DEPLOYMENT_CHECKLIST.md

Character Forge - Deployment Checklist

✅ Pre-Deployment Cleanup Complete

Your project is now clean and ready for deployment!

What Was Removed:

• ✅ Output directories (380 KB of generated images)
• ✅ Test files (test_female_tattoos, test_flux_pipeline)
• ✅ Log files (generation.log)
• ✅ User-generated content (character sheets, compositions)
• ✅ Cache directories (.library, pycache)

Current Project Size:

2.5 MB - Perfect for HuggingFace deployment!

Protected by .gitignore:

The following will NEVER be committed:

outputs/                    # All output directories
*.png, *.jpg, *.jpeg       # Generated images
*.log                       # Log files
.library/                   # Cache
__pycache__/               # Python cache
.env, secrets.toml         # API keys

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🚀 HuggingFace Deployment Steps

1. Create Space on HuggingFace

Go to: https://huggingface.co/spaces

Settings:

• Owner: ghmk (or your username)
• Space name: character_forge
• License: agpl-3.0 ⚠️ IMPORTANT
• SDK: Docker
• Template: Streamlit
• Hardware: CPU Basic (Free)
• Visibility: Public or Private

2. Upload Files

Required files only:

character_forge_release/
├── character_forge_image/      # Main app
│   ├── app.py
│   ├── config/
│   ├── services/
│   └── ui/
├── .streamlit/
│   └── config.toml
├── Dockerfile
├── requirements.txt
├── LICENSE
├── NOTICE
├── README.md
└── .gitignore

DO NOT UPLOAD:

• ❌ outputs/ directory
• ❌ .log files
• ❌ test files
• ❌ apply_agpl_license.py (utility, not needed)
• ❌ cleanup_for_deployment.py (utility, not needed)

3. Add Secret

CRITICAL: In Space Settings → Repository Secrets:

• Name: GEMINI_API_KEY
• Value: Your actual API key

4. Wait for Build (3-5 minutes)

5. Test Your Deployment

Visit: https://huggingface.co/spaces/ghmk/character_forge

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📦 GitHub Upload (Optional)

If you want to also put it on GitHub:

Option A: Create New Repo on GitHub

1. Go to https://github.com/new
2. Repository name: character-forge
3. License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
4. Create repository

Option B: Push to GitHub

cd D:/NBBLocal/character_forge_release

# Initialize git (if not already)
git init

# Add files (respects .gitignore)
git add .

# Commit
git commit -m "Initial release of Character Forge

- Multi-angle character sheet generation
- Composition assistant
- Gemini API and ComfyUI backends
- Licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0"

# Add remote
git remote add origin https://github.com/YOUR_USERNAME/character-forge.git

# Push
git branch -M main
git push -u origin main

The .gitignore file will automatically prevent outputs and generated content from being committed!

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🔒 License Compliance

Your project is properly licensed under GNU AGPL v3.0:

✅ LICENSE file contains full AGPL v3.0 text ✅ NOTICE file explains user content ownership ✅ README.md has AGPL badge and explanation ✅ Source files have license headers

What this means:

• ✓ Free for everyone to use
• ✓ Users own their generated images
• ✓ Must stay open source if modified
• ✗ Cannot be integrated into proprietary software

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🧹 Running Cleanup Again

If you generate more test content, run the cleanup script again:

python cleanup_for_deployment.py

This script is safe to run anytime - it only removes generated content, never source code.

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📊 Project Statistics

Before Cleanup: 2.9 MB After Cleanup: 2.5 MB Space Saved: 0.4 MB

Files Cleaned:

• Output directories: 1
• Images: 0 (already clean)
• Logs: 0 (already clean)
• Cache: 0 (already clean)

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✅ Final Checklist

Before deploying, verify:

• LICENSE file is GNU AGPL v3.0
• NOTICE file explains content ownership
• README.md has correct license badge
• .gitignore is in place
• No outputs/ directory exists
• No .log files present
• No test images remaining
• Dockerfile is present
• .streamlit/config.toml is present
• requirements.txt is present
• You have your GEMINI_API_KEY ready

All set? Deploy now!

See HUGGINGFACE_DEPLOYMENT.md for detailed deployment instructions.