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Before You Start

Make sure you have:
  • ✅ Monk installed in your IDE (Installation)
  • ✅ A project open in your IDE
  • ✅ Cloud provider account (AWS, GCP, Azure, or DigitalOcean)

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Step 1: Open Your Project

Open any project folder in your IDE. Monk works with:
  • Any programming language
  • Any framework
  • Existing apps or new projects
  • Monorepos or single services

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Step 2: Deploy

Open the Monk chat window and type: 
deploy this project
That’s it. No configuration files, no setup scripts.

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Step 3: Answer Questions

Monk will ask for information it needs: Cloud Provider: 
Monk: Which cloud provider would you like to use?
      - AWS
      - GCP
      - Azure
      - DigitalOcean

You: AWS
Region: 
Monk: Which region?

You: us-east-1
Credentials (Secure Prompt): 
Monk: I need AWS credentials to provision infrastructure.
      [Secure input fields appear]

You: [Provide AWS access key and secret key]
Service Choices: 
Monk: Your app needs PostgreSQL. How would you like to deploy it?
      - Self-hosted (container)
      - AWS RDS (managed)
      - Neon (serverless)

You: AWS RDS

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What’s Happening

While you wait (5-15 minutes), Monk:
  1. Analyzes your code - Understands your application structure
  2. Creates containers - Builds Docker containers automatically
  3. Provisions infrastructure - Creates VMs, databases, networking
  4. Deploys everything - Gets your application running
  5. Wires it together - Connects services, databases, APIs
You’ll see progress updates in the chat window.

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Deployment Complete

When finished, Monk shows:
  • URLs - Where your application is running
  • Status - Health of all services
  • Cost - Estimated monthly cost
Your application is live!

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Try It Out

Test your deployed application: Check status: 
what's running right now?
View logs: 
show me the logs
Check cost: 
how much am I spending?

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Common First Deployment Scenarios

Web app (React + Node.js):
  • Frontend deployed to Netlify
  • Backend containerized on cloud VMs
  • Database on managed service (RDS)
  • Everything wired together automatically
API service (Python/FastAPI):
  • API containerized and deployed
  • PostgreSQL database provisioned
  • Load balancer configured
  • HTTPS enabled
Monorepo (Multiple services):
  • Each service analyzed independently
  • Deployed to optimal targets
  • All services connected securely

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Troubleshooting

Monk asks too many questions?
  • Be more specific: deploy to AWS us-east-1 with RDS for PostgreSQL
Deployment failed?
  • Check credentials are correct
  • Ensure you have permissions in cloud account
  • Ask Monk: what went wrong?
Want to see the plan first?
  • Use: analyze this project to see what Monk found
  • Use: show me the configuration before deploying

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Next Steps

Now that you’ve deployed: → Autonomous Operations - Learn how Monk works autonomously → Prompting Guide - Learn to prompt effectively → Features - Explore what Monk can do