# release

This skill guides a prismantis release, from version and changelog updates to checks, tagging, and publishing. Use it when preparing a new project version.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 202
- Author: NahumLitvin
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/nahumlitvin-release

## What it does

The skill lays out the prismantis release sequence: choose a version bump, update both manifests, and build a changelog from merged PRs since the previous tag. It also runs the Codex build; if `scripts/package.json` changed, it adds the vendor build and checks the bundle contents.

Before publishing, run the verification steps in `AGENTS.md`, check `/prismantis demo` and `/prismantis demo-rtl`, and test a fresh install. The release goes through a PR and a Git tag. A second PR pins the marketplace version; until that change merges, installs continue to use the previous release. The RTL demo requires reading each Hebrew line from right to left.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add NahumLitvin/prismantis --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 NahumLitvin/prismantis --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 NahumLitvin/prismantis --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 NahumLitvin/prismantis release
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis --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 NahumLitvin/prismantis --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/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- choose a version bump based on the changes
- build a changelog from PRs since the previous tag
- refresh generated Codex and vendor files
- test a fresh plugin install before publishing
- publish a release through a PR and Git tag

## Example prompts
- Prepare a prismantis release from the current changes.
- Choose the version bump and draft the changelog since the previous tag.
- Run the release checks and prepare the PR and tag.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: release
description: Cut a prismantis release - version bump, changelog, verify, tag and push. Use when asked to "release", "bump the version", "ship 0.x" or "publish".
---

# Release

1. **Pick the version.** Breaking option or token renames are minor while below 1.0 (and major after). New features are minor. Fixes are patch.
2. **Set it in both manifests**: `version` in `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` and `plugins[0].version` in `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`.
3. **Changelog:** add a dated `## [x.y.z]` at the top of docs/CHANGELOG.md, with Added, Changed and Fixed written for users. PRs do not touch the file, so write it from the "What changes for the user" section of every PR merged since the last tag (`git log vPREV..HEAD --oneline`), one entry per user-visible change, linking the PR. Fold in anything still under `## [Unreleased]` and drop that heading.
4. **Generated files:** run `npm --prefix scripts run build:codex`, since PRs leave `codex/` stale. If `scripts/package.json` changed, also run `npm --prefix scripts run build:vendor`, and confirm the bundle has no `import` statements and no non-MIT code (`grep -c -i elk hooks/vendor/*.js` must print 0).
5. **Verify:** run every step in AGENTS.md Verify, plus `live-check` of `/prismantis demo` and `/prismantis demo-rtl`, reading every Hebrew line right to left.
6. **Fresh install test** against a throwaway config:
   ```
   CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=<scratch>/fresh claude plugin marketplace add NahumLitvin/prismantis
   CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=<scratch>/fresh claude plugin install prismantis@prismantis
   CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR=<scratch>/fresh claude plugin list
   ```
   Run it after pushing; the marketplace clones from GitHub.
7. **Release PR:** `main` only takes merges through a PR with green checks, so open the release commit as a PR and merge it.
8. **Tag main:** `git tag vX.Y.Z <merge commit> && git push origin vX.Y.Z`. The `release` workflow checks the tag against `plugin.json`, checks the tag is on `main`, and publishes the GitHub release from the CHANGELOG section.
9. **Pin the release:** a second PR sets `ref` to `vX.Y.Z` and `sha` to the tagged commit in the `source` of `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json`, then runs `npm --prefix scripts run build:codex` so `.agents/plugins/marketplace.json`, the Codex copy with a git `url` source, follows. Until it merges, installs keep getting the previous release.
10. **Confirm** CI and the release workflow are green, then run the fresh install test and check `claude plugin list` shows the new version.
11. **Blog:** in `~/git/nahum-writing`, update the "What it draws today" section of `posts/2026-10-02-prismantis/article.md` (version, date, features, counts, limits) and any number in the opening paragraph, then release the blog per its AGENTS.md. Skip when the clone is missing and say so.
````
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© NahumLitvin · MIT · https://github.com/NahumLitvin/prismantis/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/release/SKILL.md

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