Keep Emergent for agent tests while you move one part into your repo
You still want the agent for spikes. Let it. Move one part into the org repo first — Save/Push ownership, workspace secrets, or which origin Deploy hits — while preview stays clearly not production. The workspace keeps answering for experiments; production merges only through reviewed GitHub. Finish that part’s rollback note before you start another agent-driven cut.
Transition here means the agent workspace stays a spike lab while Save/Push, secrets, or Deploy authority move into the org repo. Preview databases stay labeled preview. Both tracks can run for a short window. A part is done when your repo answers for it and the workspace is only allowed to experiment on that part — not to push live traffic.
Why moving in steps gets its own page
Teams still need the agent for spikes while repo ownership moves
A full migrate or Deploy exit assumes you can cut this week. Plenty of teams still need agent exploration while one part moves into the repo.
Flipping Auth, Mongo, and the public address together
Feels efficient until logins, data, and DNS all fail at once. Move one part, check it works, then choose.
No rollback note for the part you just landed
If you cannot put that part back on managed Deploy inside a known window, you are gambling — not transitioning.
Agent regen overwriting patched GitHub
Two writers on the same path with no reconcile rule. That is how last week’s patch disappears.
Billing and hosting credits still look personal
If payments or DNS sit under one founder login, ownership is the first part to move — even while the agent still serves spikes.
The order we move things in
Keep spikes in the workspace, move one part into the repo, write how to roll it back, then choose
Owned host hardens first. Workspace stays for agent work until that part proves itself.
01
Require reviewed GitHub for live Deploy
Sandbox agent work okay; production Deploy needs a reviewed Save/Push path.
02
Stand org GitHub beside managed Deploy
Both can answer for that part.
03
Move secrets and DB URLs with preview≠prod named
Rollback note on paper. Then retire workspace Deploy for that part.
04
Document who owns which track this week
No silent dual edits on the same path.
How to
How to move off Emergent in steps without downtime
Keep the agent live. Write a rollback note for each part. Keep users safe.
Step 01
Name the first part
Secrets, Save/Push ownership, or hosting — pick one.
Step 02
Stand the owned host beside the current origin
Both can answer for that part. Preview≠prod labeled.
Step 03
Write the rollback note
Known window to put the part back on managed Deploy.
Step 04
Switch that part over when both sides match
Watch. Support knows both tracks.
Step 05
Hold until the rollback window closes before the next part
Finish one move before you start another.
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What does moving Save/Push or Deploy control in steps, with the agent still live, look like?
Require reviewed GitHub for live Deploy → stand org remotes + secrets → move Auth and Mongo as separate parts with preview≠prod labeled → prove parity → retire managed Deploy for that part. Rollback stays available until the final host kill-switch.
Can workspace spikes and org-repo merges overlap without taking the app down?
Yes — allow agent work for exploration while production merges only through reviewed GitHub, then tighten when health holds. Downtime stays planned near zero.
Who owns agent spikes vs the org repo during the dual-track window?
Write it down: which paths agents may still change, which repos eng owns, who holds vault access. Unowned dual edits are how last week’s patch disappears.
When is landing Save/Push while the workspace stays a spike lab the wrong page?
When you already need a full practiced GitHub cutover this week, or when you only need a wrap before ads hit the agent Deploy URL. Then migrate, get-off, or harden is the honest page.
Keep the agent for spikes. Move ownership one part at a time.
Bring which parts still Deploy only from the workspace, who holds the domain, and how you would roll back a bad cut. We put the moves in order before we talk about a full exit.