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Agent skill

Release Wheel

by GPlates in GPlates/GPlates

Walk through publishing a pyGPlates release to PyPI - version bump, release tag, and the approval gate.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release Wheel

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install GPlates/GPlates release-wheel --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/GPlates/GPlates.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-wheel .claude/skills/release-wheel && 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-wheel
GitHub stars
154
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,046 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Walk through publishing a pyGPlates release to PyPI - version bump, release tag, and the approval gate.

  • Works in 6 steps: Set the release target. Set… → Tag exactly PyGPlates-, on the release… → Wait for the build. build-wheels.yml… → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers Before starting, Steps, Recovery and Traps
  • Calls cmake, python and gh

What it does

Release Wheel is an agent skill from GPlates/GPlates. Walk through publishing a pyGPlates release to PyPI - version bump, release tag, and the approval gate. Invoke as /release-wheel <version.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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. The repository describes itself as: GPlates is a program for visualising and manipulating plate tectonic reconstructions. PyGPlates is a Python package containing the core plate reconstruction functionality in…

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/release-wheel”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Set the release target. Set PYGPLATES_RELEASE_VERSION in
  2. Tag exactly PyGPlates-, on the release commit, then check it. That is the
  3. Wait for the build. build-wheels.yml builds the sdist and the full matrix — roughly
  4. Review, then approve. The run sits at waiting until a maintainer approves the pypi
  5. Publish. On approval the whole matrix uploads to PyPI with PEP 740 attestations. Then
  6. Move the targets on. A tag changes what the next version on each branch is called, and

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e312c0c. 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:

    • cmake
    • python
    • gh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use 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

Release Wheel loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,046 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~38
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

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 1,046 words (~1,826 tokens).

“Target version: $ARGUMENTS (a PEP 440 version such as 1.1.0 or 1.1.0rc1). If none was given, ask for it before doing anything.”

— opening of SKILL.md by GPlates, Custom licence
name
release-wheel
disable-model-invocation
true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release-wheel of GPlates/GPlates.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit e312c0c

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Release Wheel 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.

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PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k5 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Release Wheel

What does Release Wheel do?

Walk through publishing a pyGPlates release to PyPI - version bump, release tag, and the approval gate. Release Wheel is an agent skill from GPlates/GPlates. Walk through publishing a pyGPlates release to PyPI - version bump, release tag, and the approval gate.

When should I use Release Wheel?

Release Wheel fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Release Wheel in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Release Wheel in Codex?

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

Can I use Release Wheel 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 GPlates/GPlates --skill release-wheel -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-wheel, .gemini/skills/release-wheel, .github/skills/release-wheel and .opencode/skills/release-wheel in your project.

What does Release Wheel need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Release Wheel needs the command-line tools its instructions call (cmake, python and gh). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Release Wheel access the network?

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

Is Release Wheel 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 Wheel use?

Release Wheel 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 Wheel use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.3k 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 Release Wheel?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release Wheel: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (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 Wheel?

GPlates (a GitHub organization) maintains it in GPlates/GPlates, which has 154 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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