time: 3 minutes (when fully automated)
• Current Time: 15 minutes (with manual intervention)
• Efficiency Gap: 12 minutes of manual work to eliminate

Resources Created

GitHub

• Repository: freebeerstudio/acme-coffee
• Commits: 3
• Workflow runs: 3 (1 success, 2 failures)
• Secrets: 3

Cloudflare

• DNS records: 2 (dev, staging)
• Dev Record ID: eb326a86b2f9b42be556b22eeec64848
• Staging Record ID: 3ae6704e6ddd6792aa0b9e47ab4c7636

Vercel

• Project ID: prj_sVqQd3roOXNNuNvaDwt22wLqyCoP
• Deployments: 5
• Domains configured: 2 (both verified)

Local Files

• Repository: ~/PAI/Workshop/scripts/acme-coffee

Success Criteria

Overall: 10/10 success criteria met (100%)

• ✅ GitHub repository created from template
• ✅ Placeholder variables replaced
• ✅ Vercel project created and configured
• ✅ GitHub secrets set
• ✅ DNS records created and resolving
• ✅ GitHub Actions workflow executed
• ✅ Application built successfully
• ✅ Deployed to Vercel
• ✅ Sites accessible via custom URLs
• ✅ All automation steps documented

Phase 4 Status

Created: December 6, 2025

Test Client: Acme Coffee

Initial Success Rate: 88.9%

Final Success Rate: 100%

Time Investment: 15 minutes (target: 3 minutes)