Getting Started Guide for a CLI Deployment Tool

Problem/Feature Description

Stackship is a small startup that built shipctl, a command-line tool for deploying containerized applications to their managed hosting platform. The tool is already working well for experienced engineers on the team, but the company is now onboarding junior developers and external open-source contributors who have never used it before.

The developer relations team has identified that new users consistently get stuck in the first 30 minutes: they don't know where to begin, they run commands in the wrong order, and they have no way to tell whether each step worked. The team has asked you to write an introductory guide aimed squarely at people who have never used shipctl before and may not be familiar with container-based deployments at all.

The goal is something a new hire could pick up on day one, follow without asking anyone for help, and finish with a working deployment on the staging environment. The guide should cover: installing the tool, authenticating, creating a minimal app configuration, and deploying it.

Output Specification

Produce a single markdown file named tutorial.md that a new developer could follow from start to finish. You may invent realistic but fictional details about shipctl (commands, flags, expected outputs) as needed to make the tutorial complete and instructive.

The audience has basic terminal familiarity but no prior experience with shipctl or container deployments.