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Agent skill

Release

by tractorjuice in tractorjuice/arc-kit

Cut a new ArcKit release — bump versions in lockstep, regenerate non-Claude formats, validate plugin/marketplace agreement, tag, and push to standalone repos.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tractorjuice/arc-kit --skill release -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tractorjuice/arc-kit 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/tractorjuice/arc-kit.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
2.3k
Token cost
~3k tokens
SKILL.md length
1,237 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
9
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Cut a new ArcKit release — bump versions in lockstep, regenerate non-Claude formats, validate plugin/marketplace agreement, tag, and push to standalone repos.

  • Works in 4 steps: The feature PR is merged to main —… → Working tree is on main and clean: git… → The version $ARGUMENTS is valid semver… → …
  • The user says cut a release
  • SKILL.md covers Preconditions, Release flow, Common Gotchas and Reference
  • Calls git, claude and python; needs GH_TOKEN

What it does

Release is an agent skill from tractorjuice/arc-kit. Cut a new ArcKit release — bump versions in lockstep, regenerate non-Claude formats, validate plugin/marketplace agreement, tag, and push to standalone repos. Use when the user says 'cut a release', 'release ArcKit', 'ship vX.Y.Z', 'bump the version and release', 'do the release flow', 'tag and publish', or 'push the extensions'. This is a manual, high-consequence workflow: it never runs automatically.

Its SKILL.md is about 3k 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. It works with Model Context Protocol, Git and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: The Enterprise Architecture Governance Harness — strategy, architecture, delivery, and assurance using AI coding assistants.

When your agent uses it

  • The user says cut a release
  • Bump the version and release
  • Do the release flow
  • Tag and publish

Example prompts

  • “cut a release”
  • “release ArcKit”
  • “ship vX.Y.Z”
  • “/release”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. The feature PR is merged to main — releases are cut from main, never from a branch.
  2. Working tree is on main and clean: git checkout main && git pull && git status.
  3. The version $ARGUMENTS is valid semver (X.Y.Z) and greater than the current
  4. GH_TOKEN is set in the environment (needed by push-extensions.sh).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 9c9a803. 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
    • claude
    • python
    • pytest
    • gemini
    • brew
    • bash
    • 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 these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

    • GH_TOKEN

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Release loads about 3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,237 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~3k

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 1,237 words (~3,043 tokens).

“Drive the ArcKit release flow end to end. This skill is the executable companion to docs/RELEASING.md — that doc is the source of truth; if the two disagree, trust RELEASING.md and update this skill.”

— opening of SKILL.md by tractorjuice, Custom licence
name
release
disable-model-invocation
true
argument-hint
[X.Y.Z]

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release of tractorjuice/arc-kit.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 9c9a803

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Questions about Release

What does Release do?

Cut a new ArcKit release — bump versions in lockstep, regenerate non-Claude formats, validate plugin/marketplace agreement, tag, and push to standalone repos. Release is an agent skill from tractorjuice/arc-kit. Cut a new ArcKit release — bump versions in lockstep, regenerate non-Claude formats, validate plugin/marketplace agreement, tag, and push to standalone repos.

When should I use Release?

Release fits situations like: the user says cut a release; bump the version and release; do the release flow; tag and publish.

How do I install Release in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tractorjuice/arc-kit --skill release -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in tractorjuice/arc-kit) 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 tractorjuice/arc-kit --skill release -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release in tractorjuice/arc-kit) 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 tractorjuice/arc-kit --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, claude, python, pytest, gemini and brew) and credentials named GH_TOKEN. Our summary lists: Python 3.

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 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 3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 12k 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: GitHub (swarmclawai/swarmclaw, 688 stars), Git Release (wesammustafa/opencode-primer, 397 stars), Liveagent Code Review (Stack-Cairn/LiveAgent, 2.2k stars) and PR Review Feedback Handler (gittower/git-flow-next, 458 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release?

tractorjuice (a GitHub user) maintains it in tractorjuice/arc-kit, which has 2,252 GitHub stars. The repository holds 9 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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