Agent skill

Release

by chrisguidry in chrisguidry/docket

How docket tags and publishes a release of pydocket or docket-rs - the tag formats, the docket-rs version bump that must merge first, the release-name format, the gh commands, and what to do when a…

Custom licenceAuto-check passedMarketing & SEO

Install Release

skills CLI
$ npx skills add chrisguidry/docket --skill release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install chrisguidry/docket 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/chrisguidry/docket.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/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
149
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
677 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

How docket tags and publishes a release of pydocket or docket-rs - the tag formats, the docket-rs version bump that must merge first, the release-name format, the gh commands, and what to do when a…

  • The developer asks to cut
  • SKILL.md covers Tags, Versions, Release names and Notes, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls gh, cargo and curl; reaches pypi.org and crates.io
  • Publish to PyPI

What it does

Release is an agent skill from chrisguidry/docket. How docket tags and publishes a release of pydocket or docket-rs - the tag formats, the docket-rs version bump that must merge first, the release-name format, the gh commands, and what to do when a publish fails. Use when the developer asks to cut, prepare, name, or plan a release, to bump a version, or to publish to PyPI or crates.io. Never cut a release unless the developer asks for one, and never write a release's tagline: only a human writes it.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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 Marketing & SEO, covering Positioning and messaging. It works with Rust, Python and Redis. The repository describes itself as: docket is a distributed background task system for Python.

When your agent uses it

  • The developer asks to cut
  • Publish to PyPI

Example prompts

  • “/release”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 5d2ccd6. 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:

    • gh
    • cargo
    • curl
    • jq
    • git

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • pypi.org
    • crates.io

    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 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 115 tokens; SKILL.md has 677 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~115
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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 677 words (~1,368 tokens).

“Each language publishes from its own GitHub release. A release is permanent: PyPI and crates.io never accept the same version twice. So confirm the tag, the target commit, and the title with the developer before you run gh release create.”

— opening of SKILL.md by chrisguidry, Custom licence
name
release

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release of chrisguidry/docket.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 5d2ccd6

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

How docket tags and publishes a release of pydocket or docket-rs - the tag formats, the docket-rs version bump that must merge first, the release-name format, the gh commands, and what to do when a…. Release is an agent skill from chrisguidry/docket. How docket tags and publishes a release of pydocket or docket-rs - the tag formats, the docket-rs version bump that must merge first, the release-name format, the gh commands, and what to do when a publish fails.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: the developer asks to cut; publish to PyPI.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add chrisguidry/docket --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in chrisguidry/docket) 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 chrisguidry/docket --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in chrisguidry/docket) 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 chrisguidry/docket --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 (gh, cargo, curl, jq and git).

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: pypi.org and crates.io; the agent is likely to contact these when it follows the instructions. 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 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 use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k 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: Yao Positioning Skill (yaojingang/yao-open-skills, 1.3k stars), Bio Fragment Analysis (FreedomIntelligence/OpenClaw-Medical-Skills, 3.1k stars), Dep Audit (thatrebeccarae/claude-marketing, 162 stars) and Update V8 Version (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

chrisguidry (a GitHub user) maintains it in chrisguidry/docket, which has 149 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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