Skill

release-prep

Provides checklist workflow for production release prep: validation, versioning, changelog/docs updates, builds, deployment checklists, and rollback plans.

deployment

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Standardize release preparation with a safety-first checklist: validate quality and security, update versions and docs, build production artifacts, and prepare rollout/rollback plans.

Supporting Assets

references/prepare-release.md

SKILL.md

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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

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