Agent skill

Release

Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release

skills CLI

$ npx skills add ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ranfdev/DistroShelf 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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ranfdev/DistroShelf 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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ranfdev/DistroShelf 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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install ranfdev/DistroShelf 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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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 ranfdev/DistroShelf 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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --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 ranfdev/DistroShelf 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/ranfdev/DistroShelf.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/ranfdev/DistroShelf/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: 327
Token cost: ~448 tokens
SKILL.md length: 169 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 4
Repo updated: Aug 17, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: GPL-3.0

At a glance

Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag.

Works in 6 steps: Analyze changes: Retrieve all commits… → Categorize changes: From commit… → Write release notes: Append the new… → …
Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes
Calls git

What it does

Release is an agent skill from ranfdev/DistroShelf. Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag.

Its SKILL.md is about 450 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, covering Changelog and release notes. The repository describes itself as: gtk4 client for https://distrobox.it. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes

Example prompts

“/release”

Workflow steps

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

Analyze changes: Retrieve all commits since the last tag using git log --oneline --reverse $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD. Ensure…
Categorize changes: From commit messages, identify user-visible changes and classify them using the existing release note convention from…
Write release notes: Append the new release entry at the top of the section in data/com.ranfdev.DistroShelf.metainfo.xml.in`. Use the…
Determine version: Follow semver (major.minor.patch) based on the types of changes
Update version: Bump the version: field in meson.build (line 2) to match.
Commit & Tag: Stage changes, commit with message vX.Y.Z, and create an annotated tag vX.Y.Z

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1b85cb0. 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
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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 loads about 448 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 169 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~448

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 ranfdev/DistroShelf at commit 1b85cb0, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© ranfdev). 169 words, ~448 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: release
description: Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag.

Release Process

Your task is to prepare the next release for the DistroShelf project:

Analyze changes: Retrieve all commits since the last tag using git log --oneline --reverse $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD. Ensure you get the full list (not truncated).
Categorize changes: From commit messages, identify user-visible changes and classify them using the existing release note convention from data/com.ranfdev.DistroShelf.metainfo.xml.in:
- New: — new features
- Improved: — enhancements to existing features
- Fix: — bug fixes
- Changed: — behavior changes or removals
- i18n: — translation updates (only note new languages)
Ignore internal refactors, dependency bumps, documentation-only changes, and other non-user-facing changes.

Write release notes: Append the new release entry at the top of the <releases> section in data/com.ranfdev.DistroShelf.metainfo.xml.in. Use the existing format:

xml

<release version="X.Y.Z" date="YYYY-MM-DD">
  <description translate="no">
    <ul>
      <li>New: Feature description.</li>
      <li>Fix: Bug description.</li>
    </ul>
  </description>
</release>

Determine version: Follow semver (major.minor.patch) based on the types of changes:
- New features → minor bump
- Breaking changes → major bump
- Only fixes → patch bump
Update version: Bump the version: field in meson.build (line 2) to match.
Commit & Tag: Stage changes, commit with message vX.Y.Z, and create an annotated tag vX.Y.Z:
```
git add -A && git commit -m "vX.Y.Z"
git tag vX.Y.Z
```

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/release of ranfdev/DistroShelf.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1b85cb0

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Release 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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Release this skillranfdev/DistroShelf	327	—	~448	Automated safety check: Pass	GPL-3.0	1 mo ago
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React Router Release Notes Prepremix-run/react-router	57k	—	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	2 days ago
Mole CLI Release Flowtw93/Mole	70k	—	~2.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	GPL-3.0	today

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag. Release is an agent skill from ranfdev/DistroShelf. Prepare the next release of DistroShelf: version bump, release notes, commit, and tag.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: tasks that involve Changelog and release notes.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in ranfdev/DistroShelf) 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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in ranfdev/DistroShelf) 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 ranfdev/DistroShelf --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 the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. 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. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Release use?

Release is published under the GPL-3.0 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 448 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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: Simple English (moeru-ai/airi, 50k stars), StarRocks Release Notes (StarRocks/starrocks, 12k stars), Cutting A Release (TriliumNext/Trilium, 38k stars) and React Router Release Notes Prep (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

ranfdev (a GitHub user) maintains it in ranfdev/DistroShelf, which has 327 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 17, 2026.

Source: ranfdev/DistroShelf 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

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Release Process

Files

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Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Release Process

Files

Compare with similar skills

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