> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.instacloud.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# insta build

> Verify a source directory would build before deploying — local and offline.

Check whether a directory will build before you deploy it: detection plan, Dockerfile checks, static checks. No login needed, nothing is pushed; exits 1 when the verdict is failed.

```bash theme={null}
insta build .
insta build . --explain
```

## Flags

## What it checks