Ship

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes
• Tasks that involve Code review

Example prompts

• “release”
• “publish”
• “/ship”

Requirements

• Python 3
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Phase Gates: Each phase must pass before the next begins — no shipping broken code
2. 2Multi-Project Support: Detects npm (package.json), Python (pyproject.toml), and generic (VERSION) projects
3. 3AI-Powered Review: Uses CCW CLI to run automated code review before release
4. 4Audit Trail: Each phase produces structured output for traceability
5. 5Safe Defaults: Warns on risky operations (direct push to main, major version bumps)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 07491b0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Bash
  • Glob
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git
  • npm
  • python

  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

Ship loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 48 tokens; SKILL.md has 431 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~48

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~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

• NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md

  allowed-tools: Read, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep

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 catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow at commit 07491b0, republished under its MIT licence (© catlog22). 431 words, ~1,794 tokens.

name

ship

description

Structured release pipeline with pre-flight checks, AI code review, version bump, changelog, PR creation, platform publish, and GitHub release. Triggers on "ship", "release", "publish".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Bash, Glob, Grep

User: "ship" / "release" / "publish"
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         v
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Phase 1: Pre-Flight Checks                              │
│  → git clean? branch ok? tests pass? build ok?           │
│  → Output: preflight-report.json                         │
│  → Gate: ALL checks must pass                            │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 2: Code Review                                    │
│  → detect merge base, diff against base                  │
│  → ccw cli --tool gemini --mode analysis                 │
│  → flag high-risk changes                                │
│  → Output: review-summary                                │
│  → Gate: No critical issues flagged                      │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 3: Version Bump                                   │
│  → detect version file (package.json/pyproject.toml/VERSION)
│  → determine bump type from commits or user input        │
│  → update version file                                   │
│  → Output: version change record                         │
│  → Gate: Version updated successfully                    │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 4: Changelog & Commit                             │
│  → generate changelog from git log since last tag        │
│  → update CHANGELOG.md                                   │
│  → create release commit, push to remote                 │
│  → Output: commit SHA                                    │
│  → Gate: Push successful                                 │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 5: PR Creation (skippable for trunk-based)        │
│  → gh pr create with structured body                     │
│  → auto-link issues from commits                         │
│  → Output: PR URL                                        │
│  → Gate: PR created OR skipped (direct-to-main)          │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 6: Platform Publish (skippable if private)        │
│  → detect registry (npm / PyPI / crates.io)              │
│  → npm publish / twine upload / cargo publish            │
│  → verify new version is live on registry                │
│  → Output: published artifact metadata                   │
│  → Gate: registry confirms version OR skipped (private)  │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Phase 7: GitHub Release                                 │
│  → git tag -a vX.Y.Z + push tag                          │
│  → gh release create with structured notes               │
│  → Output: release URL                                   │
│  → Gate: release URL returned                            │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

© catlog22, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files in .claude/skills/ship of catlog22/Claude-Code-Workflow.

• SKILL.md
• phases/01-preflight-checks.md
• phases/02-code-review.md
• phases/03-version-bump.md
• phases/04-changelog-commit.md
• phases/05-pr-creation.md
• phases/06-platform-publish.md
• phases/07-github-release.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 07491b0