Agent skill

Release Guard

by yannikzz in yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent

View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard).

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedWriting & Content

Install Release Guard

skills CLI

$ npx skills add yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard --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/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .claude/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .claude/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard

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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .agents/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .agents/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .cursor/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .cursor/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git --path .claude/skills/release-guard

--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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard --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/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .gemini/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .gemini/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard

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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .github/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .github/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent release-guard --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-guard .opencode/skills/release-guard && 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-guard" agent skill from https://github.com/yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent/tree/main/.claude/skills/release-guard into .opencode/skills/release-guard/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "release-guard", 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-guard
GitHub stars: 105
Token cost: ~495 tokens
SKILL.md length: 101 words
Files: 2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo: 7
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: AGPL-3.0

At a glance

View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard).

Works in 2 steps: 查看状态（默认动作） → 调整配置
The user wants to check the gates current status (is it blocking users right now?)
SKILL.md covers 1. 查看状态（默认动作）, 2. 调整配置, 安全须知 and 完成判据
Runs JavaScript scripts from its folder; calls node, bunx and wrangler

What it does

Release Guard is an agent skill from yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent. View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard). Use when the user wants to check the gate's current status (is it blocking users right now?), set or clear the internal-test deadline, trigger or release the emergency brake (kill switch), raise the minimum allowed version, or edit the block-screen notice. 触发词：内测开关 / 急刹车 / 看后台配置 / 改截止日 / 下线版本 / 释放门控 / release guard.

Its SKILL.md is about 500 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts.

It sits in Writing & Content. It works with Cloudflare Workers. The repository describes itself as: 面向中国网文作者的 AI 共创桌面应用 | AI-powered desktop writing studio for Chinese web novels. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

The user wants to check the gates current status (is it blocking users right now?)
Clear the internal-test deadline
Release the emergency brake (kill switch)
Raise the minimum allowed version

Example prompts

“/release-guard”

Requirements

Node.js

Workflow steps

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

查看状态（默认动作）
调整配置

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2c49f9f. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (JavaScript), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- node
- bunx
- wrangler
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use bunx and wrangler, 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 Guard loads about 495 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 118 tokens; SKILL.md has 101 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~118
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~495

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent at commit 2c49f9f, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© yannikzz). 101 words, ~495 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release-guard/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: release-guard
description: View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard). Use when the user wants to check the gate's current status (is it blocking users right now?), set or clear the internal-test deadline, trigger or release the emergency brake (kill switch), raise the minimum allowed version, or edit the block-screen notice. 触发词：内测开关 / 急刹车 / 看后台配置 / 改截止日 / 下线版本 / 释放门控 / release guard.

内测释放门控（release-guard）

控制内测包的「软过期 + 远程急刹车」。一个已部署的 Cloudflare Worker 返回一段 JSON，App 启动时拉取后决定要不要把用户挡在外面。改这个 Worker、不动 App、不发新包，约 10s 全员生效。

线上配置真相：Worker（workers/release-guard/src/index.ts 是它的源码）
App 调用地址：写在 electron/main/release-guard-runtime.ts 的 RELEASE_GUARD_URL
纯判定逻辑：electron/main/release-guard.ts（单测 release-guard.test.ts）

1. 查看状态（默认动作）

先跑状态脚本，把结果原样转述给用户（它会显示线上当前配置、现在拦不拦人、以及本地有没有改了没部署）：

bash

node .claude/skills/release-guard/scripts/status.mjs

脚本自定位仓库根，任意 cwd 可跑、只读不改。读完用一两句话总结「现在是放行还是拦人、有没有截止日」。

2. 调整配置

只改 workers/release-guard/src/index.ts 里的 RELEASE_GATE 这一个对象，然后部署、再复验。

想干嘛	改 `RELEASE_GATE`	效果
定内测截止日	`deadline: "2026-09-30T00:00:00Z"`（ISO 8601，建议带 Z/时区）	过期后所有版本启动被拦
取消截止日	`deadline: ""`	不再按日期拦
🚨 紧急下线坏版本	`kill: true`	立即拦所有版本
解除急刹车	`kill: false`	恢复（再按 deadline/minVersion 判）
逼旧版升级	`minVersion: "0.1.320"`（semver）	低于此版本被拦
改拦截页文案	`notice: "……"`	用户看到的提示语

部署（已 wrangler login 过；若 token 过期会提示重登）：

bash

cd workers/release-guard && bunx wrangler deploy

部署后必须复验：再跑一次第 1 步的 status 脚本，确认线上确实变了、判定符合预期。改完务必把 RELEASE_GATE 和线上对上（status 脚本会报「改了没部署」的漂移）。

安全须知

kill: true 或过期的 deadline 会拦所有装了内测包的用户，最坏 ~60s 缓存后全员生效——确认是想要的再部署。
App 端拉取失败时 fail-open（放行），不因断网误伤正常用户；唯一断网也拦的是 App 构建期烤死的「构建后 90 天」硬过期，那条与本 Worker 无关、改不了（要改得重新打包）。
这是公开只读端点，不收/不存任何用户数据，不带密钥。

完成判据

调整类操作，在说"已生效"前必须：部署成功 + status 脚本复验线上配置已更新 + 解读判定正确。仅查看则无需部署。

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .claude/skills/release-guard of yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent.

SKILL.md
scripts/status.mjs

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2c49f9f

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Works with

Cloudflare Workers

Questions about Release Guard

What does Release Guard do?

View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard). Release Guard is an agent skill from yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent. View or change NarraCat-app's internal-test release gate / remote kill switch (the release-guard Cloudflare Worker in workers/release-guard).

When should I use Release Guard?

Release Guard fits situations like: the user wants to check the gates current status (is it blocking users right now?); clear the internal-test deadline; release the emergency brake (kill switch); raise the minimum allowed version.

How do I install Release Guard in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release-guard in yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent) into .claude/skills/release-guard in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Release Guard in Codex?

Run `npx skills add yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release-guard in yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent) into .agents/skills/release-guard in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Release Guard 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 yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent --skill release-guard -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-guard, .gemini/skills/release-guard, .github/skills/release-guard and .opencode/skills/release-guard in your project.

What does Release Guard need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Release Guard needs JavaScript for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (node, bunx and wrangler). Our summary lists: Node.js.

Does Release Guard access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Release Guard 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Release Guard use?

Release Guard is published under the AGPL-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 Guard use?

About 495 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2k 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 Guard?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release Guard: Codflow Update (bighadj22/codflow, 354 stars), Social (coreyhaines31/marketingskills, 54k stars), Humanizer (Azure-Samples/interview-coach-agent-framework, 173 stars) and Avoid AI Writing (conorbronsdon/avoid-ai-writing, 4.9k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release Guard?

yannikzz (a GitHub user) maintains it in yannikzz/narracat-novel-agent, which has 105 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

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

Install Release Guard

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

内测释放门控（release-guard）

1. 查看状态（默认动作）

2. 调整配置

安全须知

完成判据

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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