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Make every signal lead to the next move.
These are practical playbooks for operating a SaaS with PreFlight: audit the real surface, protect a release, verify the payment path, create SEO content worth finding, and publish proof customers can trust.
Start with your real customer path
Set up the app, baseline the public surface, and connect only what matters.
02 / PLAYBOOKVerify revenue end-to-end
Prove that a test payment reaches the entitlement your customer receives.
03 / PLAYBOOKBuild an SEO content system
Turn product context into research, articles, links, and rankings.
04 / PLAYBOOKOperate without customer surprises
Set up signals, alert delivery, recovery, and verification.
Start here
Your first week with PreFlight
Set up an app, run the right audit, connect the real customer path, and create a release baseline.
02 / Start hereQuick start
Create a workspace, connect your stack, and run a first stored check.
03 / Start hereCore concepts
Understand workspaces, apps, checks, evidence, release gates, and reports.
04 / Start hereArchitecture
Learn the security boundaries and data flow behind PreFlight.
05 / Start hereCLI and SDK
Use typed SDK and shell-friendly HTTP workflows in CI.
06 / Start hereInstall the PreFlight SDK
Add runtime signals, Shield, Threat Signals, and API helpers to your application.
Operating guides
Run an audit that leads to a fix
Turn a public SaaS scan into a ranked, verifiable work queue.
02 / Operating guidesShip a release with evidence
Create a release gate with GitHub checks, Journey Canary, and post-deploy verification.
03 / Operating guidesOperate app health before users report it
Set up monitoring, alert delivery, incident recovery, and verification.
04 / Operating guidesVerify the payment-to-access path
Test Stripe safely, reconcile fulfillment, and catch revenue drift before it reaches customers.
05 / Operating guidesBuild an SEO content system
Use keywords, gaps, clusters, articles, internal links, and rankings as one grounded workflow.
06 / Operating guidesPublish reliability customers can verify
Build a safe, evidence-backed Trust Page, share reports, and keep public proof current.
Feature reference
App overview
See the current state of one app and decide what deserves attention next.
02 / Feature referenceFull audit
Run one ranked scan across the public surface before you ship.
03 / Feature referenceProvider probes
Verify that the connected services and delivery paths your app depends on can still be reached.
04 / Feature referenceCustom HTTP checks
Define the endpoint assertion that only your product team knows how to make.
05 / Feature referenceRelease desk
Make the promotion decision from one plain-English release verdict.
06 / Feature referenceGitHub checks
Put a readable readiness check on every push and pull request.
07 / Feature referenceUser journeys
Exercise the browser path that creates activation, trust, or revenue.
08 / Feature referenceProduction Twin
Compare a preview deployment with the production behavior you already trust.
09 / Feature referenceHealth desk
See current customer impact and the next recovery action.
10 / Feature referenceUptime monitors
Know when a public endpoint or connected service stops behaving normally.
11 / Feature referenceIncidents & fixes
Give every failure an owner, a recovery path, and a verification step.
12 / Feature referenceReal-user speed
Measure how fast the product feels in real browsers.
13 / Feature referenceAlert delivery
Send the right operational signal to the place where someone will act on it.
14 / Feature referenceThreats & API defense
See active attack signals and harden the API paths that matter.
15 / Feature referenceRevenue Desk
Operate the payment-to-access path from one business-critical view.
16 / Feature referenceMRR Pulse
Understand recurring revenue movement without losing the underlying evidence.
17 / Feature referencePayment Sync
Catch paid sessions that never produce the entitlement your customer expects.
18 / Feature referenceCheckout test
Rehearse a real Stripe Checkout flow without charging a real customer.
19 / Feature referenceGrowth overview
Turn search work into a measurable editorial operating loop.
20 / Feature referenceSearch workspace
Research, create, connect, and measure SEO content from one workspace.
21 / Feature referencePublic Trust Page
Give customers a current, readable view of service reliability.
22 / Feature referenceTrust page builder
Brand the public proof that your customers and prospects will actually read.
23 / Feature referenceReliability Score
Summarize verified readiness without pretending one number is the whole product.
24 / Feature referenceReports
Package the evidence a teammate, customer, or auditor needs to review.
25 / Feature referenceMiscellaneous overview
See dependency and forecast tools that sit outside the main request path.
26 / Feature referenceVendor outages
Understand which third-party providers can break your customer path.
27 / Feature referenceForesight
See which journeys an outage can reach and which measured signal is heading for a breach.
28 / Feature referenceBlast radius
Model which journeys and customers an outage can reach.
29 / Feature referenceFailure forecast
See how current reliability or usage trends may approach a threshold.
30 / Feature referenceOperator
Ask operational questions against live evidence and keep changes explicit.
31 / Feature referenceConnections
Manage the providers and credentials that make your real customer path work.
32 / Feature referenceActivity
Keep a durable sequence of changes, checks, incidents, and evidence.
33 / Feature referenceAutomations
Schedule repeatable checks and reports without losing ownership or evidence.
34 / Feature referenceUsage
Understand plan limits and consumption before a workflow is interrupted.
35 / Feature referenceSettings
Control workspace identity, access, credentials, and notification preferences.
36 / Feature referenceHelp
Find the product route and the next documented action from inside the dashboard.
37 / Feature referenceFeedback
Give the product team a concrete signal about what should improve.
Guides
Dashboard guide
Navigate the dashboard by outcome and know where each operational decision belongs.
02 / GuidesAlerting
Configure Slack, Discord, email, and webhooks with useful delivery rules.
03 / GuidesRelease gates
Turn stored evidence into a hard allow or deny decision in CI.
04 / GuidesFixing common failures
Resolve the Stripe, Supabase, auth, environment, and provider failures seen most often.
05 / GuidesMCP integration
Connect Cursor, Claude, Windsurf, Kiro, and other MCP hosts to approved PreFlight tools.
06 / GuidesContinuous uptime monitoring
Automatically discover and continuously monitor first-party pages and safe API endpoints.
07 / GuidesOperator
Ask questions against live evidence and keep every state-changing action explicit.
08 / GuidesProduction Twin
Compare an approved preview journey against a verified production baseline.
09 / GuidesPayment Sync
Reconcile Stripe payments against the Supabase side effects that fulfill them.
10 / GuidesTrust Page
Publish a secret-safe customer report backed by real checks and uptime evidence.
11 / GuidesVerify Stripe Checkout safely
Use Stripe test mode to validate a real purchase path without a real card.
Integrations
Clerk
Authentication keys, JWKS reachability, and JWT readiness.
02 / IntegrationsCloudflare
SSL, zone security, and launch-blocking edge settings.
03 / IntegrationsDeployment
API latency, uptime, error spikes, and launch-window health.
04 / IntegrationsDiscord
Synthetic webhook delivery and channel readiness.
05 / IntegrationsEnvironment
Required keys, health endpoints, DNS, TLS, headers, and secret exposure.
06 / IntegrationsFirebase
Service-account structure and Firebase Admin access.
07 / IntegrationsGitHub
Ship Guard installation and readiness checks on every push.
08 / IntegrationsLemon Squeezy
Store access and signed webhook handshakes.
09 / IntegrationsOpenAI
API key validity and credit-balance readiness.
10 / IntegrationsPostHog
Analytics script loading and CSP compatibility.
11 / IntegrationsPostmark
Transactional sender and server-token readiness.
12 / IntegrationsPrivacy Analytics
Plausible or Umami collector and script readiness.
13 / IntegrationsResend
Verified sender and alert email delivery readiness.
14 / IntegrationsSendGrid
Transactional fallback and event webhook readiness.
15 / IntegrationsSentry
DSN parsing and synthetic heartbeat delivery.
16 / IntegrationsSlack
Bot token, scopes, and target channel access.
17 / IntegrationsStripe
Checkout, signed webhook, and payment-path readiness.
18 / IntegrationsSupabase
Auth, database, project alignment, and fulfillment readiness.
19 / IntegrationsTwilio
SMS credentials, sender setup, and trial restrictions.
20 / IntegrationsUpstash
Redis connectivity, latency, and quota headroom.
21 / IntegrationsVercel
Deployments, production domains, and environment parity.
API reference
API overview
REST v1 resources, response envelopes, and automation flows.
02 / API referenceAPI authentication
Create bearer keys, scope access, and handle rate limits safely.
03 / API referenceMCP server reference
Run approved PreFlight tools from compatible AI development hosts.
04 / API referenceMonitoring cron
Schedule uptime, monitoring, revenue, and automation workers correctly.
05 / API referenceShadow Stripe flow
Run the provider-specific payment rehearsal from CI and launch automation.
06 / API referenceStatus and incidents API
Expose read-only health and incident data to status pages, bots, and CI.
Legal
Privacy Policy
How PreFlight handles product data, credentials, and account information.
02 / LegalTerms of Service
Service scope, responsibilities, billing, and account terms.
03 / LegalAcceptable Use Policy
Authorization, security, and conduct rules for connected systems.
04 / LegalDisclaimer
Important limits on checks, reports, third-party data, and advice.
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