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Copyable Shopify Hydrogen checklists for real production work.

Scope, route mapping, SEO migration, launch QA, PDP requirements, analytics events, content models, and post-launch support.

Each checklist copies clean Markdown and fires a PII-free checklist_copy analytics event with only the template id and title.

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These are intentionally short enough to paste into a project brief, ticket, PR description, or launch runbook.

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Hydrogen scope brief

Clarify whether the project is a package build, audit, migration, cleanup, support retainer, or no rebuild.

Best for

Early buyer conversations and stakeholder alignment.

  • Current storefront URL and platform state
  • Primary commercial pressure behind the work
  • Required page types and route count
  • Product, collection, cart, account, and content features
  • Apps that must continue working
  • SEO, analytics, and launch-risk constraints
  • Internal owner after launch
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Route map

Map old Liquid routes, new Hydrogen routes, redirects, canonicals, and sitemap behavior.

Best for

Migration and SEO-safe launch planning.

  • Home, PDP, collection, content, account, search, cart, and policy routes
  • Legacy URLs that need 301 redirects
  • Canonical target for each route family
  • Indexable versus noindex pages
  • Sitemap inclusion and last-modified source
  • Preview URL and production URL verification
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SEO migration checklist

Protect crawlability when moving from Liquid to a custom Hydrogen app.

Best for

Pre-launch SEO QA and Search Console risk reduction.

  • Rendered H1, title, description, and primary content
  • Canonical URL and alternate behavior
  • Article, Product, BreadcrumbList, Person, and Organization JSON-LD where relevant
  • Sitemap.xml and robots.txt production checks
  • Redirect list for legacy paths
  • No-JavaScript content check for important content
  • Search Console annotation slot after launch
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Launch QA checklist

Check preview and production before a Hydrogen release is treated as done.

Best for

Release closeout and stakeholder handoff.

  • Build, lint, typecheck, test, content validation
  • Desktop and mobile first-viewport scan
  • Core routes return 200 on preview and production
  • Cart and checkout handoff
  • Lead forms and tracked CTAs
  • Analytics events without PII
  • Sitemap, robots, and source HTML checks
  • Rollback owner and branch cleanup
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PDP requirements

Keep product page content, options, media, availability, and schema in one reliable state.

Best for

Custom product-page builds and bug triage.

  • Product title, description, vendor, media, price, and availability
  • Selected options and URL state
  • Fallback variant rule
  • Product JSON-LD matches visible state
  • Server-rendered primary content
  • Cross-sell, size, warranty, or product education data source
  • No-JavaScript sanity check
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Analytics event map

Name the events that matter without collecting personal data.

Best for

GA4, Vercel Analytics, internal click, and outbound click reporting.

  • Internal content card clicks
  • Outbound profile, source, and Udemy clicks
  • CTA clicks by source route
  • Checklist copy events by template id
  • Lead funnel start and submit status
  • Package CTA clicks
  • No email, phone, name, or free-text message in event params
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Content model brief

Decide which content belongs in product fields, metaobjects, static code, or an external CMS.

Best for

Metaobject and merchant-editability planning.

  • Field owner and update frequency
  • Route or component that consumes the field
  • Fallback copy when data is missing
  • Server-rendering requirement
  • Translation or market variance
  • Storefront API query cost awareness
  • Preview workflow for content changes
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Post-launch retainer handoff

Turn a launch into a maintainable application instead of an abandoned custom storefront.

Best for

Ongoing support, monitoring, and next-sprint planning.

  • Known issues and deferred scope
  • Deployment owner and environment rules
  • Dependency update cadence
  • SEO and analytics monitoring owner
  • Merchandising and content update process
  • Bug triage severity definitions
  • Monthly improvement backlog
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