# Deployment

QA Scribe deploys as desktop release artifacts through GitHub Releases and a signed Linux APT repository. The release process is encoded in GitHub Actions and helper scripts.

## Key source files

| File | Purpose |
| --- | --- |
| `.github/workflows/release.yml` | Release workflow for desktop artifacts and package repository outputs. |
| `.github/workflows/ci.yml` | Verification workflow. |
| `docs/releasing.md` | Human release runbook. |
| `scripts/package-tauri-linux.mjs` | Linux artifact packaging. |
| `scripts/package-rust-macos.mjs` | macOS artifact packaging. |
| `scripts/build_apt_repository.py` | APT repository generation. |
| `scripts/install-apt-repo.sh` | User-facing APT setup script. |
| `scripts/check-release-metadata.mjs` | Release metadata validation. |

## Release checks

`package.json` defines `release:check`, `linux:metadata:check`, `linux:metadata:test`, `apt:repo:check`, and `apt:installer:check`. `README.md` documents the install path for macOS, Linux package files, and the APT bootstrap.

## Integration points

Release tooling depends on [Tooling](how-to-contribute--tooling.md), [Release tooling](systems--release-tooling.md), and [Reference configuration](reference--configuration.md).