Research: DevPanel API — what deployment & environment automation is possible
## Research Question
Can [DevPanel](https://devpanel.com) environment setup and deployment be driven programmatically — enough that an agent skill could set up and deploy to **real** DevPanel environments from natural-language instructions? What does the DevPanel API/CLI expose, and where are its limits?
## Background
Part of the hosting-provider skills meta #3586575. Before building a DevPanel deployment skill, we need to know what the platform actually allows through its API/CLI — authentication, environment lifecycle, deploys — so we can scope (or rule out) a skill realistically.
## Scope
In scope: DevPanel's public API and/or CLI for authentication, creating and configuring environments, deploying, and reading status/logs. Out of scope: building the skill itself (a follow-up if this is viable) and other hosting providers (their own sub-issues).
## Approach
- Review DevPanel API/CLI documentation and the authentication model.
- Identify the endpoints/commands for environment create & configure, deploy, teardown, and status/logs.
- Prototype minimal calls against a real DevPanel account to confirm what works end to end.
- Note gaps that would block a natural-language "set up and deploy" flow.
## Deliverables
- [ ] Findings document: what is possible via the API/CLI, with the concrete endpoints/commands and the auth they require.
- [ ] Go / No-go plus recommended skill scope. If viable, the end result is a follow-up skill that can set up and deploy to real DevPanel environments using normal text.
## Findings
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