cohere-prod-checklist

# Cohere Production Checklist ## Overview Complete go-live checklist for deploying Cohere API v2 integrations to production with safety gates, health checks, and rollback procedures. ## Prerequisites - Staging environment tested and verified - Production API key (not trial) from [dashboard.cohere.com](https://dashboard.cohere.com) - Deployment pipeline configured - Monitoring and alerting ready ## Checklist ### API & Authentication - [ ] Using **production** API key (not trial — trial is rate-limited to 20 calls/min) - [ ] `CO_API_KEY` stored in secret manager (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, GCP Secret Manager) - [ ] Key rotation procedure documented and tested - [ ] Billing alerts configured at dashboard.cohere.com - [ ] Using API v2 endpoints (`CohereClientV2`, not `CohereClient`) ### Code Quality - [ ] All API calls specify `model` parameter explicitly - [ ] `embeddingTypes` set for all Embed calls (required for v3+) - [ ] `inputType` set for all Embed calls (required for v3+) - [ ] Error handling catches `CohereError` and `CohereTimeoutError` - [ ] Retry logic with exponential backoff for 429 and 5xx - [ ] No hardcoded API keys in source code - [ ] Request/response logging excludes API keys and PII ### Model Selection - [ ] Correct model IDs used (not deprecated names): | Use Case | Recommended Model | Fallback | |----------|------------------|----------| | Chat/generation | `command-a-03-2025` | `command-r-plus-08-2024` | | Lightweight chat | `command-r7b-12-2024` | ...