Official agent skill

Release

Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Release

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu 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/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .claude/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu release --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .agents/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .agents/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu release --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .cursor/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .cursor/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git --path .agents/skills/release

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu release --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .gemini/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .gemini/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu release

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .github/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .github/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install microsoft/Huabu release --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/release .opencode/skills/release && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "release" agent skill from https://github.com/microsoft/Huabu/tree/main/.agents/skills/release into .opencode/skills/release/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: release
GitHub stars: 157
Token cost: ~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 450 words
Files: 2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 10
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version.

Explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release
SKILL.md covers Agent policy — read first, Commands, Typical flow and Guardrails (built into the…, plus 2 more sections
Runs Shell scripts from its folder

What it does

Release is an agent skill from microsoft/Huabu, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version. Performs an outward action — bumps the version in apps/desktop/package.json, commits + annotated-tags vX.Y.Z, and pushes the branch + tag. That tag push auto-builds the macOS/Windows installers and publishes a GitHub Release. Provides status, bump, tag-push, and a one-command run (bump → tag-push).

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/release.sh`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud. It works with GitHub, npm, macOS and GitHub Actions. The repository describes itself as: Huabu, where you and your agents think together. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release

Example prompts

“/release”

Requirements

A Bash shell

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit dc0cfa9. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Shell), which the agent can run.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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 1.1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 450 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~103
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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from microsoft/Huabu at commit dc0cfa9, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 450 words, ~1,084 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: release
description: Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version. Performs an outward action — bumps the version in apps/desktop/package.json, commits + annotated-tags vX.Y.Z, and pushes the branch + tag. That tag push auto-builds the macOS/Windows installers and publishes a GitHub Release. Provides `status`, `bump`, `tag-push`, and a one-command `run` (bump → tag-push).

Release

Huabu ships exactly one artifact: the Huabu desktop (Electron) app. So there is one version per release, held in apps/desktop/package.json. A release bumps that version, makes one Release vX.Y.Z commit + annotated tag, and pushes the branch + tag.

Everything past the push is automatic and lives in GitHub Actions: pushing a vX.Y.Z tag fires .github/workflows/release.yml, which builds the macOS + Windows installers and publishes them as a GitHub Release (with auto-generated notes) attached to that tag. The skill does not await that build — follow it in the Actions tab (workflow "Release").

The whole release is therefore just run = bump → tag-push.

bash

.agents/skills/release/scripts/release.sh <command> [options]

Agent policy — read first

This skill pushes a tag that publishes a public GitHub Release. Do not run tag-push or run unless the user has explicitly asked to cut/tag a release in this turn. When unsure, print the command and let the user run it.

Read-only / safe anytime: status, and any subcommand with --dry-run.
tag-push and run refuse to act without --yes (there is no interactive prompt — be explicit).

Commands

Command	What it does
`status`	Current version, latest tag, branch, tree state. Read-only.
`bump <version>`	Write `<version>` into `apps/desktop/package.json`. Local only, no commit.
`tag-push <version> --yes`	Commit `Release vX.Y.Z`, annotated tag `vX.Y.Z`, push branch + tag.
`run <version> --yes`	The one release command: `bump` → `tag-push`.

Options: --dry-run (print without running), --yes (confirm the push), -m/--message <text> (annotated-tag message; default Release vX.Y.Z).

Typical flow

bash

# 1. See where things stand.
.agents/skills/release/scripts/release.sh status

# 2. Preview the whole release without touching anything.
.agents/skills/release/scripts/release.sh run 0.3.0 --yes --dry-run

# 3. Cut it.
.agents/skills/release/scripts/release.sh run 0.3.0 --yes

Then watch GitHub Actions → workflow "Release" for the v0.3.0 build; when it finishes, the installers are attached to the v0.3.0 GitHub Release.

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Guardrails (built into the script)

Version must be valid semver (0.3.0, 0.3.0-rc.1).
tag-push refuses if apps/desktop/package.json isn't already at the target version — run bump first (or use run, which does both).
It never moves an existing tag — releases are immutable; pick a new version. It warns if the version doesn't advance past the latest tag.
The release commit is scoped to apps/desktop/package.json only, so unrelated working-tree changes are never swept into it.
Refuses on detached HEAD.

Pre-release (draft) builds

To vet installers before going public, don't use this skill — run the "Release" workflow manually (workflow_dispatch) from the Actions tab with a tag like v0.3.0-rc.1. The workflow derives the temporary desktop app version from this tag, so installer filenames, update metadata, and the app itself use 0.3.0-rc.1 without requiring a version commit. Manual runs publish a draft release you can inspect before making it public.

Notes

The version lives only in apps/desktop/package.json — the root and other workspace packages are private with no meaningful version. If a future release needs to version another package, extend VERSION_FILE in scripts/release.sh.
Skills in this repo live under .agents/skills/ (there is no .claude/skills symlink), so always invoke the script by its .agents/skills/... path.

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .agents/skills/release of microsoft/Huabu.

SKILL.md
scripts/release.sh

Open the folder on GitHubat commit dc0cfa9

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npm Release Via GitHub Actionsjmfederico/pi-web	861	—	~2.9k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
Release Flowromankurnovskii/BrewMate	301	—	~976	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	9 days ago
CI Runner Auditapache/magpie	110	—	~2.4k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version. Release is an agent skill from microsoft/Huabu, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use ONLY when the user explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release or tag a version.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: explicitly asks to cut/publish a Huabu desktop release.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in microsoft/Huabu) 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 microsoft/Huabu --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in microsoft/Huabu) 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 microsoft/Huabu --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 a shell for the scripts in its folder. Our summary lists: A Bash shell.

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Release use?

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 Release use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k 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?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release: Release All (paperboytm/spool, 592 stars), GitHub Actions Supply Chain Pinning (asyncapi/generator, 1.1k stars), npm Release Via GitHub Actions (jmfederico/pi-web, 861 stars) and Release Flow (romankurnovskii/BrewMate, 301 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/Huabu, which has 157 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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

Release

Install Release

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Release

Agent policy — read first

Commands

Typical flow

Guardrails (built into the script)

Pre-release (draft) builds

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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npm Release Via GitHub Actions

Release Flow

CI Runner Audit

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Install Release

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Release

Agent policy — read first

Commands

Typical flow

Guardrails (built into the script)

Pre-release (draft) builds

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

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