Agent skill

Release

by shopsys in shopsys/shopsys

Drives php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end. An agent skill from shopsys/shopsys.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys 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/shopsys/shopsys.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/

Facts

Skill name
release
GitHub stars
350
Token cost
~4.5k tokens
SKILL.md length
2,125 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
38
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Drives php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end. An agent skill from shopsys/shopsys.

  • Works in 4 steps: Pre-flight (fail fast, do not auto-fix) → Run the releaser → Prompt handler table → …
  • The user invokes /release
  • SKILL.md covers Invocation, Phase 1 — Pre-flight (fail…, Phase 2 — Run the releaser and Phase 3 — Prompt handler table, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls git, docker and gh; reaches blog.shopsys.com

What it does

Release is an agent skill from shopsys/shopsys. Drives php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end. Runs pre-flight checks, starts the releaser, watches for confirm prompts, auto-presses Enter on prompts that are safe (waitFor already verified readiness, or ceremonial), and surfaces judgement calls to the operator via AskUserQuestion. Use when the user invokes /release.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.5k 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 Monorepo tooling. It works with PHP, Docker and Git. The repository describes itself as: Main repository for maintaining Shopsys Platform packages. Open for ISSUES and PULL REQUESTS.

When your agent uses it

  • The user invokes /release
  • Tasks that involve Monorepo tooling

Example prompts

  • “Use the release skill to drive php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end. An agent skill from shopsys/shopsys”
  • “/release”

Requirements

  • Docker

Workflow steps

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

  1. Pre-flight (fail fast, do not auto-fix)
  2. Run the releaser
  3. Prompt handler table
  4. Side-task helpers

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3c4bf38. 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
    • docker
    • gh
    • php

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • blog.shopsys.com

    Also links to:

    • docs.shopsys.com

    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 4.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 2,125 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
~4.5k

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 2,125 words (~4,525 tokens).

“Orchestrates a single stage of the Shopsys release process. The releaser CLI keeps doing the work; this skill drives it and decides what to do at each confirm prompt.”

— opening of SKILL.md by shopsys, Custom licence
name
release
user_invocable
true
version
1.1.0

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/release of shopsys/shopsys.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3c4bf38

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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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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Drives php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end. An agent skill from shopsys/shopsys. Release is an agent skill from shopsys/shopsys. Drives php bin/console monorepo:release end-to-end.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: the user invokes /release; tasks that involve Monorepo tooling.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in shopsys/shopsys) 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 shopsys/shopsys --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/release in shopsys/shopsys) 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 shopsys/shopsys --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, docker, gh and php). Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Release access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: blog.shopsys.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: docs.shopsys.com. 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 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 use?

About 4.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 18k 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: Basercms Core Plugin Convert (baserproject/basercms, 190 stars), Source Leak Hunt (uphiago/recon-skills, 1.3k stars), Migrate Internal Package into Ghost (TryGhost/Ghost, 55k stars) and Merge Up (symfony/symfony, 31k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

shopsys (a GitHub organization) maintains it in shopsys/shopsys, which has 350 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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