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agent-release-swarm

Automate complex release cycles, from changelogs to deployment, using a swarm of intelligent agents.

Install

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Activation

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Agent skill for release-swarm - invoke with $agent-release-swarm
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Advanced

Key capabilities

  • Generate release changelogs from commit history
  • Orchestrate multi-platform deployment steps
  • Manage GitHub branch creation and PRs
  • Coordinate swarm agents for parallel tasks
  • Finalize deployment with GitHub CLI

How it works

It triggers a series of swarm agent tasks that execute CLI commands to plan, branch, and merge release-related changes.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Release version and target branch
You get back
GitHub PRs, merged code, and release documentation

When to use agent-release-swarm

  • Automating software releases
  • Generating release changelogs
  • Managing multi-platform deployments

About this skill


name: release-swarm description: Orchestrate complex software releases using AI swarms that handle everything from changelog generation to multi-platform deployment type: coordination color: "#4ECDC4" tools:

  • Bash
  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • TodoWrite
  • TodoRead
  • Task
  • WebFetch
  • mcp__github__create_pull_request
  • mcp__github__merge_pull_request
  • mcp__github__create_branch
  • mcp__github__push_files
  • mcp__github__create_issue
  • mcp__claude-flow__swarm_init
  • mcp__claude-flow__agent_spawn
  • mcp__claude-flow__task_orchestrate
  • mcp__claude-flow__parallel_execute
  • mcp__claude-flow__load_balance hooks: pre_task: | echo "🐝 Initializing release swarm coordination..." npx ruv-swarm hook pre-task --mode release-swarm --init-swarm post_edit: | echo "🔄 Synchronizing release swarm state and validating changes..." npx ruv-swarm hook post-edit --mode release-swarm --sync-swarm post_task: | echo "🎯 Release swarm task completed. Coordinating final deployment..." npx ruv-swarm hook post-task --mode release-swarm --finalize-release notification: | echo "📡 Broadcasting release completion across all swarm agents..." npx ruv-swarm hook notification --mode release-swarm --broadcast

Release Swarm - Intelligent Release Automation

Overview

Orchestrate complex software releases using AI swarms that handle everything from changelog generation to multi-platform deployment.

Core Features

1. Release Planning

# Plan next release using gh CLI
# Get commit history since last release
LAST_TAG=$(gh release list --limit 1 --json tagName -q '.[0].tagName')
COMMITS=$(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$compare/${LAST_TAG}...HEAD --jq '.commits')

# Get merged PRs
MERGED_PRS=$(gh pr list --state merged --base main --json number,title,labels,mergedAt \
  --jq ".[] | select(.mergedAt > \"$(gh release view $LAST_TAG --json publishedAt -q .publishedAt)\")")  

# Plan release with commit analysis
npx ruv-swarm github release-plan \
  --commits "$COMMITS" \
  --merged-prs "$MERGED_PRS" \
  --analyze-commits \
  --suggest-version \
  --identify-breaking \
  --generate-timeline

2. Automated Versioning

# Smart version bumping
npx ruv-swarm github release-version \
  --strategy "semantic" \
  --analyze-changes \
  --check-breaking \
  --update-files

3. Release Orchestration

# Full release automation with gh CLI
# Generate changelog from PRs and commits
CHANGELOG=$(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$compare/${LAST_TAG}...HEAD \
  --jq '.commits[].commit.message' | \
  npx ruv-swarm github generate-changelog)

# Create release draft
gh release create v2.0.0 \
  --draft \
  --title "Release v2.0.0" \
  --notes "$CHANGELOG" \
  --target main

# Run release orchestration
npx ruv-swarm github release-create \
  --version "2.0.0" \
  --changelog "$CHANGELOG" \
  --build-artifacts \
  --deploy-targets "npm,docker,github"

# Publish release after validation
gh release edit v2.0.0 --draft=false

# Create announcement issue
gh issue create \
  --title "🎉 Released v2.0.0" \
  --body "$CHANGELOG" \
  --label "announcement,release"

Release Configuration

Release Config File

# .github$release-swarm.yml
version: 1
release:
  versioning:
    strategy: semantic
    breaking-keywords: ["BREAKING", "!"]
    
  changelog:
    sections:
      - title: "🚀 Features"
        labels: ["feature", "enhancement"]
      - title: "🐛 Bug Fixes"
        labels: ["bug", "fix"]
      - title: "📚 Documentation"
        labels: ["docs", "documentation"]
        
  artifacts:
    - name: npm-package
      build: npm run build
      publish: npm publish
      
    - name: docker-image
      build: docker build -t app:$VERSION .
      publish: docker push app:$VERSION
      
    - name: binaries
      build: .$scripts$build-binaries.sh
      upload: github-release
      
  deployment:
    environments:
      - name: staging
        auto-deploy: true
        validation: npm run test:e2e
        
      - name: production
        approval-required: true
        rollback-enabled: true
        
  notifications:
    - slack: releases-channel
    - email: [email protected]
    - discord: webhook-url

Release Agents

Changelog Agent

# Generate intelligent changelog with gh CLI
# Get all merged PRs between versions
PRS=$(gh pr list --state merged --base main --json number,title,labels,author,mergedAt \
  --jq ".[] | select(.mergedAt > \"$(gh release view v1.0.0 --json publishedAt -q .publishedAt)\")")  

# Get contributors
CONTRIBUTORS=$(echo "$PRS" | jq -r '[.author.login] | unique | join(", ")')

# Get commit messages
COMMITS=$(gh api repos/:owner/:repo$compare$v1.0.0...HEAD \
  --jq '.commits[].commit.message')

# Generate categorized changelog
CHANGELOG=$(npx ruv-swarm github changelog \
  --prs "$PRS" \
  --commits "$COMMITS" \
  --contributors "$CONTRIBUTORS" \
  --from v1.0.0 \
  --to HEAD \
  --categorize \
  --add-migration-guide)

# Save changelog
echo "$CHANGELOG" > CHANGELOG.md

# Create PR with changelog update
gh pr create \
  --title "docs: Update changelog for v2.0.0" \
  --body "Automated changelog update" \
  --base main

Capabilities:

  • Semantic commit analysis
  • Breaking change detection
  • Contributor attribution
  • Migration guide generation
  • Multi-language support

Version Agent

# Determine next version
npx ruv-swarm github version-suggest \
  --current v1.2.3 \
  --analyze-commits \
  --check-compatibility \
  --suggest-pre-release

Logic:

  • Analyzes commit messages
  • Detects breaking changes
  • Suggests appropriate bump
  • Handles pre-releases
  • Validates version constraints

Build Agent

# Coordinate multi-platform builds
npx ruv-swarm github release-build \
  --platforms "linux,macos,windows" \
  --architectures "x64,arm64" \
  --parallel \
  --optimize-size

Features:

  • Cross-platform compilation
  • Parallel build execution
  • Artifact optimization
  • Dependency bundling
  • Build caching

Test Agent

# Pre-release testing
npx ruv-swarm github release-test \
  --suites "unit,integration,e2e,performance" \
  --environments "node:16,node:18,node:20" \
  --fail-fast false \
  --generate-report

Deploy Agent

# Multi-target deployment
npx ruv-swarm github release-deploy \
  --targets "npm,docker,github,s3" \
  --staged-rollout \
  --monitor-metrics \
  --auto-rollback

Advanced Features

1. Progressive Deployment

# Staged rollout configuration
deployment:
  strategy: progressive
  stages:
    - name: canary
      percentage: 5
      duration: 1h
      metrics:
        - error-rate < 0.1%
        - latency-p99 < 200ms
        
    - name: partial
      percentage: 25
      duration: 4h
      validation: automated-tests
      
    - name: full
      percentage: 100
      approval: required

2. Multi-Repo Releases

# Coordinate releases across repos
npx ruv-swarm github multi-release \
  --repos "frontend:v2.0.0,backend:v2.1.0,cli:v1.5.0" \
  --ensure-compatibility \
  --atomic-release \
  --synchronized

3. Hotfix Automation

# Emergency hotfix process
npx ruv-swarm github hotfix \
  --issue 789 \
  --target-version v1.2.4 \
  --cherry-pick-commits \
  --fast-track-deploy

Release Workflows

Standard Release Flow

# .github$workflows$release.yml
name: Release Workflow
on:
  push:
    tags: ['v*']

jobs:
  release-swarm:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions$checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
          
      - name: Setup GitHub CLI
        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | gh auth login --with-token
          
      - name: Initialize Release Swarm
        run: |
          # Get release tag and previous tag
          RELEASE_TAG=${{ github.ref_name }}
          PREV_TAG=$(gh release list --limit 2 --json tagName -q '.[1].tagName')
          
          # Get PRs and commits for changelog
          PRS=$(gh pr list --state merged --base main --json number,title,labels,author \
            --search "merged:>=$(gh release view $PREV_TAG --json publishedAt -q .publishedAt)")
          
          npx ruv-swarm github release-init \
            --tag $RELEASE_TAG \
            --previous-tag $PREV_TAG \
            --prs "$PRS" \
            --spawn-agents "changelog,version,build,test,deploy"
            
      - name: Generate Release Assets
        run: |
          # Generate changelog from PR data
          CHANGELOG=$(npx ruv-swarm github release-changelog \
            --format markdown)
          
          # Update release notes
          gh release edit ${{ github.ref_name }} \
            --notes "$CHANGELOG"
          
          # Generate and upload assets
          npx ruv-swarm github release-assets \
            --changelog \
            --binaries \
            --documentation
            
      - name: Upload Release Assets
        run: |
          # Upload generated assets to GitHub release
          for file in dist/*; do
            gh release upload ${{ github.ref_name }} "$file"
          done
          
      - name: Publish Release
        run: |
          # Publish to package registries
          npx ruv-swarm github release-publish \
            --platforms all
          
          # Create announcement issue
          gh issue create \
            --title "🚀 Released ${{ github.ref_name }}" \
            --body "See [release notes](https:/$github.com/${{ github.repository }}$releases$tag/${{ github.ref_name }})" \
            --label "announcement"

Continuous Deployment

# Automated deployment pipeline
npx ruv-swarm github cd-pipeline \
  --trigger "merge-to-main" \
  --auto-version \
  --deploy-on-success \
  --rollback-on-failure

Release Validation

Pre-Release Checks

# Comprehensive validation
npx ruv-swarm github release-validate \
  --checks "
    version-conflicts,
    d

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When not to use it

  • Simple repository tasks without release requirements
  • Projects not using GitHub for version control

Prerequisites

GitHub CLI (gh)Swarm agent access

Limitations

  • Requires valid GitHub permissions
  • Highly dependent on branch naming conventions

How it compares

It replaces manual release management by using AI agents to perform steps across multiple repositories simultaneously.

Compared to similar skills

agent-release-swarm side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
agent-release-swarm (this skill)16moReviewAdvanced
github-release-management46moReviewAdvanced
magerun-release15moNo flagsIntermediate
release12moNo flagsIntermediate

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