What this agent helps you do
A Heroku database maintenance agent helps teams prepare operational database work such as backups, maintenance windows, credential review, locks, outliers, or upgrade planning. It focuses on readiness and risk.
When to use this workflow
Use it before scheduled maintenance, database upgrades, backup reviews, incident follow-up, or when app symptoms suggest database pressure.
How Heroku gives the agent context
Connect Heroku and scope the task to the app, database, pipeline, or maintenance window. Ask the agent to treat maintenance, credentials, kills, upgrades, and destructive actions as approval-required.
Example starter prompt
Prepare a Heroku Postgres maintenance brief for this app. Summarize database context, backup or lock concerns, operational risks, safe checks, and approval-required actions.Suggested workflow steps
The agent gathers app and database context, identifies maintenance prerequisites, ranks risks, and prepares safe checks or commands for review.
Expected handoff
The handoff should include readiness notes, risk items, proposed commands, rollback considerations, and approval checkpoints. Pair with GitHub or Sentry when code or errors are relevant.