refactor(deploy): drop redundant _validate_project_structure

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

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
 
 from rich.console import Console
@@ -48,40 +47,6 @@ class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
         PlusAPIMixin.__init__(self, telemetry=self._telemetry)
         self.project_name = get_project_name(require=True)
 
-    def _validate_project_structure(self) -> None:
-        """Validate that the local project has the files required for deployment."""
-        errors: list[str] = []
-
-        if not Path("pyproject.toml").exists():
-            errors.append("Cannot find pyproject.toml in the current directory.")
-
-        has_lockfile = Path("uv.lock").exists() or Path("poetry.lock").exists()
-        if not has_lockfile:
-            errors.append(
-                "No uv.lock or poetry.lock found. "
-                "Run 'uv lock' or 'poetry lock' to generate one."
-            )
-
-        src_dir = Path("src") / (self.project_name or "")
-        crew_py = src_dir / "crew.py"
-        config_dir = src_dir / "config"
-        if not crew_py.exists() and not config_dir.exists():
-            errors.append(
-                f"Cannot find src/{self.project_name}/crew.py or "
-                f"src/{self.project_name}/config. "
-                "Ensure you are running this command from the project root."
-            )
-
-        if errors:
-            console.print(
-                "\n[bold red]Pre-flight check failed:[/bold red] "
-                "Your project is missing required files for deployment.\n"
-            )
-            for error in errors:
-                console.print(f"  • {error}", style="red")
-            console.print()
-            raise SystemExit(1)
-
     def _standard_no_param_error_message(self) -> None:
         """
         Display a standard error message when no UUID or project name is available.
@@ -126,8 +91,6 @@ class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
             uuid (Optional[str]): The UUID of the crew to deploy.
             skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
-        if not skip_validate:
-            self._validate_project_structure()
         if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
             return
         self._telemetry.start_deployment_span(uuid)
@@ -151,8 +114,6 @@ class DeployCommand(BaseCommand, PlusAPIMixin):
             confirm (bool): Whether to skip the interactive confirmation prompt.
             skip_validate (bool): Skip pre-deploy validation checks.
         """
-        if not skip_validate:
-            self._validate_project_structure()
         if not _run_predeploy_validation(skip_validate):
             return
         self._telemetry.create_crew_deployment_span()

lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_deploy_main.py

@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ class TestDeployCommand(unittest.TestCase):
     @patch("crewai_cli.command.get_auth_token")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.get_project_name")
     @patch("crewai_cli.command.PlusAPI")
-    @patch.object(DeployCommand, "_validate_project_structure")
     def setUp(
         self,
-        mock_validate_structure,
         mock_plus_api,
         mock_get_project_name,
         mock_get_auth_token,
@@ -125,9 +123,8 @@ class TestDeployCommand(unittest.TestCase):
             )
             self.assertIn("2023-01-01 - INFO: Test log", fake_out.getvalue())
 
-    @patch.object(DeployCommand, "_validate_project_structure")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.DeployCommand._display_deployment_info")
-    def test_deploy_with_uuid(self, mock_display, mock_validate_structure):
+    def test_deploy_with_uuid(self, mock_display):
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
         mock_response.json.return_value = {"uuid": "test-uuid"}
@@ -138,9 +135,8 @@ class TestDeployCommand(unittest.TestCase):
         self.mock_client.deploy_by_uuid.assert_called_once_with("test-uuid")
         mock_display.assert_called_once_with({"uuid": "test-uuid"})
 
-    @patch.object(DeployCommand, "_validate_project_structure")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.DeployCommand._display_deployment_info")
-    def test_deploy_with_project_name(self, mock_display, mock_validate_structure):
+    def test_deploy_with_project_name(self, mock_display):
         mock_response = MagicMock()
         mock_response.status_code = 200
         mock_response.json.return_value = {"uuid": "test-uuid"}
@@ -151,13 +147,10 @@ class TestDeployCommand(unittest.TestCase):
         self.mock_client.deploy_by_name.assert_called_once_with("test_project")
         mock_display.assert_called_once_with({"uuid": "test-uuid"})
 
-    @patch.object(DeployCommand, "_validate_project_structure")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.fetch_and_json_env_file")
     @patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.git.Repository.origin_url")
     @patch("builtins.input")
-    def test_create_crew(
-        self, mock_input, mock_git_origin_url, mock_fetch_env, mock_validate_structure
-    ):
+    def test_create_crew(self, mock_input, mock_git_origin_url, mock_fetch_env):
         mock_fetch_env.return_value = {"ENV_VAR": "value"}
         mock_git_origin_url.return_value = "https://github.com/test/repo.git"
         mock_input.return_value = ""

lib/cli/tests/deploy/test_validate.py

@@ -419,7 +419,6 @@ def test_create_crew_aborts_on_validation_error(tmp_path: Path) -> None:
         mock_patch("crewai_cli.command.get_auth_token", return_value="tok"),
         mock_patch("crewai_cli.deploy.main.get_project_name", return_value="p"),
         mock_patch("crewai_cli.command.PlusAPI") as mock_api,
-        mock_patch.object(DeployCommand, "_validate_project_structure"),
         mock_patch(
             "crewai_cli.deploy.main.validate_project"
         ) as mock_validate,