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Transition from Rocket.new: keep Build workflows, change who owns Launch

Chat, Visual edit, Code, and Solve are why a Next.js or Flutter Build stays useful—not because Staging or Production Launch has to remain the public origin. transition-from-rocket keeps those editing habits on sandbox Versions while custom-domain DNS, Production env tabs, and who may click Launch move to org seats. Builders still open Rocket for spikes. Buyer-facing releases ship from GitHub Sync and CI, not from credit-backed Launch.

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CodeCross LLC treats transition-from-rocket as a Launch-seat swap. Chat, Visual edit, and Solve keep iterating Next.js or Flutter on Staging; Production env, DNS, and who may click Launch move to org owners. GitHub Sync plus CI becomes the ship path. The swap is complete when a teammate without a Rocket license merges a fix customers actually run.

Where habit continuity becomes lock-in

“We still Build in Rocket” is not a Launch policy

Chat and Visual edit can stay on staging. Production Launch clicks that never hit the org remote are the failure. The transition names who may mutate what customers run.

  • Whoever spent the last Build credits owns production keys

    That is not an identity provider. Rotation belongs to on-call roles on the destination host or vault. Collaboration credits never equal Stripe admin.

  • Production Launch still changes what customers run

    If a Chat session can ship to the public origin, workspace ACLs are still the control plane. Freeze those paths first.

  • Hotfixes skip GitHub Sync and land via Launch

    A “quick Launch” during an incident reopens lock-in. Route production-affecting fixes through org Git PRs that CI deploys.

  • Incident docs still say “open Rocket and Launch”

    Until they name the external host and CI, the transition is a story, not an operating model.

How we stage Launch ownership

Freeze production-affecting Launch paths, keep the workshop

Allow Chat and Visual edit on staging tasks. Rocket remains writable for experiments; it loses authority to change what customers run.

01

Keep Rocket as a workshop that feeds GitHub Sync

Solve research, Visual edit, and Staging Launch continue. They do not justify production Launch that skips the org remote.

02

Move Production env to org-owned injection

Builders get scrubbed Staging-only secrets. Collaboration stops equaling Production key access.

03

Freeze production Launch, prod rotates, and live DNS helpers

Custom-domain bindings on Rocket and Production secret rotates leave the panel. Hotfixes go through PRs.

04

Prove a teammate with no Rocket license can ship

Org Git access plus CI is enough. Rocket Staging on the original task is marked non-prod or Unpublished for customer traffic.

How to

Keep Rocket.new Build work while moving who can Launch production

Workshop stays; control plane moves. Success is a merge that ships without Rocket admin or a Launch click on the original task.

  1. Step 01

    Write which Rocket habits are allowed to continue

    Chat, Visual edit, and Solve on staging stay. Production Launch that never hits the org remote does not.

  2. Step 02

    Assign Production env and DNS to org owners, not Launch clickers

    Destination vault or host injects production values. Builders receive scrubbed Staging-only secrets.

  3. Step 03

    Freeze production-affecting Rocket paths

    Production-tab Launch, Production env rotates, and live custom-domain bindings. Allow Chat/Visual edit against staging URLs.

  4. Step 04

    Route hotfixes through org Git PRs from GitHub Sync

    CI deploys the accepted tree. Rocket remains writable for experiments; it cannot change what customers run.

  5. Step 05

    Prove a no-Rocket-license teammate can ship end-to-end

    Incident docs name the external host and CI. Secret rotation no longer requires digging shared Context threads.

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Can Chat and Visual edit continue on staging while production ships from GitHub?

Yes—bind Rocket iteration to staging projects or feature branches synced to org Git. Production must build from the org remote with destination secrets. Continuity fails only when “we still Build in Rocket” becomes the path that Launches customer traffic without CI.

Who owns custom-domain DNS while Rocket Build credits still fund experiments?

Org platform owners—not whoever spent the last Build credits. Production DNS and SSL follow org policy; Rocket’s automatic DNS helpers stay limited to staging. Developers get scrubbed non-prod connector keys so collaboration credits never equal production Stripe or Supabase admin.

How do you freeze Launch-to-production without freezing every Build iteration?

Park customer-facing Launch, Production env rotates, and live custom-domain helpers. Leave Chat, Visual edit, and Solve pointed at Staging tasks or forked Versions. Fixes that touch buyers merge through GitHub Sync pull requests that CI promotes. Rocket stays the Next.js or Flutter workshop; it is no longer allowed to mutate the advertised origin.

What operational proof shows Rocket is workshop-only for the live origin?

A teammate with org Git access and no Rocket license ships end-to-end. Incident docs name the external host and CI—not “open Rocket and Launch.” Rocket staging URLs are marked non-prod. Secret rotation no longer requires digging shared Context threads for connector keys.

Keep the Build loop. Move who can ship.

Bring the Rocket ACL list and the GitHub Sync remote. We will name the production-affecting path that still lives in Launch — or tell you a no-license teammate can already ship.

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