Rihario's Guide to
Staging for Vibe Projects
You don't need a complex DevOps pipeline. You just need a quality gate.
🎯 Key Takeaways
- Skip traditional staging—use ephemeral preview deployments (Vercel/Netlify).
- Every push creates a unique URL that is your staging environment.
- Rihario runs automated tests on preview URLs before you merge.
- Keep coding while Rihario tests in the background—only stop if something breaks.
Users often ask: "How do I set up a staging environment for my vibe coded project?"
When you're coding at the speed of thought with AI, a traditional staging server (that you have to manually deploy to and test) is a bottleneck. It slows you down.
Rihario recommends a lighter, modern approach: Ephemeral Previews + Automated Gates.
The Vibe Staging Architecture
- Ephemeral Environments (Vercel/Netlify):
Every time you push a branch or a commit, your platform creates a unique URL (e.g.,git-feature-x-myapp.vercel.app). This IS your staging environment. - The Rihario Sanity Check:
Before you merge that PR (or ship to main), you point Rihario at that ephemeral URL. - The Quality Gate:
Rihario runs your "Sanity Suite" (Login, Core Actions, Smoke Test). If Rihario gives the green light, you merge.
Why This Works for Vibe Coding
This workflow doesn't require "stopping" to test.
You can keep prompting Cursor to add features. Each push creates a URL. Rihario tests that URL in the background. You only get alerted if you broke something.
Setting It Up
Rihario supports testing any public URL.
1. Copy your Vercel Preview URL.
2. Paste it into the Rihario "Quick Run" input.
3. Select your "Regression Suite" of tests.
4. Hit Run.
(Pro tip: You can automate this via our CLI in your GitHub Actions).
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