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Agent skill

Releasing Software

by harperreed in harperreed/dotfiles

A skill your agent uses when preparing a release, tagging a version, or when user says "release", "tag", "ship it", "push to production" - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging…

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Releasing Software

skills CLI
$ npx skills add harperreed/dotfiles --skill releasing-software -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install harperreed/dotfiles releasing-software --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/harperreed/dotfiles.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/releasing-software .claude/skills/releasing-software && 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
releasing-software
GitHub stars
334
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
369 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when preparing a release, tagging a version, or when user says "release", "tag", "ship it", "push to production" - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging…

  • Works in 6 steps: Verify Build Paths → Verify Tests Exist → Verify Local CI Passes → …
  • Preparing a release
  • SKILL.md covers Overview, The Iron Law, Pre-Release Checklist and Release Procedure, plus 5 more sections
  • Calls git, make and gh

What it does

Releasing Software is an agent skill from harperreed/dotfiles. Use when preparing a release, tagging a version, or when user says "release", "tag", "ship it", "push to production" - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging to avoid the retag-four-times failure pattern

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k 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: Dotfiles. Managed by YADM.

When your agent uses it

  • Preparing a release
  • Tagging a version
  • User says release
  • Push to production - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging to avoid the retag-four-times failure pattern

Example prompts

  • “release”
  • “ship it”
  • “push to production”
  • “/releasing-software”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Verify Build Paths
  2. Verify Tests Exist
  3. Verify Local CI Passes
  4. Verify Documentation
  5. Verify Release Config
  6. Verify Clean Git State

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b78c10e. 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
    • make
    • gh
    • go

    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 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

Releasing Software loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 60 tokens; SKILL.md has 369 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~60
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 369 words (~1,126 tokens).

“Never tag until CI passes. Every retag erodes trust and wastes time.”

— opening of SKILL.md by harperreed
name
releasing-software

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/releasing-software of harperreed/dotfiles.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b78c10e

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PR Babysitteropeninterpreter/openinterpreter69k3 repos~4.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code78k4 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Releasing Software

What does Releasing Software do?

A skill your agent uses when preparing a release, tagging a version, or when user says "release", "tag", "ship it", "push to production" - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging…. Releasing Software is an agent skill from harperreed/dotfiles.

When should I use Releasing Software?

Releasing Software fits situations like: preparing a release; tagging a version; user says release; push to production - ensures all release artifacts are verified before tagging to avoid the retag-four-times failure pattern.

How do I install Releasing Software in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Releasing Software in Codex?

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

Can I use Releasing Software 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 harperreed/dotfiles --skill releasing-software -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/releasing-software, .gemini/skills/releasing-software, .github/skills/releasing-software and .opencode/skills/releasing-software in your project.

What does Releasing Software need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Releasing Software needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, make, gh and go).

Does Releasing Software 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 Releasing Software 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 Releasing Software use?

No licence was found for Releasing Software or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Releasing Software use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.5k 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 Releasing Software?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Releasing Software: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k 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 Releasing Software?

harperreed (a GitHub user) maintains it in harperreed/dotfiles, which has 334 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 3, 2026.

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