AI-Powered Deployments: How Temps Dev AI Changes Everything

Traditional deployment platforms give you a dashboard and documentation. You're expected to figure out the rest — configuration, debugging, optimization — on your own.

Temps takes a different approach. Dev AI is an integrated AI assistant that helps you deploy, debug, and manage applications through natural language conversation.

What Is Dev AI?

Dev AI is an AI-powered interface built directly into Temps. Instead of clicking through dashboards or reading documentation, you describe what you want in plain English:

"Deploy my Next.js app to production"
"Show me errors from the last hour"
"Scale my API to handle more traffic"
"Set up a staging environment"

Dev AI handles the execution, translating your intent into the right actions.

Why AI-Powered Deployment?

The Problem with Traditional Platforms

Deploying an application involves dozens of decisions:

Which build settings?
Which environment variables?
How to configure domains?
How to set up previews?
Where to check logs?
How to debug errors?

Each decision requires:

Finding the right documentation
Understanding platform-specific terminology
Navigating nested dashboard menus
Debugging configuration mistakes

Even experienced developers waste hours on platform configuration.

The Dev AI Solution

With Dev AI, you skip the learning curve:

You: "Deploy my React app with environment variables from .env.production"
Dev AI: "I'll deploy your app. I found 5 environment variables in .env.production.
        Setting those up and starting the build now. Here's your deployment URL..."

No documentation hunting. No configuration menus. Just describe your goal.

What Dev AI Can Do

Deployments

"Deploy this repository"
"Create a preview for the feature-auth branch"
"Roll back to yesterday's version"
"Deploy to staging first, then production"

Dev AI handles Git integration, build configuration, and deployment orchestration.

Environment Management

"Add DATABASE_URL from my .env file"
"Show me all environment variables"
"Copy staging variables to production"
"Rotate my API keys"

Manage secrets and configuration without navigating settings pages.

Debugging

"Why is my app returning 500 errors?"
"Show me errors from the last 24 hours"
"What's causing the slow response times?"
"Find the log entry for request ID abc123"

Dev AI queries your logs, correlates errors, and explains issues in context.

Scaling

"My app is getting slow, what should I do?"
"Scale to 3 instances"
"Set up auto-scaling for traffic spikes"
"What are my current resource limits?"

Get performance recommendations and implement them instantly.

Domains & SSL

"Add api.mycompany.com as a custom domain"
"What DNS records do I need?"
"Renew my SSL certificate"
"Route api.* to my backend service"

Domain configuration explained and executed through conversation.

Real Conversation Examples

Example 1: First Deployment

You: "I have a Next.js app in this repo. Can you deploy it?"

Dev AI: "I see a Next.js 14 project. I'll:
1. Set build command to 'npm run build'
2. Configure Next.js output settings
3. Deploy to production

I notice you have a .env.example file. Do you want me to prompt
you for those values before deploying?"

You: "Yes, and use the database URL from my Supabase project"

Dev AI: "Got it. Setting DATABASE_URL. What about NEXT_PUBLIC_API_URL?
I see it's referenced in your code."

You: "Set it to https://api.myapp.com"

Dev AI: "Done. Building now. Your app will be live at myapp.temps.sh
in about 30 seconds. I'll also set up preview deployments for
pull requests. Want me to add your custom domain?"

Example 2: Debugging Production Issues

You: "Users are reporting the checkout page is broken"

Dev AI: "I see 47 errors in the last hour on /checkout.
The main issue is a TypeError in CheckoutForm.tsx line 123:

'Cannot read property 'price' of undefined'

This started after deployment #45 at 2:30 PM.
The change was in src/components/Cart.tsx.

Would you like me to:
1. Roll back to deployment #44
2. Show you the specific code change
3. Show affected user sessions"

You: "Roll back and show me the change"

Dev AI: "Rolled back. Here's the diff that caused the issue:

- const price = item.product.price
+ const price = item.price  // item.price is undefined

The previous deployment is now live. Error rate is dropping."

Example 3: Scaling for Launch

You: "We're launching on Product Hunt tomorrow. How should I prepare?"

Dev AI: "Here's what I recommend for a traffic spike:

1. Scale from 1 to 3 instances (you have capacity)
2. Enable CDN caching for static assets
3. Set up alerting for response time > 2s
4. Pre-warm your database connection pool

I can configure all of this now. Also, your current
region is US-East. Want me to add EU and Asia for
better global response times?"

You: "Yes, do all of that"

Dev AI: "Done. Your app is now running on 3 instances across
3 regions with CDN caching enabled. I've set up alerts
to notify you if response time exceeds 2 seconds.

Current capacity: ~10,000 concurrent users.
Estimated cost increase: $15/month.

Good luck with the launch! I'll monitor traffic and
let you know if you need to scale further."

How Dev AI Differs from ChatGPT

You might wonder: why not just ask ChatGPT for deployment help?

Aspect	ChatGPT	Dev AI
Executes actions	No (suggestions only)	Yes (deploys, scales, configures)
Sees your code	No	Yes (with permission)
Sees your logs	No	Yes (real-time access)
Knows your config	No	Yes (environment, domains, etc.)
Context persistence	Limited	Full history

ChatGPT gives advice. Dev AI takes action.

Privacy and Security

What Dev AI Can Access

Your repository code (read-only, with explicit permission)
Build logs and deployment history
Error tracking data
Environment variable names (not values)
Analytics data

What Dev AI Cannot Access

Environment variable values (encrypted, not visible)
User data from your application
External API keys or secrets
Private conversations outside Temps

Permissions Model

You control what Dev AI can do:

"Don't deploy without my confirmation"
"Only read logs, don't make changes"
"Allow deploys but not scaling changes"

Getting Started with Dev AI

In the Dashboard

Click the AI assistant icon in any Temps dashboard view. Dev AI has context about what you're looking at.

Via CLI

Dev AI integrates with the Temps desktop app and dashboard — use it through the AI assistant panel while managing your projects from the command line:

# Standard CLI commands work alongside Dev AI suggestions
bunx @temps-sdk/cli deploy my-app -b main -e staging -y
bunx @temps-sdk/cli runtime-logs -p my-app -f
bunx @temps-sdk/cli domains add -d api.mycompany.com

In Your IDE

The Temps VS Code extension includes Dev AI:

// In VS Code command palette
Temps: Ask Dev AI
> "Set up environment variables for this project"

Example Use Cases

For Solo Developers

"Deploy this without me reading any docs"
"What's the cheapest way to host this?"
"Help me set up a staging environment"

For Teams

"Show me who deployed to production today"
"What changes caused the error spike?"
"Create a deploy preview and share with the design team"

For DevOps

"Set up auto-scaling based on CPU usage"
"Configure log retention for 30 days"
"Rotate all database credentials"

What Makes Dev AI Powerful

Context Awareness

Dev AI knows:

Your project structure
Your deployment history
Your current configuration
Your team's patterns

It doesn't start from scratch with each question.

Learning

Dev AI learns your preferences:

Preferred deploy times
Favorite configurations
Common debugging patterns
Team workflows

Proactive Suggestions

Dev AI doesn't wait for you to ask:

Dev AI: "I noticed your build time increased 40% after adding
the new dependency. Want me to optimize the build?"

Dev AI: "You're approaching your free tier limit. Would you
like me to set up alerts?"

Dev AI: "This error pattern usually means a missing
environment variable. Did you add STRIPE_KEY?"

Pricing

Dev AI is included with all Temps plans at no extra cost.

Free tier: Full Dev AI access
Pro tier: Full Dev AI access
Enterprise: Full Dev AI access + priority

No per-query charges. No usage limits.

Try Dev AI Today

Experience AI-powered deployment:

# Install Temps
curl -fsSL https://temps.sh/deploy.sh | bash

# Login
bunx @temps-sdk/cli login

# Deploy your app — Dev AI assists from the dashboard
bunx @temps-sdk/cli deploy my-app -b main -e production -y

Or visit temps.sh to get started.

The Future of Deployment

We believe deployment platforms should be as easy to use as asking a question.

No more:

Hunting through documentation
Clicking through nested menus
Copy-pasting configuration snippets
Debugging cryptic error messages

Just describe what you want, and Dev AI makes it happen.

Dev AI is continuously learning and improving. New capabilities are added regularly based on user feedback.