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Guide for developing a new Co-op Cloud recipe from scratch
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New Recipe Development Guide

This guide walks through how to develop a new Co-op Cloud recipe from scratch using this toolkit.

Step 1: Gather references

Download any relevant references into references/ — upstream documentation, example Docker Compose files, configuration guides, environment variable docs, etc. The more context available, the better the recipe will be.

Step 2: Study existing patterns

Before writing anything, consult these resources to understand how Co-op Cloud recipes are structured:

  • docs.coopcloud.tech/ — The Co-op Cloud documentation, especially the recipe structure and deployment conventions
  • ~/.abra/recipes/ — Other existing recipes, particularly ones similar to the app you're packaging (e.g. if your app uses PostgreSQL, look at how other recipes handle it)
  • learnings.md — Hard-won lessons about abra CLI quirks and operational patterns

Step 3: Develop the recipe

Tell Claude to consult the references you downloaded, along with docs.coopcloud.tech/, relevant existing recipes in ~/.abra/recipes/, and learnings.md, in order to develop the new recipe.

A recipe typically includes:

  • compose.yml — Service definitions with Traefik labels, healthchecks, deploy config, secrets, and environment variables
  • .env.sample — Default environment variable values
  • README.md — Recipe metadata (category, status, upstream URL, etc.)
  • abra.sh — Optional post-deploy hooks

Step 4: Create tests

Tell Claude to create tests in recipe-info/<recipe>/tests/ to verify the recipe works correctly. Tests should include:

  • Basic health tests — Verify the app is reachable and responding
  • OIDC integration tests — If the app supports OIDC/SSO (e.g. via Authentik or Keycloak), test that the integration works
  • 1–2 application-specific tests — Test core functionality specific to the app (e.g. can create a document, can upload a file, API responds correctly)

Step 5: Deploy and iterate

Use the toolkit skills to deploy and test iteratively:

  1. /recipe-deploy <name> — Deploy your local changes to the test server
  2. /recipe-test <name> — Run the tests you created
  3. Fix any issues, repeat until all tests pass

Step 6: Review and tag

Once tests pass:

  1. /recipe-review <name> — Audit against Co-op Cloud best practices
  2. Fix any issues the review identifies
  3. /recipe-new-tag <name> — Create the first version tag