feat: crewai deploy validate + defer native LLM client construction

lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/cli.py

@@ -392,10 +392,15 @@ def deploy() -> None:
 
 @deploy.command(name="create")
 @click.option("-y", "--yes", is_flag=True, help="Skip the confirmation prompt")
-def deploy_create(yes: bool) -> None:
+@click.option(
+    "--skip-validate",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Skip the pre-deploy validation checks.",
+)
+def deploy_create(yes: bool, skip_validate: bool) -> None:
     """Create a Crew deployment."""
     deploy_cmd = DeployCommand()
-    deploy_cmd.create_crew(yes)
+    deploy_cmd.create_crew(yes, skip_validate=skip_validate)
 
 
 @deploy.command(name="list")
@@ -407,10 +412,28 @@ def deploy_list() -> None:
 
 @deploy.command(name="push")
 @click.option("-u", "--uuid", type=str, help="Crew UUID parameter")
-def deploy_push(uuid: str | None) -> None:
+@click.option(
+    "--skip-validate",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Skip the pre-deploy validation checks.",
+)
+def deploy_push(uuid: str | None, skip_validate: bool) -> None:
     """Deploy the Crew."""
     deploy_cmd = DeployCommand()
-    deploy_cmd.deploy(uuid=uuid)
+    deploy_cmd.deploy(uuid=uuid, skip_validate=skip_validate)
+
+
+@deploy.command(name="validate")
+def deploy_validate() -> None:
+    """Validate the current project against common deployment failures.
+
+    Runs the same pre-deploy checks that `crewai deploy create` and
+    `crewai deploy push` run automatically, without contacting the platform.
+    Exits non-zero if any blocking issues are found.
+    """
+    from crewai.cli.deploy.validate import run_validate_command
+
+    run_validate_command()
 
 
 @deploy.command(name="status")

lib/crewai/src/crewai/cli/deploy/main.py

@@ -4,12 +4,35 @@
 
 from crewai.cli import git
 from crewai.cli.command import BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin
+from crewai.cli.deploy.validate import validate_project
 from crewai.cli.utils import fetch_and_json_env_file, get_project_name
 
 
 console = Console()
 
 
+def _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate: bool) -> bool:
+    """Run pre-deploy validation unless skipped.
+
+    Returns True if deployment should proceed, False if it should abort.
+    """
+    if skip_validate:
+        console.print(
+            "[yellow]Skipping pre-deploy validation (--skip-validate).[/yellow]"
+        )
+        return True
+
+    console.print("Running pre-deploy validation...", style="bold blue")
+    validator = validate_project()
+    if not validator.ok:
+        console.print(
+            "\n[bold red]Pre-deploy validation failed. "
+            "Fix the issues above or re-run with --skip-validate.[/bold red]"
+        )
+        return False
+    return True
+
+
 class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
     """
     A class to handle deployment-related operations for CrewAI projects.
@@ -60,13 +83,16 @@ def _display_logs(self, log_messages: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> None:
                 f"{log_message['timestamp']} - {log_message['level']}: {log_message['message']}"
             )
 
-    def deploy(self, uuid: str | None = None) -> None:
+    def deploy(self, uuid: str | None = None, skip_validate: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Deploy a crew using either UUID or project name.
 
         Args:
             uuid (Optional[str]): The UUID of the crew to deploy.
+            skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
+        if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
+            return
         self._telemetry.start_deployment_span(uuid)
         console.print("Starting deployment...", style="bold blue")
         if uuid:
@@ -80,10 +106,16 @@ def deploy(self, uuid: str | None = None) -> None:
         self._validate_response(response)
         self._display_deployment_info(response.json())
 
-    def create_crew(self, confirm: bool = False) -> None:
+    def create_crew(self, confirm: bool = False, skip_validate: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Create a new crew deployment.
+
+        Args:
+            confirm (bool): Whether to skip the interactive confirmation prompt.
+            skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
+        if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
+            return
         self._telemetry.create_crew_deployment_span()
         console.print("Creating deployment...", style="bold blue")
         env_vars = fetch_and_json_env_file()