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docker-compose-wizard

Produces production-minded docker-compose configurations - pinned images, healthchecks with real intervals, health-gated startup ordering, named volumes, explicit networks, and env-file secrets - plus the matching .env.example. Use when someone asks "write a compose file for this stack", "why does my app start before the database is ready", "how do I add a healthcheck", "my compose setup works on my machine but not in CI", or is reviewing a docker-compose.yml before it ships. Do NOT use for orchestrating across multiple hosts or cluster workloads - use kubernetes-basics instead; for provisioning the underlying cloud infrastructure - use terraform-expert instead; for CI pipelines that build and push the images - use github-actions instead; for auditing how secrets are stored and rotated - use secrets-hygiene instead.

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# Docker Compose Wizard

Write compose files that are reproducible and safe to run, not just ones that start. The costly mistake this skill prevents is the works-on-my-machine file: `latest` tags that drift, an app that races its database on startup and crash-loops in CI, and state in anonymous volumes that vanishes on `down`.

## Operating procedure

### Step 1: gather inputs

Collect before writing (label guesses as guesses):

1. The services and their images or build contexts.
2. Which services hold state (databases, queues, caches) - these get named volumes.
3. Startup dependencies: who must be healthy before whom.
4. Which ports must reach the host; everything else stays internal.
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