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Agent skill

Release

by tbhb in tbhb/vale-ai-tells

Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end. An agent skill from tbhb/vale-ai-tells.

MITAuto-check: notesDevelopment

Install Release

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tbhb/vale-ai-tells --skill release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tbhb/vale-ai-tells 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/tbhb/vale-ai-tells.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/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
115
Token cost
~894 tokens
SKILL.md length
427 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
27
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end. An agent skill from tbhb/vale-ai-tells.

  • Works in 7 steps: Pre-flight → Update CHANGELOG.md → Update README.md → …
  • The operator asks to release
  • SKILL.md covers 1. Pre-flight, 2. Update CHANGELOG.md, 3. Update README.md and 4. Pre-commit checks, plus 3 more sections
  • Calls git, mise and gh

What it does

Release is an agent skill from tbhb/vale-ai-tells. Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end. Versions the changelog entry, bumps the package pins in the README, commits through the commit skill, tags, and waits for the workflow that publishes the three zips. Use when the operator asks to release, tag, or publish a version of this repository, and when a task ends in one.

Its SKILL.md is about 890 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 and Technical documentation. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: In today's rapidly evolving landscape, vale-ai-tells is a comprehensive, cutting-edge Vale style package that empowers writers to seamlessly delve into the rich tapestry of AI…. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The operator asks to release
  • Publish a version of this repository
  • When a task ends in one

Example prompts

  • “/release”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Edit, Skill

Workflow steps

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

  1. Pre-flight
  2. Update CHANGELOG.md
  3. Update README.md
  4. Pre-commit checks
  5. Commit
  6. Publish
  7. Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 4c7abc9. 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
    • Edit
    • Skill

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • mise
    • 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

Release loads about 894 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 82 tokens; SKILL.md has 427 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~82
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~894

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, Edit, Skill

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 tbhb/vale-ai-tells at commit 4c7abc9, republished under its MIT licence (© tbhb). 427 words, ~894 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
release
description
Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end. Versions the changelog entry, bumps the package pins in the README, commits through the commit skill, tags, and waits for the workflow that publishes the three zips. Use when the operator asks to release, tag, or publish a version of this repository, and when a task ends in one.
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Edit, Skill
argument-hint
vX.Y.Z

Release

Perform a full release for version $ARGUMENTS.

1. Pre-flight

  • Run git status. Working directory must show no changes and stay on main.
  • Run git log --oneline -3. Confirm the tip commit matches what you want tagged.
  • Check version format: must match vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH
  • Get the previous version tag for use in step 4: git tag --sort=-version:refname | grep "^v" | head -1
<!-- vale Google.Headings = NO -->

2. Update CHANGELOG.md

Read CHANGELOG.md and make these edits:

  1. Replace ## [Unreleased] with ## [$ARGUMENTS_NO_V] - YYYY-MM-DD, using today's date. The heading uses the version without the leading v to match the existing convention and to match the link reference added in step 3 (rumdl will report MD053 Unused link/image reference if the two get out of sync).
  2. Insert a new empty ## [Unreleased] section before it
  3. Add a comparison link at the bottom of the file, before the current top link: [$ARGUMENTS_NO_V]: https://github.com/tbhb/vale-ai-tells/compare/PREV_TAG...$ARGUMENTS where PREV_TAG refers to the tag found in step 1 and ARGUMENTS_NO_V strips the leading v

Writing CHANGELOG entries: Metacommentary uses scope: raw, which bypasses <!-- vale off --> inline suppression. Don't quote literal trigger phrases from that rule (the Let's [verb] patterns) in the CHANGELOG. Paraphrase them instead, as in v1.4.0.

3. Update README.md

<!-- vale Google.Headings = YES -->

The release workflow builds three packages at every tag (ai-tells.zip, ai-tells-commits.zip, ai-tells-experimental.zip). Bump the version in every releases/download/vX.Y.Z/... URL in the README so all package references point at the new tag.

Use grep -n "releases/download" README.md to enumerate every occurrence before editing.

4. Pre-commit checks

Run:

  • mise run repotools:lint-yaml: confirm any new YAML files pass
  • mise run test-clean: confirm false positives file remains clean
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5. Commit

Invoke the commit skill, telling it to stage CHANGELOG.md and README.md and nothing else, and to use chore: release $ARGUMENTS as the subject. That skill owns the COMMIT_AGENTMSG draft, the Assisted-by and Signed-off-by trailers the commit-trailers hook requires, and the gates. A hand-written git commit here fails that hook, since a bare subject carries no trailers.

Keep the body short and trigger-free. The commit-msg hook lints the message with all ai-tells rules, and a release commit has little to explain beyond the version. Never name a flagged phrase or token in it.

6. Publish

Run:

sh
mise run release $ARGUMENTS

This creates the annotated tag (using -a -m), pushes the commit and tag, then waits for the GitHub Actions release workflow to complete. It extracts the CHANGELOG entry and updates the release notes automatically.

7. Verify

Run gh release view $ARGUMENTS to confirm:

  • Release notes match the CHANGELOG entry
  • The "Full Changelog" comparison link appears and points to the right range
  • All three package assets appear in the release: ai-tells.zip, ai-tells-commits.zip, ai-tells-experimental.zip

© tbhb, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release of tbhb/vale-ai-tells.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 4c7abc9

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CommitLennartHennigs/ESPRotary188—~590Automated safety check: PassMIT

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end. An agent skill from tbhb/vale-ai-tells. Release is an agent skill from tbhb/vale-ai-tells. Cut a vale-ai-tells release end-to-end.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: the operator asks to release; publish a version of this repository; when a task ends in one.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tbhb/vale-ai-tells --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in tbhb/vale-ai-tells) 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 tbhb/vale-ai-tells --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in tbhb/vale-ai-tells) 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 tbhb/vale-ai-tells --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, mise and gh). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Edit, Skill.

Does Release 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 Release 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 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 894 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k 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 Release?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release: Release (jrswab/axe, 895 stars), Commit (LennartHennigs/Button2, 565 stars), Qkeymapper Release Notes (Zalafina/QKeyMapper, 755 stars) and Doc-Code Sync Check (fancyboi999/open-tag, 203 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

tbhb (a GitHub user) maintains it in tbhb/vale-ai-tells, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository holds 27 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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