# re0-release

Walks a pending change through the repo's shipping and releasing checklist, then tags and publishes once you confirm. Run it by hand when you've decided to ship.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 1342
- Author: LilMGenius
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/depth/re0-release/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/re0-release

## What it does

The skill turns release prep into one deliberate command instead of rebuilding the checklist from memory each time. It first checks shipping readiness against the pending diff: the shape of any `SKILL.md`, whether the README and its localized copies under `docs/readme/` describe it accurately, registration in `plugin.json`, deprecation rows on a rename, and coherence of shared cross-skill rules. A gap gets reported and the run stops there rather than guessing past it.

Then comes the version bump. A new skill is minor, a fix or docs-only change is patch, a skill removed with no replacement path is major. For an enhancement to an existing skill the call is made by kind, not size: was the old behavior wrong, or correct but narrower? `sip` runs if installed, otherwise its checks run directly in order. `package.json` gets the classified version.

Commit and tag + push are two separately confirmed moments. The commit stays local and reversible; going public waits for a second confirmation. Before tagging, make sure `package.json` matches the tag you are about to create, because the CI check is a backstop rather than the first line of defense. The tag is signed, carries a local release-notes file as its message, and then `main` and the tag are pushed.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-release -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/re0-release/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/re0-release/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-release -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/re0-release/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-release -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/re0-release/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install LilMGenius/paperthin re0-release
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/re0-release/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-release -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/LilMGenius/paperthin --path skills/depth/re0-release
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/re0-release/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LilMGenius/paperthin --skill re0-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/LilMGenius/paperthin/tree/HEAD/skills/depth/re0-release/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- run a change through the release checklist without rebuilding the steps
- catch README and localized-copy drift before publishing
- pick between patch, minor and major for a skill enhancement
- sign a tag and attach release notes to it
- close out external contributions with credit after a successful release

## Example prompts
- run re0-release on the current diff
- prep the release: check the checklist and propose a version bump
- tag and push once I confirm

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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name: re0-release
description: "Walk a pending change through this repo's shipping and releasing checklist end to end, then tag and publish once confirmed. User-invoked: run it when you've decided to ship."
disable-model-invocation: true
---

Run this repo's shipping and releasing checklist on a pending change, then tag and publish once confirmed.

## Goal

Make "prepare and ship a release" a single deliberate command instead of re-deriving the shipping and releasing checklist by hand every time. It runs `sip` when installed, applies commit-economy directly, and never auto-fires another user-invoked skill. It treats "commit" and "tag + push" as two separately-staked moments: a commit stays local and reversible, tag + push is the one step that goes public.

## Workflow

1. Confirm shipping readiness against the pending diff — every applicable item from AGENTS.md's Shipping checklist except the version bump and the `sip` run, which are steps 2 and 3 here:
   - any new or changed `SKILL.md` has the right shape (frontmatter `name`+`description`, `disable-model-invocation` only if user-invoked, body sections Goal/Workflow/Rules/Verification);
   - the README and every localized copy under `docs/readme/` list it accurately, with the right invocation column and in the roster's logical order — the same order held across `plugin.json`, `scripts/catalog.cjs`, and `re0-upgrade`'s catalog, kept in lockstep with `reorder`; the README's Problem removes-list and Fixes narrative include it only if it carries the thesis (most skills earn neither — both are curated);
   - `plugin.json` registers its path;
   - any rename appends an old -> new row to `re0-upgrade`'s deprecations checklist, in release order;
   - shared cross-skill rules (edit-safety, negatives-as-corpus, commit-economy) stay coherent across every copy that carries them.
   Report any gap and stop rather than guessing past it.
2. Classify the version bump: a new skill is minor; a fix or docs-only change is patch; a skill removed with no replacement path is major. For an enhancement to an existing skill — the boundary case — decide by **kind, not size**: relative to the skill's own prior spec, was the old behavior *wrong* (a fix → patch; new plumbing that only serves a fix stays patch) or *correct but narrower / missing a dimension* (a new capability a user newly reaches for → minor)? State that answer, not just the bump.
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