Release

The Release skill is designed to streamline and systematize the process of creating and publishing new versions of the linear-cli project. It addresses the common challenges of managing releases, such as ensuring all changes are properly documented, semantic versioning is correctly applied, and the release is executed with appropriate quality checks. By following a structured workflow, this skill reduces the risk of errors, ensures transparency in the changelog, and simplifies collaboration among developers involved in the release process.

This skill offers a comprehensive set of capabilities for managing the release lifecycle. It guides users through reviewing recent commits, adding user-facing changelog entries, and verifying them for accuracy. It provides clear criteria for categorizing changes into Keep a Changelog types and recommends semantic versioning (major, minor, patch) based on the nature of the changes. Once approved by the user, it automates the changelog release, executes quality checks, and ensures proper tagging in the version control system. These features collectively enable consistent, reliable, and auditable release management.

The Release skill is particularly useful for developers, release managers, and teams maintaining the linear-cli project who want a structured approach to releasing software. It is suitable for situations where multiple contributors are making changes, as it ensures that all relevant modifications are captured and properly attributed. Target users benefit from the skill's ability to reduce manual errors, provide clear release guidance, and maintain high-quality software standards while keeping the changelog up-to-date and semantically versioned.