Agent skill

Draft Release

by dyoshikawa in dyoshikawa/rulesync

“Draft a new release of the project.”

— description from SKILL.md by dyoshikawa
MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Draft Release

skills CLI
$ npx skills add dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install dyoshikawa/rulesync draft-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/dyoshikawa/rulesync.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.rulesync/skills/draft-release .claude/skills/draft-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
draft-release
GitHub stars
1.5k
Token cost
~576 tokens
SKILL.md length
313 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
40
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

  • Works in 2 steps: Confirm that you are currently on the… → Compare code changes between the…
  • Calls git, pnpm and gh

About this skill

Draft Release is a skill in dyoshikawa/rulesync (1.5k stars). Its SKILL.md is about 576 tokens. Licence: MIT.

Workflow steps

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

  1. Confirm that you are currently on the main branch and pull the latest changes. If not on main branch, switch to main branch.
  2. Compare code changes between the previous version tag and the latest commit to prepare the release description.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 85bcaf6. 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
    • pnpm
    • gh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, pnpm and gh, 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

Draft Release loads about 576 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 12 tokens; SKILL.md has 313 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~12
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~576

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 dyoshikawa/rulesync at commit 85bcaf6, republished under its MIT licence (© dyoshikawa). 313 words, ~576 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/draft-release/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
draft-release
description
Draft a new release of the project.
targets
*

First, let's work on the following steps.

  1. Confirm that you are currently on the main branch and pull the latest changes. If not on main branch, switch to main branch.
  2. Compare code changes between the previous version tag and the latest commit to prepare the release description.
  • Write in English.
  • Do not include confidential information.
  • Sections, What's Changed, Contributors and Full Changelog are needed.
  • ./tmp/release-notes/*.md will be used as the release notes.

Then, from $ARGUMENTS, get the new version without v prefix, and assign it to $new_version. For example, if $ARGUMENTS is "v1.0.0", the new version is "1.0.0".

If $ARGUMENTS is empty, determine the new version automatically by performing the release-dry-run skill.

Let's resume the release process.

  1. Run git pull.
  2. Run git checkout -b release/v${new_version}.
  3. Update getVersion() function to return the ${new_version} in src/cli/index.ts, and run pnpm cicheck. If the checks fail, fix the code until pass. Then, execute git add, git commit and git push.
  4. Update the version with pnpm version ${new_version} --no-git-tag-version.
  5. Since package.json will be modified, execute git commit and git push.
  6. As a precaution, verify that getVersion() in src/cli/index.ts is updated to the ${new_version}.
  7. Run gh pr create to the main branch.
  8. Create a draft release using gh release create v${new_version} --draft --title v${new_version} --notes-file ./tmp/release-notes/*.md command on the github.com/dyoshikawa/rulesync repository. This creates a draft release so that the publish-assets workflow can upload assets later.

Note: the Homebrew tap formula (Formula/rulesync.rb) is NOT updated here. It embeds sha256 checksums of the release binaries, which only exist after the release PR merges and the Publish Assets workflow uploads them. The goal-release skill performs that update as its post-merge step (regenerate with scripts/generate-homebrew-formula.ts from the release's SHA256SUMS and land it via an immediately merged PR). When releasing manually without the goal-release skill, run that step yourself after the assets are published.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .rulesync/skills/draft-release of dyoshikawa/rulesync.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 85bcaf6

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Questions about Draft Release

How do I install Draft Release in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Draft Release in Codex?

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

Can I use Draft 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 dyoshikawa/rulesync --skill draft-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/draft-release, .gemini/skills/draft-release, .github/skills/draft-release and .opencode/skills/draft-release in your project.

What does Draft Release need to run?

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

Does Draft Release access the network?

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

Is Draft 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 Draft Release use?

Draft 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 Draft Release use?

About 576 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.3k 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 Draft Release?

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Who maintains Draft Release?

dyoshikawa (a GitHub user) maintains it in dyoshikawa/rulesync, which has 1,507 GitHub stars. The repository holds 40 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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