Deploy Doctor / Bolt

Bolt app won’t deploy — production checklist

Bolt generates UI fast, but often without a lockfile, migrations, or a clear start command.

Common pain

  • Build fails on Node version / missing env
  • No package-lock
  • API routes cannot find DATABASE_URL
  • Vercel deploy without a proper server runtime

Production checklist

  1. Commit a lockfile
  2. Run Deploy Doctor → download Deploy Pack
  3. Verify package.json build / start scripts
  4. Move secrets into env
  5. Smoke-test locally: npm ci && npm run build

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