# jackin-release-check

Runs the jackin❯ release-readiness gates and reports a verdict for each one. Use it before cutting a release.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 469 installs · ★ 3
- Author: jackin-project
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/jackin-release-check

## What it does

The skill walks the release-readiness gates in order. Every gate is binary: green passes, red blocks. A release is ready only when all gates are green, while warnings surface in the report and block nothing. The commands come from the repo itself — `CONTRIBUTING.md` and `.github/workflows/ci.yml` — never stripped-down substitutes.

There are seven gates. CI comes first: it reads the latest `ci.yml` run on `main`, and if `docker/construct/**` or `docs/**` changed since the last tag, it also requires `construct.yml` and `docs.yml` green. Static checks follow with `cargo fmt --check` and `cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings`. Then tests: `cargo nextest run --all-features` plus a separate `-p jackin --features e2e --profile docker-e2e` run. The remaining gates walk internal links under `docs/content/docs/`, flag stale items in `TODO.md` and `todo/`, review `SECURITY_EXCEPTIONS.md`, and match every non-merge commit since the last tag to a merged PR.

One gate blocks until the operator confirms it: the `SECURITY_EXCEPTIONS.md` review stays red until each entry is confirmed current or the file is updated. The same applies to CI when `docker/` or `docs/` changed since the last tag — one `ci.yml` run is not enough. The skill fires only on an explicit request. Cutting the release itself is a different skill, `jackin-release`, which runs this one as its first gate.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-release-check -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/jackin-release-check/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-release-check -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-release-check -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install jackin-project/jackin-dev jackin-release-check
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-release-check -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev --path skills/jackin-release-check
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add jackin-project/jackin-dev --skill jackin-release-check -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/jackin-project/jackin-dev/tree/HEAD/skills/jackin-release-check/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether the project is release-ready before tagging
- collect every gate verdict into a single report
- catch a red CI run or clippy failure before shipping
- find broken internal links in the docs tree
- clear out stale entries in the security exceptions list

## Example prompts
- run jackin-release-check and show me the gate report
- jackin-release-check: is the project ready to release?
- run the release-readiness gates on the current branch

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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name: jackin-release-check
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license: Apache-2.0
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# jackin-release-check

Run the release-readiness **gates**. Each gate is binary — green passes, red blocks — and the release is ready only when every gate is green (warnings surface but do not block). The commands are the repo's own (from `CONTRIBUTING.md` merge-readiness + `.github/workflows/ci.yml`), never stripped-down substitutes.

## When to use

- Before cutting a release, or when the operator asks whether the project is release-ready.

## When NOT to use

- Cutting the release itself → `jackin-release` (it runs this skill as its first gate).

## Process

Run each gate in order; collect a green / red / skip verdict into a one-line-per-gate report.

1. **CI gate.** `gh run list --workflow=ci.yml --branch=main --limit=1 --json conclusion --jq '.[0].conclusion'` — green only on `success`. If `docker/construct/**` or `docs/**` changed since the last tag (`git diff --name-only <last-tag>..HEAD -- <path>`), also require `construct.yml` / `docs.yml` green on main.

   *Done when* every CI workflow that owns a changed path is green.

2. **Static gates.** `cargo fmt --check`; `cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings`. Red on any violation.

   *Done when* both exit 0.

3. **Test gate.** `cargo nextest run --all-features`; `cargo nextest run -p jackin --features e2e --profile docker-e2e`. Red on any failure.

   *Done when* both suites pass.

4. **Doc-link gate.** Walk internal links under `docs/content/docs/` (relative paths + `href`s); verify each target file exists. Red only on a broken link to a shipped page; warn on external URLs you cannot reach.

   *Done when* every internal link resolves.

5. **TODO freshness.** Read `TODO.md` and `todo/`; flag items referencing completed work or showing no recent activity. Warn — does not block.

   *Done when* every TODO item is either live or flagged stale.
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