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Deploy to Posit Connect

A staged playbook for deploying Python and R apps, APIs, and documents to a Posit Connect server.

AutomationIntermediate★ 475⑂ 44AI score 8/10Last updated: Aug 17, 2026

What it does

Turns Posit Connect deployment into six ordered stages so the agent stops guessing flags.

  • Content detection: infers language and framework from app.py, app.R, plumber.R, *.qmd, *.Rmd, *.ipynb, or an existing manifest.json (Shiny, Streamlit, Dash, Gradio, Panel, FastAPI, Flask, Plumber, Quarto…).
  • Tool inventory: probes for rsconnect, uv, Rscript, the R rsconnect package, and quarto, then fills gaps with uv tool run --from rsconnect-python or a fast P3M binary install.
  • Credential check: uses rsconnect list / rsconnect::accounts() and registers new servers via browser login. It explicitly forbids scavenging CONNECT_API_KEY, .env files, or keychains without being asked.
  • Failure handling: fixes for -n vs CONNECT_SERVER conflicts, missing requirements.txt, self-signed TLS, multiple R accounts, and stale CLI versions.

Who it's for

  • Data scientists and analysts publishing to a Posit Connect (formerly RStudio Connect) server
  • Teams shipping Shiny/Streamlit dashboards, Plumber/FastAPI APIs, or Quarto/R Markdown reports internally
  • Engineers automating deploys in CI or headless environments

Examples

  1. "Deploy this Streamlit app to dogfood" → detects the framework and runs rsconnect deploy streamlit ./my-app -n dogfood, unsetting CONNECT_SERVER for that command if it conflicts.
  2. "No R in this container but I need to publish a Shiny for R app" → deploys an existing manifest.json with rsconnect deploy manifest ./manifest.json, or clearly reports the blocker if none exists.
  3. "Publish this Quarto report as new content with a title" → rsconnect deploy quarto ./report -t "Weekly Report" -N.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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git clone https://github.com/posit-dev/skills.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r skills/connect/deploy-to-connect ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal and clone the skills repository: 
    git clone https://github.com/posit-dev/skills.git
  2. Create the Claude skills directory if it doesn't exist: 
    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  3. Copy this skill into place: 
    cp -r skills/connect/deploy-to-connect ~/.claude/skills/
  4. Check prerequisites: Python content needs uv or pip; R content needs Rscript plus the R rsconnect package. 
    command -v uv; command -v Rscript
  5. Restart Claude Code, then ask something like "deploy this app to Posit Connect" to trigger the skill.
  6. For a brand-new server, run rsconnect login https://connect.example.com first so the browser login is already done.
View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT