Agent skill

Release Readiness Review

by bbartling in bbartling/open-fdd

Use before merging, shipping, publishing, or handing off work.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Release Readiness Review

skills CLI
$ npx skills add bbartling/open-fdd --skill release-readiness-review -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install bbartling/open-fdd release-readiness-review --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/bbartling/open-fdd.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release-readiness-review .claude/skills/release-readiness-review && 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-readiness-review
GitHub stars
173
Token cost
~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length
557 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
23
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Use before merging, shipping, publishing, or handing off work.

  • Works in 5 steps: Objective: one sentence describing the… → Scope: files, folders, PR diff,… → Constraints: read-only vs write,… → …
  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness
  • SKILL.md covers Trigger, Non-goals, Operating principles and Subagent orchestration rules, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Release Readiness Review is an agent skill from bbartling/open-fdd. Use before merging, shipping, publishing, or handing off work. Runs subagents for verification, regression risk, operational readiness, docs, compatibility, and unresolved follow-ups.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/output-contracts.md` and `references/severity-rubric.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Feature launches and release readiness and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: Fault Detection Diagnostics (FDD) for HVAC datasets.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness
  • Tasks that involve Subagents

Example prompts

  • “/release-readiness-review”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Objective: one sentence describing the question to answer.
  2. Scope: files, folders, PR diff, services, packages, or docs to inspect.
  3. Constraints: read-only vs write, commands allowed, network/doc lookup allowed, and timeout.
  4. Required evidence: exact files/symbols/commands/sources to cite.
  5. Output schema: use the schema requested by the skill.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e62b637. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 Readiness Review loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.8k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 52 tokens; SKILL.md has 557 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~52
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~1.8k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 557 words (~1,335 tokens).

“When the user asks if work is ready to merge/release/ship, prepare a release note, check readiness, or assess final risk after implementation.”

— opening of SKILL.md by bbartling, Custom licence
name
release-readiness-review

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in .agents/skills/release-readiness-review of bbartling/open-fdd.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/output-contracts.md
  • references/severity-rubric.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e62b637

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CCPM Project Managementautomazeio/ccpm8.4k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Release Readiness Review

What does Release Readiness Review do?

Use before merging, shipping, publishing, or handing off work. Release Readiness Review is an agent skill from bbartling/open-fdd. Use before merging, shipping, publishing, or handing off work.

When should I use Release Readiness Review?

Release Readiness Review fits situations like: tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness; tasks that involve Subagents.

How do I install Release Readiness Review in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Release Readiness Review in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bbartling/open-fdd --skill release-readiness-review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release-readiness-review in bbartling/open-fdd) into .agents/skills/release-readiness-review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Release Readiness Review 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 bbartling/open-fdd --skill release-readiness-review -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-readiness-review, .gemini/skills/release-readiness-review, .github/skills/release-readiness-review and .opencode/skills/release-readiness-review in your project.

What does Release Readiness Review need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Release Readiness Review is instructions for the agent only.

Does Release Readiness Review access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Release Readiness Review 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 Readiness Review use?

Release Readiness Review has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Release Readiness Review use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 473 tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Release Readiness Review?

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Who maintains Release Readiness Review?

bbartling (a GitHub user) maintains it in bbartling/open-fdd, which has 173 GitHub stars. The repository holds 23 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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