Emergent · You keep what you built
You made something real with the Emergent AI coding agent. Preview boots. Deploy may already be live. Now you want that full stack on a repo you name — GitHub Save/Push under the org, secrets outside the workspace, React and FastAPI starting without the agent UI. We help you move what you built so Emergent Deploy is no longer the only way it ships.
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Leaving Emergent Deploy means this: the code lives in a repo your team owns, preview and production databases are not confused, passwords sit outside the workspace, and someone else can start the app without opening the agent UI. You are done when the next change ships through your CI — not through Deploy in the workspace.
Where people get stuck
You do not always need every agent chat. You do need a GitHub remote of record, Mongo dumps from the right DB, and secrets that are not stuck in the workspace.
A teammate cloning cold still fails. Lockfiles, FastAPI start, and secrets each need a line — not a memory of your last agent turn.
On Emergent they are separate. Pointing prod Auth at a preview DB is a cutover failure. Name which DB you export.
Anything only stored in the agent UI is not a safe home. Fresh values on the destination; rotate what touched the workspace.
Also try odd roles, cold clone, FastAPI health with the workspace closed, and Expo/EAS paths if mobile ships.
The calm order
We do not ban the agent mid-sprint. We make your repo the place real releases come from — after a practiced start and a written way back.
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Proven features stay. Agent shortcuts that only work in the managed shell get replaced. Scratch prompts do not become the architecture story.
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Main protected. Checks must pass. Secrets outside the workspace. Someone else can clone and start.
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No leftover agent context. Preview≠prod DB mapped. Sign-in return links move as one set.
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Name sample accounts and the primary journey. Time-box how long Deploy-only ship is still allowed.
How to
Move code, secrets, and Mongo onto an owned host. Success is a practiced start plus a written way back.
Step 01
GitHub sync state, env names, preview vs prod DB, Expo config if used.
Step 02
Save/Push complete. Secret names sealed. Start commands written down.
Step 03
Odd roles, empty screens, cold clone.
Step 04
Compare what people see. Freeze the working tree at switch time.
Step 05
Support knows workspace-era gaps. Time-box going back so two release paths do not invent accounts at once.
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Get off Emergent
Leave host dependence if the job is to stop shipping from Emergent Deploy.
Emergent to production
Own the release path if you are not ready to leave Deploy yet.
Production-ready checklist
Moves, backups, and the ship list in checklist form.
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Take the thing you built — GitHub-synced source, lockfiles, FastAPI routes, React assets, Expo config if used, and a note of env names. Leave preview caches and workspace-only junk behind. Save Mongo dumps from the correct DB on their own.
List Python/Node versions and start commands the managed host assumed. Pin runtimes in CI. Replace “available because Deploy” with install, test, build, and a Procfile or Dockerfile for FastAPI plus a React build. Fail the pipeline if install only succeeds inside the managed shell.
Export secret names into an env template; mint new values; never commit workspace secrets. Restore Mongo into the destination cluster. Update Auth callbacks that still hardcode '.emergent.host' or preview hostnames. Rotate old workspace values after cutover.
CI lacks Emergent-injected env the Deploy hid. Preview DB URLs leak into prod configs. FastAPI start assumes the managed process shape. Secrets arrive empty. Normalize install, process model, DB URLs, and env first. Green Deploy is not a portable build.
Bring your GitHub sync status, preview vs prod DB note, and a few test accounts. We put owned ship last — and we name the Emergent Deploy path you can roll back to.
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