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Guides

Task-focused walkthroughs, from your first coop to your production launch checklist.

Beginner / 8 min

Getting started

Install the CLI, log in, and hatch your first coop in under ten minutes.

Beginner / 5 min

Installing the cluck CLI

Every way to install the CLI on every operating system that has a perch.

Beginner / 10 min

Your first coop: workspaces explained

Understand how coops, flocks, and hens fit together before you scale.

Intermediate / 12 min

Understanding the pecking order (permissions)

How roles and permissions work, and how to keep the rooster from being everyone.

Beginner / 7 min

Hatching a project with Hatchback

Generate a production-ready project from a template.

Beginner / 9 min

Deploying to HenHouse

Push your app to managed hosting with zero-downtime rollouts.

Intermediate / 11 min

Free-range functions: cold starts and warm eggs

Write serverless functions and understand how they start, stop, and wander.

Intermediate / 10 min

Candling your data

Add data-quality checks that catch cracks before they reach the dashboard.

Intermediate / 14 min

Securing your coop: the fence checklist

A practical checklist for locking down a Pollosoft environment.

Advanced / 15 min

Fox drills: incident response

Plan, rehearse, and run security incidents without panic.

Advanced / 20 min

Migrating from the barn to the coop

Plan a move from on-premises hardware to the cloud without losing a feather.

Intermediate / 13 min

Molt: safe schema migrations

Change your database schema without taking the service offline.

Intermediate / 9 min

On-call with PeckPager

Set up schedules, escalations, and alerts that respect people's sleep.

Beginner / 8 min

Cost control: managing your feed budget

Understand your bill and set up budgets that alert before the surprise.

Intermediate / 10 min

Backups and the Frozen Chicken Archive

Back up your data and understand how long it takes to thaw it.

Beginner / 18 min

Writing Cluck: a language tour

A quick tour of the Cluck language, from hello world to async eggs.

Intermediate / 8 min

Cluck in CI

Run builds and tests for Cluck projects on any CI system.

Intermediate / 9 min

Webhooks: listening for the dawn

Receive events from Pollosoft and verify they are real.

Advanced / 16 min

Multi-coop replication

Replicate data across regions for disaster recovery and lower latency.

Intermediate / 11 min

Single sign-on with Cage-Free SSO

Connect your identity provider and let users roam freely between apps.

Intermediate / 14 min

Observability: counting eggs

Instrument your app with metrics, logs, and traces that you will actually read.

Beginner / 7 min

Working with PeckPilot

Get the most out of your AI pair programmer.

Beginner / 12 min

Testing: do not count your chickens before they hatch

Write tests that tell you the truth before production does.

Intermediate / 15 min

Going to production: the launch checklist

Everything to check before you flip the switch and let the hens roam.

Advanced / 16 min

Event-driven architectures with FeedQueue

Decouple services with queues, topics, and a healthy respect for ordering.

Beginner / 9 min

Building dashboards in Yolkboard

Create a dashboard that your whole team will check before standup.

Beginner / 10 min

Accessibility at the coop

Build apps that every bird can use, including birds with unusual perches.