# team-release

Runs a release from candidate to deployment with release, QA and DevOps roles. Use it when a release needs checks and decisions between phases.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 430 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/team-release/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/team-release

## What it does

This skill runs a release pipeline from candidate to deployment. The release manager handles tags, versioning, changelog, patch notes and deployment; the QA lead covers test sign-off and regression work, while the DevOps engineer handles builds, artifacts and deployment automation.

Before starting, it resolves settings for review mode, automation, team size, workflow and project stage. A successful `/gate-check release` must set the project to `Release`; otherwise the skill stops and offers a stage-check override that the user must confirm. That makes the readiness gate worth checking before agents are spawned.

Team size controls who is spawned. With `individual`, only `release-manager` runs directly and other roles route through that agent. The `collaborative`, `guided` and `autonomous` modes handle phase decisions differently, while always-ask categories still prompt the user.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill team-release -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill team-release -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill team-release -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios team-release
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill team-release -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/team-release
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill team-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/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/team-release/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- prepare a release tag and version
- collect regression-test sign-off
- check build pipelines and artifacts
- record a release decision
- block a release until `/gate-check release` passes

## Example prompts
- Run `team-release v1.0.0 --review full` for this release.
- Start `team-release next --review lean` and follow the release phases.
- Run `team-release v1.0.0 --review solo`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: team-release
description: "Orchestrate the release team — release-manager, qa-lead, devops-engineer, producer — to execute a release from candidate to deployment."
argument-hint: "[version number or 'next'] [--review full|lean|solo]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, Agent, AskUserQuestion, TaskCreate, TaskGet, TaskList, TaskUpdate, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/team-release/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *)
model: sonnet
---
# Team Release

**Argument check:** If no version number is provided:
1. Read `production/session-state/active.md` and the most recent file in `production/milestones/` (if they exist) to infer the target version.
2. If a version is found: report "No version argument provided — inferred [version] from milestone data. Proceeding." Then confirm with `AskUserQuestion`: "Releasing [version]. Is this correct?"
3. If no version is discoverable: use `AskUserQuestion` to ask "What version number should be released? (e.g., v1.0.0)" and wait for user input before proceeding. Do NOT default to a hardcoded version string.

When this skill is invoked, orchestrate the release team through a structured pipeline.

**Decision Points:** At each phase transition, use `AskUserQuestion` to present
the user with the subagent's proposals as selectable options. Write the agent's
full analysis in conversation, then capture the decision with concise labels.
In `collaborative` mode, the user must approve before moving to the next phase.
In `guided` mode the pipeline advances automatically unless a phase is BLOCKED;
in `autonomous` mode it runs end to end, recording each phase outcome via
`log_decision`. Decisions in `automation_always_ask` categories
(`is_always_ask_category` helper) always prompt regardless of mode. See
`.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`.

## Phase 0: Resolve Config

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys review_mode,automation,team.size,workflow,project.stage`

Resolved above — use as-is; `--review` overrides `review_mode`. No block →
defaults in `.claude/docs/config-resolution.md`.

**Stage check — before anything is spawned.** This skill ships a release, and
`/gate-check release` is the readiness gate that must pass first; only its PASS
sets `project.stage` to `Release`. If the resolved `project.stage` is anything
else — `Polish`, an earlier stage, or not set — stop before Phase 1 and spawn
nothing:

> "The release readiness gate has not passed (project.stage: [stage]) — run
> `/gate-check release` first."

Then ask with `AskUserQuestion`, in every `automation` mode — an override is never
taken on the user's behalf: `[A] Stop — I'll run /gate-check release (recommended)`
/ `[B] Proceed anyway — override the stage check`. On `[A]`, end the run: Verdict
```
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