What do I need to use Self-Host Packager?

The project; State; Configuration; External services (optional); Target user.

Is Self-Host Packager free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Self-Host Packager

Q: How do I know the Self-Host Packager output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: `docker compose up -d` with a filled `.env` is the only start command needed; Every container image tag is pinned; none uses `latest`; All state lives under one `./data/` folder, and the docs say so; Every environment variable the app reads is in the table, with secrets marked.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-10-04 ✅ 4/5 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-oss-launch

Use when asked to make a project self-hostable, package an app for Docker, write a docker-compose setup, document self-hosting, or let users run my app on their own server. Produces a one-command self-host for a project: docker-compose.yml, a .env.example with a table explaining every variable, SELF_HOSTING.md covering HTTPS, backups and upgrades, and a back-up-this-folder section that tells users exactly what holds all their data.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft 📱 Use as an app View SKILL.md ↗ What changed

🗣 Say this to your agent

“Make my app self-hostable with Docker Compose.”“Write a SELF_HOSTING.md with HTTPS, backups and upgrades.”“Package this Node and Postgres project for home-lab users.”“Give me a one-command self-host setup and an env var table.”

What to give it

▸The project — language, how it builds and starts, the port it listens on

▸State — database (and which), uploaded files, caches, anything written to disk

▸Configuration — environment variables the app reads, and which are secrets

▸External services (optional) — email, object storage, OAuth providers, and whether each is optional

▸Target user — a home-lab enthusiast, a small team, or a company's IT

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓`docker compose up -d` with a filled `.env` is the only start command needed

✓Every container image tag is pinned; none uses `latest`

✓All state lives under one `./data/` folder, and the docs say so

✓Every environment variable the app reads is in the table, with secrets marked

✓The HTTPS section contains a complete, working reverse-proxy config

✓The backup section includes a restore drill, not only a backup command

✓The upgrade section includes a rollback step

✓The smoke test confirms data survives a restart

⚠️ What it refuses to do

**State scattered across anonymous volumes.** Users cannot back up what they cannot find.

**`latest` tags.** An upgrade happens by accident on the next pull.

**Exposing the database port.** Only the app (behind the proxy) should be reachable.

**Backups that are never restored.** An untested backup is a hope, not a backup.

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y -p pm-claude-skills pm-claude-skills-mcp

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