How to Deploy Your Sourcegraph Cody-Built App

Sourcegraph Cody typically generates projects using TypeScript, Go, Python, and Java across large enterprise codebases. Cody's code graph gives it deep understanding of how code connects across files, packages, and services in ways that simpler context windows cannot. Understanding the stack is important because it determines your deployment options and the specific configuration you'll need.

Cody is a coding assistant integrated with your existing codebase and deployment infrastructure. Generated code integrates into your existing projects and deploys to whatever platform those projects use

Cody assists with code changes in your existing repository workflow. PR-based changes reviewed normally. For large codebases with complex CI/CD, ensure that Cody-generated code changes trigger the full test suite and not just the tests for the changed files — cross-file changes can break things in distant parts of the codebase

One of the most common deployment failures is missing or misconfigured environment variables. Sourcegraph Cody apps often hardcode values during development that need to be externalized for production. Audit every file for hardcoded URLs, API keys, and configuration values. Create a .env.example file listing every required variable. Set these in your hosting platform's dashboard before deploying.

After deploying, verify: HTTPS is enforced on all routes, custom domain is configured and resolving, environment variables are correctly loaded, all features work in production (not just locally), error tracking is capturing exceptions, and performance is acceptable under real conditions.

The most frequent issues we see in Sourcegraph Cody deployments: forgetting to set environment variables (causing startup crashes), not testing the production build locally before deploying, missing build dependencies, and using development configurations in production.