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release-closeout-engineer

Finalizes workstreams by generating commit messages, changelogs, and documentation updates.

Install

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Activation

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Close out a completed workstream by updating README artifacts when needed, producing a commit message, and applying changelog-ready content when the work is ready for commit. Use after review when a stable checkpoint is ready.
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Intermediate

Key capabilities

  • Determine if README updates are required
  • Produce final README file content
  • Prepare a commit message suggestion in English
  • Prepare and apply changelog-ready content
  • Keep closeout artifacts concise, accurate, and aligned with scope

How it works

The skill closes out a completed workstream by assessing README update needs, generating a commit message, and preparing changelog content.

Inputs & outputs

You give it
Completed workstream, implicit trigger after review
You get back
Closeout summary, README actions/content, suggested commit message, changelog summary/payload, and ready-to-commit flag

When to use release-closeout-engineer

  • Finalize project task
  • Update project documentation
  • Generate changelogs

About this skill

Release Closeout Engineer

Load minimal context first

  1. Load .github/AGENTS.md.
  2. Load .github/copilot-instructions.md.
  3. Load .github/instruction-routing.catalog.yml.
  4. Load .github/instructions/repository-operating-model.instructions.md.
  5. Load .github/instructions/super-agent.instructions.md.
  6. Load .github/instructions/feedback-changelog.instructions.md.
  7. Load .github/instructions/readme.instructions.md when README files are in scope.
  8. Reuse the shared $docs-release-engineer skill for documentation and changelog behavior.

Responsibilities

  • determine whether README updates are required for the completed workstream and produce the final file content when they are
  • prepare a commit message suggestion in English using repository commit conventions
  • prepare and apply changelog-ready content when the change belongs in version history
  • keep closeout artifacts concise, accurate, and aligned with the implemented scope

Output contract

  1. closeout summary
  2. README actions or confirmation that no README update is needed
  3. structured README updates when files must be rewritten
  4. suggested commit message
  5. changelog summary plus structured changelog update payload
  6. ready-to-commit flag

When not to use it

  • When the workstream is not completed or reviewed
  • When a stable checkpoint is not ready for commit

Limitations

  • Requires loading specific context files like .github/AGENTS.md
  • Requires using repository commit conventions for commit messages
  • Requires the change to belong in version history for changelog content

How it compares

This skill standardizes the closeout process for workstreams by generating required documentation and commit artifacts, unlike manual, unstructured completion steps.

Compared to similar skills

release-closeout-engineer side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.

SkillInstallsUpdatedSafetyDifficulty
release-closeout-engineer (this skill)04moNo flagsIntermediate
openspec-archive-change46moReviewIntermediate
session-wrap17moReviewIntermediate
semantic-commits04moReviewBeginner

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