Agent skill

Utility Pm Release Conductor

by product-on-purpose in product-on-purpose/pm-skills

Walk the guided 6-gate release runbook (G0 readiness, G1 adversarial review, G2 version bump and CHANGELOG, G2.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the…

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevOps & Cloud

Install Utility Pm Release Conductor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-pm-release-conductor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install product-on-purpose/pm-skills utility-pm-release-conductor --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/product-on-purpose/pm-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor .claude/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor && 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
utility-pm-release-conductor
GitHub stars
716
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
685 words
Files
5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
68
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Walk the guided 6-gate release runbook (G0 readiness, G1 adversarial review, G2 version bump and CHANGELOG, G2.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the…

  • Works in 8 steps: Read the canonical sub-agent definition… → Read the canonical runbook at… → Execute the system prompt body as your… → …
  • Cutting a pm-skills release
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, When NOT to Use, Instructions and Critical Caveats for…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Utility Pm Release Conductor is an agent skill from product-on-purpose/pm-skills. Walk the guided 6-gate release runbook (G0 readiness, G1 adversarial review, G2 version bump and CHANGELOG, G2.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the pm-release-conductor sub-agent. Refuses gate bypasses and tags only the re-verified SHA. Use when cutting a pm-skills release.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 6 other files, including reference files (for example `HISTORY.md`, `evals/trigger-fixtures.json` and `references/EXAMPLE.md`).

It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Subagents, Runbooks and postmortems and Changelog and release notes. The repository describes itself as: 68 plug-and-play, best-practice product management skills for AI agents: 30 Triple Diamond phase + 11 foundation + 12 utility + 15 tool (Foundation Sprint + Design Sprint). Plus… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Cutting a pm-skills release
  • Tasks that involve Subagents
  • Tasks that involve Runbooks and postmortems

Example prompts

  • “/utility-pm-release-conductor”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Read the canonical sub-agent definition at agents/pm-release-conductor.md
  2. Read the canonical runbook at docs/contributing/release-runbook.md (the conductor's referential source for gate definitions)
  3. Execute the system prompt body as your operating instructions
  4. Walk the 6 gates inline. At gates that require chain composition
  5. Pause at each gate boundary for explicit maintainer confirmation
  6. Refuse bypass attempts; respect refusal protocols
  7. Tag only the G2.5-captured SHA at G3 per D22
  8. Return gate-by-gate output throughout the flow

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cef1a9. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    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

Utility Pm Release Conductor loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~4.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 685 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~4.2k

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 product-on-purpose/pm-skills at commit 1cef1a9, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© product-on-purpose). 685 words, ~1,610 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
utility-pm-release-conductor
description
Walk the guided 6-gate release runbook (G0 readiness, G1 adversarial review, G2 version bump and CHANGELOG, G2.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the pm-release-conductor sub-agent. Refuses gate bypasses and tags only the re-verified SHA. Use when cutting a pm-skills release.
license
Apache-2.0
metadata.classification
utility
metadata.version
1.0.1
metadata.updated
2026-06-10
metadata.category
release
metadata.frameworks
triple-diamond
metadata.author
product-on-purpose
<!-- PM-Skills | https://github.com/product-on-purpose/pm-skills | Apache 2.0 -->

PM Release Conductor (Dispatch Skill)

Cross-client dispatch wrapper for the pm-release-conductor sub-agent. Detects runtime; dispatches to the native sub-agent on Claude Code; reads agents/pm-release-conductor.md and inlines chain composition on non-Claude clients via "reference + execute inline" pattern.

Status summary (v2.16.0): PRODUCTION on Claude Code (native sub-agent path). DRY-RUN VALIDATED on Codex CLI 2026-05-17 per gate-test-results_2026-05-17_codex.md; LIVE release on Codex CLI is NOT independently exercised, so use with caution and run --dry-run first as a rehearsal. EXPERIMENTAL on Cursor / Windsurf / Copilot CLI / Gemini CLI (UNTESTED at v2.16.0 ship).

See Sub-Agent Compatibility Matrix for the canonical safe-usage matrix + what-was-validated detail + v2.17 expansion plan. For live release on a non-Claude client, ideally re-run the harness at maintainer-gate-testing-codex.md on that specific client first.

When to Use

  • You are running a pm-skills release on a non-Claude client (Codex CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Gemini CLI)
  • You want the same 6-gate discipline that pm-release-conductor enforces on Claude Code, with auditor + curator behaviors inlined at the relevant gates
  • You explicitly want skill-invocation semantics over sub-agent semantics on Claude Code (rare; the native sub-agent is preferred on Claude Code)

When NOT to Use

  • You only need to review a PM artifact -> use utility-pm-critic
  • You only need a governance audit (not a release) -> use utility-pm-skill-auditor
  • You only need a CHANGELOG draft (not a release) -> use utility-pm-changelog-curator
  • You want to perform release operations WITHOUT explicit gate confirmation -> the conductor refuses bypass; manual release outside the conductor is the right path

Instructions

Runtime detection step. Determine which AI client is invoking this skill.

If you are running in Claude Code with the pm-skills plugin installed

Invoke @agent-pm-skills:pm-release-conductor with the user's target version + optional flags from $ARGUMENTS. The native sub-agent walks the 6 gates and natively chains to pm-skill-auditor (G0, G2.5) and pm-changelog-curator (G2) via the Agent tool. Return the conductor's gate-by-gate output to the user.

If you are running in any other AI client

Codex CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, Copilot, Gemini CLI, or any other client without native pm-skills plugin sub-agent support:

  1. Read the canonical sub-agent definition at agents/pm-release-conductor.md
  2. Read the canonical runbook at docs/contributing/release-runbook.md (the conductor's referential source for gate definitions)
  3. Execute the system prompt body as your operating instructions
  4. Walk the 6 gates inline. At gates that require chain composition:
    • G0 (Pre-tag readiness): instead of chaining to pm-skill-auditor, read agents/pm-skill-auditor.md and execute the auditor's 4-step audit flow inline. Capture the layered output (full findings + Status Summary + Status YAML). Treat the Status YAML as your G0 sub-check 5 input.
    • G2 (Version bump + CHANGELOG prep): instead of chaining to pm-changelog-curator, read agents/pm-changelog-curator.md and execute the curator's 8-step drafting flow inline. Capture the layered output. Treat the Status YAML as your G2 sub-check 3 input.
    • G2.5 (Re-verify): re-execute the inlined auditor at sub-check 5 against the new HEAD.
  5. Pause at each gate boundary for explicit maintainer confirmation
  6. Refuse bypass attempts; respect refusal protocols
  7. Tag only the G2.5-captured SHA at G3 per D22
  8. Return gate-by-gate output throughout the flow
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The "reference + execute inline" pattern is what enables cross-client compatibility for chain composition. Phase 2 GATE C sub-spike validates that this pattern is reliable.

Critical Caveats for Non-Claude Inline Execution

Because non-Claude clients cannot natively chain, the auditor and curator behaviors run in the SAME context window as the conductor on non-Claude clients. This has implications:

  1. Context budget. The combined token budget (conductor + inlined auditor + inlined curator + their child reads) may approach context limits on long releases. Plan accordingly.
  2. Tool authorization. The conductor's tool list includes Bash, Read, Edit, Grep, Glob, Agent. The auditor needs Bash + Read + Grep + Glob. The curator needs Bash + Read + Grep. Inline execution on non-Claude clients should have access to ALL of these (i.e., not be running in a Read-only mode).
  3. Refusal cascade. If the inlined auditor refuses (e.g., validators not invocable), the conductor's G0 sub-check 5 fails and the gate pauses. Same for the curator at G2.

Reference Files

© product-on-purpose, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/utility-pm-release-conductor of product-on-purpose/pm-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • HISTORY.md
  • evals/trigger-fixtures.json
  • references/EXAMPLE.md
  • references/TEMPLATE.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cef1a9

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Questions about Utility Pm Release Conductor

What does Utility Pm Release Conductor do?

Walk the guided 6-gate release runbook (G0 readiness, G1 adversarial review, G2 version bump and CHANGELOG, G2.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the…. Utility Pm Release Conductor is an agent skill from product-on-purpose/pm-skills.5 commit and re-verify, G3 tag and push, G4 post-tag hygiene) via the pm-release-conductor sub-agent.

When should I use Utility Pm Release Conductor?

Utility Pm Release Conductor fits situations like: cutting a pm-skills release; tasks that involve Subagents; tasks that involve Runbooks and postmortems.

How do I install Utility Pm Release Conductor in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Utility Pm Release Conductor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-pm-release-conductor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/utility-pm-release-conductor in product-on-purpose/pm-skills) into .agents/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Utility Pm Release Conductor 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 product-on-purpose/pm-skills --skill utility-pm-release-conductor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor, .gemini/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor, .github/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor and .opencode/skills/utility-pm-release-conductor in your project.

What does Utility Pm Release Conductor need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Utility Pm Release Conductor is instructions for the agent only.

Does Utility Pm Release Conductor 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 Utility Pm Release Conductor 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 Utility Pm Release Conductor use?

Utility Pm Release Conductor is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Utility Pm Release Conductor use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.4k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.6k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Utility Pm Release Conductor?

product-on-purpose (a GitHub organization) maintains it in product-on-purpose/pm-skills, which has 716 GitHub stars. The repository holds 68 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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