Agent skill

Create Release Checklist

by software-mansion in software-mansion/smelter

Generate a GitHub release-checklist issue for a full (non-RC) release of the Smelter server and/or the TypeScript SDK.

Custom licenceAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Create Release Checklist

skills CLI
$ npx skills add software-mansion/smelter --skill create-release-checklist -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install software-mansion/smelter create-release-checklist --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/software-mansion/smelter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/create-release-checklist .claude/skills/create-release-checklist && 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
create-release-checklist
GitHub stars
732
Token cost
~1.9k tokens
SKILL.md length
590 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Generate a GitHub release-checklist issue for a full (non-RC) release of the Smelter server and/or the TypeScript SDK.

  • Works in 3 steps: Current versions and last released tags… → The changelog: read the ## unreleased… → The server↔SDK coupling:…
  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness
  • SKILL.md covers What to gather first, Extracting options from the…, Issue structure (reproduce… and Creating the issue
  • Calls git and gh

What it does

Create Release Checklist is an agent skill from software-mansion/smelter. Generate a GitHub release-checklist issue for a full (non-RC) release of the Smelter server and/or the TypeScript SDK. Reads the changelog, extracts the actual new/changed options to verify, and opens the issue with gh.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k 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 Feature launches and release readiness and Changelog and release notes. It works with GitHub, TypeScript, Rust and React. The repository describes itself as: Toolkit for real-time, low latency, programmable video and audio mixing.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness
  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes

Example prompts

  • “/create-release-checklist”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

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

  1. Current versions and last released tags (so you can propose the next versions)
  2. The changelog: read the ## unreleased section of CHANGELOG.md. This is the source of truth for what needs to be verified — do not invent…
  3. The server↔SDK coupling: ts/smelter-node/src/manager/locallySpawnedInstance.ts defines VERSION and REPO. The SDK downloads the server…

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f3b8293. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Grep
    • Glob

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • gh

    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

Create Release Checklist loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 61 tokens; SKILL.md has 590 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~61
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.9k

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: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Grep, Glob

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 590 words (~1,891 tokens).

“Create a GitHub issue that tracks a full, non-RC release of the Smelter server and the TypeScript SDK, following the structure and ordering of the process documented in RELEASE.md.”

— opening of SKILL.md by software-mansion, Custom licence
name
create-release-checklist
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Grep, Glob
disable-model-invocation
false

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/create-release-checklist of software-mansion/smelter.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f3b8293

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Create Release Checklist

What does Create Release Checklist do?

Generate a GitHub release-checklist issue for a full (non-RC) release of the Smelter server and/or the TypeScript SDK. Create Release Checklist is an agent skill from software-mansion/smelter. Generate a GitHub release-checklist issue for a full (non-RC) release of the Smelter server and/or the TypeScript SDK.

When should I use Create Release Checklist?

Create Release Checklist fits situations like: tasks that involve Feature launches and release readiness; tasks that involve Changelog and release notes.

How do I install Create Release Checklist in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Create Release Checklist in Codex?

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

Can I use Create Release Checklist 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 software-mansion/smelter --skill create-release-checklist -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/create-release-checklist, .gemini/skills/create-release-checklist, .github/skills/create-release-checklist and .opencode/skills/create-release-checklist in your project.

What does Create Release Checklist need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Create Release Checklist needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and gh). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Grep, Glob.

Does Create Release Checklist 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 Create Release Checklist safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Create Release Checklist use?

Create Release Checklist 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 Create Release Checklist use?

About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.6k 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 Create Release Checklist?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Release Checklist: Release Version (GOODBOY008/r-shell, 151 stars), Release New Version (kcsujeet/ilamy-calendar, 351 stars), Megaphone Release (Kuberwastaken/megaphone, 169 stars) and Upgrade Dear Imgui Stack (Latias94/dear-imgui-rs, 107 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Release Checklist?

software-mansion (a GitHub organization) maintains it in software-mansion/smelter, which has 732 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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