release-prep
Provides a safety-focused checklist to prepare, validate, and document production software releases.
Install
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Activation
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Use when preparing a production release or release candidate - provides a checklist-driven workflow for validation, versioning, build optimization, documentation updates, and deployment readiness.Key capabilities
- →Validate quality and security
- →Update versions and documentation
- →Build production artifacts
- →Prepare rollout plans
- →Prepare rollback plans
- →Coordinate pre-release validation
How it works
The skill guides users through a checklist-driven workflow to confirm release scope, run validations, update artifacts, and produce deployment plans.
Inputs & outputs
When to use release-prep
- →Preparing release candidates
- →Updating version numbers
- →Generating changelogs
- →Deployment readiness check
About this skill
Release Prep
Overview
Standardize release preparation with a safety-first checklist: validate quality and security, update versions and docs, build production artifacts, and prepare rollout/rollback plans.
When to Use
- Preparing a release candidate or production deploy
- Coordinating pre-release validation and documentation
- Ensuring versioning, changelog, and build steps are consistent
Avoid when:
- You only need a quick version bump or doc update
- The release process is owned by a separate automation pipeline
Quick Reference
| Task | Load reference |
|---|---|
| Release preparation | skills/release-prep/references/prepare-release.md |
Workflow
- Confirm release scope and version.
- Load the release preparation reference.
- Run pre-release validation (tests, security, performance).
- Update versions, changelog, and docs.
- Build production artifacts and validate.
- Produce deployment checklist and rollback plan.
Output
- Release readiness checklist
- Validation results and blockers
- Deployment plan with rollback steps
Common Mistakes
- Skipping security or performance checks
- Shipping without updating changelog or docs
- Building artifacts without validating environment parity
When not to use it
- →When only a quick version bump is needed
- →When only a quick documentation update is needed
- →When a separate automation pipeline owns the release process
Limitations
- →Does not perform quick version bumps
- →Does not perform quick documentation updates
- →Not for use when a separate automation pipeline owns the release process
How it compares
This workflow standardizes release preparation with a safety-first checklist, unlike a manual approach that might miss steps.
Compared to similar skills
release-prep side by side with the closest alternatives in the catalog.
| Skill | Installs | Updated | Safety | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release-prep (this skill) | 0 | 3mo | No flags | Intermediate |
| release-prep | 0 | 2mo | Review | Beginner |
| sdk-release-checklist | 0 | 1mo | Review | Advanced |
| release | 0 | 5mo | Review | Intermediate |
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