ShipWatch

Solo developers and indie hackers juggle multiple projects across GitHub Actions, Vercel, Railway, and Fly.io with no unified dashboard for build status and deploy health.

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Problem

Solo developers and indie hackers juggle multiple projects across GitHub Actions, Vercel, Railway, and Fly.io with no unified dashboard for build status and deploy health.

12 sourcesSignal: 87/100Trend: rising

User Stories

As Solo developer, I want connect my GitHub and Vercel accounts in one click so that I can see all build statuses in a single dashboard without switching tabs

☐OAuth flow completes in under 10 seconds
☐Dashboard shows builds from all connected providers
☐Build status updates within 30 seconds of change

As Indie hacker with 3 side projects, I want get notified immediately when a deploy fails so that I can fix production issues before users notice

☐Slack/Discord notification within 60 seconds of failure
☐Notification includes error summary and link to logs
☐Configurable alert rules per project

As Small team lead, I want view deploy frequency and success rates over time so that I can identify reliability trends and improve our shipping velocity

☐30-day rolling chart of deploys per day
☐Success rate percentage with trend indicator
☐Filterable by project and provider

Technical Architecture

Stack

Next.js 15 (App Router)Tailwind CSSDrizzle ORM + PostgreSQLUpstash Redis

Next.js for SSR + API routes in one deploy. Drizzle for type-safe DB access. Redis for caching build data and rate limiting provider API calls.

Database Schema

Table	Key Columns	Relations
providers	id, userId, type, accessToken, connectedAt	belongs_to users, has_many builds
builds	id, providerId, projectName, status, startedAt, duration	belongs_to providers, has_many build_logs
alert_rules	id, userId, projectPattern, channel, events	belongs_to users
users	id, email, name, plan, createdAt	has_many providers, has_many alert_rules

API Endpoints

Method	Route	Purpose
GET	/api/builds	List builds with filters (project, status, date range)
POST	/api/providers/connect	OAuth callback to connect a CI/CD provider
GET	/api/analytics/deploys	Deploy frequency and success rate over time
POST	/api/alerts	Create or update alert rules
GET	/api/builds/:id/logs	Fetch detailed build logs and error output
POST	/api/webhooks/:provider	Receive real-time build events from providers

Key Components

BuildFeed (real-time list), ProviderConnect (OAuth flow), AnalyticsDashboard (charts), AlertRuleEditor (config UI)

MVP Scope (48 hours)

Must Have

☐GitHub Actions + Vercel integration
☐Real-time build status feed
☐Email failure alerts
☐30-day deploy analytics

Skip for Now

☐AI-powered failure triage
☐Railway and Fly.io integrations
☐Team/org features
☐Mobile PWA

Agent Instructions (CLAUDE.md)

# ShipWatch — CLAUDE.md

## Project Overview
Real-time CI/CD dashboard for solo developers. MVP: GitHub Actions + Vercel.

## Tech Stack
- Next.js 15 (App Router) + Tailwind CSS
- Drizzle ORM + PostgreSQL (Supabase)
- Upstash Redis for caching
- GitHub OAuth + Vercel API

## Key Conventions
- All API routes in `src/app/api/`
- Database schema in `src/db/schema.ts`
- Provider adapters implement `ProviderAdapter` interface
- Use Zod for all request validation
- Never store raw access tokens — encrypt at rest

## Commands
```bash
npm run dev        # Start dev server
npm run db:push    # Push schema changes
npm test           # Run test suite
```

Sources

hnAsk HN: Best way to monitor multiple CI/CD pipelines?342pts / 89c redditI built a unified CI dashboard — lessons learned156pts / 43c githubFeature request: cross-provider build status67pts / 21c

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