Agent skill

Release

by Dallinger in Dallinger/Dallinger

Guide a Dallinger release (minor from master, or patch/major) including changelog, bumpversion, demo constraints, tagging, PyPI/ghcr deploy, GitHub Release, and the post-release alpha bump.

Custom licenceAuto-check: warningsDevelopment

Install Release

The automated check flagged lines worth reading first. See the safety section below.

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Dallinger/Dallinger 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/Dallinger/Dallinger.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.cursor/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
124
Token cost
~4.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,915 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Guide a Dallinger release (minor from master, or patch/major) including changelog, bumpversion, demo constraints, tagging, PyPI/ghcr deploy, GitHub Release, and the post-release alpha bump.

  • Works in 11 steps: Pre-flight → Cut the release branch → Finalize CHANGELOG.md → …
  • Cutting a Dallinger release
  • SKILL.md covers Decide the version, Prerequisites, Human-in-the-loop policy and 1. Pre-flight, plus 12 more sections
  • Calls git, gh and python3; reaches pypi.org

What it does

Release is an agent skill from Dallinger/Dallinger. Guide a Dallinger release (minor from master, or patch/major) including changelog, bumpversion, demo constraints, tagging, PyPI/ghcr deploy, GitHub Release, and the post-release alpha bump. Use when cutting a Dallinger release or publishing to PyPI/ghcr.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.6k 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 GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Laboratory automation for the behavioral and social sciences; human culture on a chip.

When your agent uses it

  • Cutting a Dallinger release
  • Publishing to PyPI/ghcr

Example prompts

  • “/release”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

11 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Pre-flight
  2. Cut the release branch
  3. Finalize CHANGELOG.md
  4. Bump the version
  5. Push the release branch
  6. Regenerate demo constraints
  7. Open the PR
  8. Merge
  9. Wait for master CI, then tag
  10. Create the GitHub Release
  11. Wait for the tag pipeline, then bump master

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1f5092e. 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
    • gh
    • python3
    • ruff

    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

    Also links to:

    • semver.org

    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 4.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 66 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,915 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~66
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.6k

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: warnings

The automated check found patterns that need a careful read before installing.

  • WarningTells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmationSKILL.md:116
    Do not wait for a second confirmation, and do not wait for the GitHub

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 1,915 words (~4,626 tokens).

“Invoke this skill with /release. Determine major vs minor vs patch yourself from the unreleased CHANGELOG and current version (see Decide the version). Honor an explicit override only if the user already named a type (/release patch, etc.).”

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

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .cursor/skills/release of Dallinger/Dallinger.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1f5092e

Compare with similar skills

Release next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

Release compared with similar skills
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Cline CLI Release Publishercline/cline70k—~3.4kAutomated safety check: WarnApache-2.0
Releasehyhmrright/brooks-lint1.5k—~1.2kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
ClawRouter Release ChecklistBlockRunAI/ClawRouter6.6k—~1.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Guide a Dallinger release (minor from master, or patch/major) including changelog, bumpversion, demo constraints, tagging, PyPI/ghcr deploy, GitHub Release, and the post-release alpha bump. Release is an agent skill from Dallinger/Dallinger. Guide a Dallinger release (minor from master, or patch/major) including changelog, bumpversion, demo constraints, tagging, PyPI/ghcr deploy, GitHub Release, and the post-release alpha bump.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: cutting a Dallinger release; publishing to PyPI/ghcr.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Dallinger/Dallinger --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/release in Dallinger/Dallinger) 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 Dallinger/Dallinger --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.cursor/skills/release in Dallinger/Dallinger) 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 Dallinger/Dallinger --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, gh, python3 and ruff). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: pypi.org; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: semver.org. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Release safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md flagged 1 warning(s): tells the agent its actions are pre-authorized / not to stop for confirmation. Read the flagged lines before installing; the check is not a guarantee either way.

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 4.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 19k 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: EverOS Release Workflow (EverMind-AI/EverOS, 13k stars), Remotion Bits Release (av/remotion-bits, 490 stars), Cline CLI Release Publisher (cline/cline, 70k stars) and Release (hyhmrright/brooks-lint, 1.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

Dallinger (a GitHub organization) maintains it in Dallinger/Dallinger, which has 124 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

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