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Agent skill

Release

by Automattic in Automattic/wordpress-activitypub

Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Automattic/wordpress-activitypub --skill release -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Automattic/wordpress-activitypub release --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .claude/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
release
GitHub stars
582
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
437 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
7
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger.

  • Works in 3 steps: PR Template… → GitHub Action… → Release Process
  • Creating releases
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Reference, Comprehensive Release Guide, Release Workflow and Changelog Management, plus 1 more section
  • Calls git, npm and composer

What it does

Release is an agent skill from Automattic/wordpress-activitypub. Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger. Use when creating releases, managing changelogs, bumping versions, or preparing patch releases.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Changelog and release notes and Deployment. It works with WordPress. The repository describes itself as: The ActivityPub plugin connects your WordPress site to the Fediverse. Your site becomes a profile people can follow from Mastodon, and every post you publish is automatically… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Creating releases
  • Managing changelogs
  • Bumping versions
  • Preparing patch releases

Example prompts

  • “/release”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. PR Template (.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md)
  2. GitHub Action (.github/workflows/changelog.yml)
  3. Release Process

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c6cb8d1. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • npm
    • composer

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Release loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 43 tokens; SKILL.md has 437 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~43
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Automattic/wordpress-activitypub at commit c6cb8d1, republished under its MIT licence (© Automattic). 437 words, ~1,287 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
release
description
Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger. Use when creating releases, managing changelogs, bumping versions, or preparing patch releases.

ActivityPub Release Process

Quick reference for managing releases and changelogs for the WordPress ActivityPub plugin.

Quick Reference

Release Commands
bash
npm run release              # Create major/minor release PR.
Version File Locations

When updating versions manually, change these files (these are the files bin/release.js touches):

  • activitypub.php - Plugin header (Version: X.Y.Z) and the ACTIVITYPUB_PLUGIN_VERSION constant. Both must change.
  • readme.txt - WordPress.org readme (Stable tag: X.Y.Z).
  • includes/class-migration.php - Version references in the DB-migration version_compare() checks.
  • CHANGELOG.md - Changelog file (auto-updated by release script).

Note: package.json has no version field and is not part of the release bump.

Comprehensive Release Guide

See Release Process for complete release workflow and detailed steps.

Release Workflow

Major/Minor Releases

Quick workflow:

bash
# 1. Run release script from plugin root.
npm run release

# Script automatically:
# - Determines version from changelog entries.
# - Updates version numbers in all files.
# - Updates CHANGELOG.md.
# - Creates PR for review.

# 2. Review and merge the release PR.

# 3. Create GitHub release from trunk using the new tag.

See Release Process - Major/Minor for detailed steps.

Patch Releases

Quick workflow:

bash
# 1. Create branch from the tag to patch.
git fetch --tags
git checkout -b tags/5.3.1 5.3.0  # Patch 5.3.0 -> 5.3.1

# 2. Cherry-pick merge commits from trunk (note -m 1 flag).
git cherry-pick -m 1 <commit-hash>

# 3. Update changelog and versions.
composer changelog:write

# Manually update versions in (see Version File Locations above):
# - activitypub.php (Version header AND ACTIVITYPUB_PLUGIN_VERSION constant)
# - readme.txt
# - includes/class-migration.php

# 4. Push branch and create GitHub release.
git push -u origin tags/5.3.1

Important: Use -m 1 flag when cherry-picking merge commits to select the mainline parent.

See Release Process - Patch Releases for detailed steps.

Changelog Management

How It Works

Changelogs are managed automatically through the PR workflow:

  1. PR Template (.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md):

    • Check "Automatically create a changelog entry" checkbox.
    • Select significance: Patch/Minor/Major.
    • Select type: Added/Fixed/Changed/Deprecated/Removed/Security.
    • Write message ending with punctuation!

  2. GitHub Action (.github/workflows/changelog.yml):

    • Creates changelog file from PR description.
    • Validates proper punctuation.
    • Saves to .github/changelog/ directory.

  3. Release Process:

    • npm run release aggregates all entries.
    • Updates CHANGELOG.md and readme.txt automatically.
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Critical Requirements

Always end changelog messages with punctuation:

✅ Add support for custom post types.
✅ Fix signature verification bug.
❌ Add support for custom post types
❌ Fix signature verification bug

Write end-user friendly messages:

  • Focus on user benefit, not implementation details.
  • Avoid technical jargon where possible.
  • Describe what users can now do, not how it works internally.
✅ Add pre-built block patterns for easy profile and sidebar setup.
✅ Fix follow button not appearing on author pages.
❌ Add register_patterns() method to class-blocks.php.
❌ Refactor User class to use Actors collection.

Pick the significance by what breaks for a real install:

  • major bumps the plugin to the next whole version, so it has to be worth that: a user who keeps doing what they did before gets a materially worse or destructive result on a surface real installs depend on. Removing a public constant or breaking an opt-in experiment is not major. Raising the minimum WordPress or PHP version always is.
  • Check that the break actually broke something before claiming it.

One entry per user-visible change. Split unrelated fixes into separate files, but several fixes to the same visible thing are one entry, however many issues they close.

No entry for a bug that never shipped. A fix for something introduced on the same unreleased branch is net zero for users.

Release PR bodies stay neutral. Use the release script's plain text; never enumerate or spotlight security fixes in a release PR or its notes.

Never mention AI tools or coding assistants in changelog messages.

See PR Workflow - Changelog for complete changelog requirements.

Version Numbering

Semantic versioning:

  • Major (X.0.0) - Breaking changes.
  • Minor (0.X.0) - New features, backward compatible.
  • Patch (0.0.X) - Bug fixes only.

The release script determines version automatically from changelog entry significance levels.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/release of Automattic/wordpress-activitypub.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c6cb8d1

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger. Release is an agent skill from Automattic/wordpress-activitypub. Version management and release processes using Jetpack Changelogger.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: creating releases; managing changelogs; bumping versions; preparing patch releases.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Automattic/wordpress-activitypub --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in Automattic/wordpress-activitypub) into .claude/skills/release in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Release in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Automattic/wordpress-activitypub --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in Automattic/wordpress-activitypub) into .agents/skills/release in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Release in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Automattic/wordpress-activitypub --skill release -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/release, .gemini/skills/release, .github/skills/release and .opencode/skills/release in your project.

What does Release need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Release needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, npm and composer).

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and npm, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Release safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Release use?

Release is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Release use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Release?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release: Cline Desktop App Release (cline/cline, 70k stars), EverOS Release Workflow (EverMind-AI/EverOS, 13k stars), Release (ngrok/ngrok-operator, 272 stars) and Remotion Bits Release (av/remotion-bits, 488 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

Automattic (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Automattic/wordpress-activitypub, which has 582 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: Automattic/wordpress-activitypub on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.