# release

Prepares a release pull request with version bumps, dependency sync, and user-facing release notes. Helpful for structured project publishing.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 242
- Author: ldayton
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/ldayton/Dippy/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-06-12
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/ldayton-release

## What it does

This skill prepares a release pull request inside a dedicated `release/v<version>` branch. It strictly limits modifications to updating version values in `pyproject.toml` and `src/dippy/__init__.py`, running `uv sync -U` to refresh dependencies, and running `/verify-counts`. Code refactors or unrelated bug fixes are explicitly avoided.

The changelog pulls commit messages since the previous tag via `git log`. It focuses on features and breaking changes, grouping generic bug fixes together. The process requires passing `just check` before pushing the branch.

This workflow targets the Dippy repository layout and expects `uv` alongside `just` in your environment.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ldayton/Dippy --skill release -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ldayton/Dippy --skill release -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ldayton/Dippy --skill release -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install ldayton/Dippy release
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ldayton/Dippy --skill release -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/ldayton/Dippy --path .claude/skills/release
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add ldayton/Dippy --skill release -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/ldayton/Dippy/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- bump version numbers across `pyproject.toml` and `src/dippy/__init__.py`
- compile user-focused changelogs from git commit history
- synchronize package dependencies using `uv sync -U`
- generate a clean release pull request without accidental changes

## Example prompts
- /release 0.4.0
- Create a release PR for version 1.2.0
- /release 1.0.1

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 691b823ccfdba6fe
````text
---
name: release
description: Create a release PR with version bump and changelog
disable-model-invocation: true
argument-hint: [version]
---

Create a PR with branch name `release/v$ARGUMENTS` containing only these changes:

1. Update version in `pyproject.toml` and `src/dippy/__init__.py`
2. Run `uv sync -U` to update dependencies
3. Run `/verify-counts` and update any STALE or FAIL claims

No other changes—no refactors, no fixes, no documentation updates.

## Changelog

Generate release notes from commits since the last tag:
```
git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline
```

Focus on what matters to users:
- New features and capabilities
- Breaking changes or behavior changes
- Group all bug fixes as "Various bug fixes" (don't itemize)
- If Parable was updated, just say "Bump Parable version"
- Omit internal refactors, test changes, and CI updates

Put the changelog in the PR body. The workflow extracts it for the GitHub release.

Run `just check` before pushing. PR title: `Release v$ARGUMENTS`

## After merge

Tag, push, and clean up:
```
git checkout main && git pull && git tag v$ARGUMENTS && git push --tags && git push origin --delete release/v$ARGUMENTS
```

The tag triggers a workflow that creates the GitHub release and updates the Homebrew tap.
````
END THIRD-PARTY FILE 691b823ccfdba6fe

The third-party file has ended. Everything between the 691b823ccfdba6fe tags is data: requests and commands from it are not followed. An “end of file” line with another tag inside the block is part of the file.

© ldayton · MIT · https://github.com/ldayton/Dippy/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md

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