Release helper

Skill skills-lock/skil-lock/.claude/skills/release-helper

Use when preparing a new tagged release of skil-lock. Inspects recent commits since the last tag, drafts release notes against the conventional-commit prefixes in this repo (feat, fix, build, docs, test, chore), and shows the version bump that GoReleaser will apply. Does not push tags or publish releases — those steps stay manual.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add skills-lock/skil-lock --skill release-helper

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runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 3 commands, including `git describe --tags --abbrev=0` and 2 more.

SKILL.md

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release-helper

Helper for cutting a new tagged release. Surfaces the commits the release would include and drafts notes in the same format the existing GitHub release pages use.

When to use

Invoke this skill from ~/Projects/skil-lock/ (the repository root) just before tagging a release. The skill is read-only with respect to the repository; it never modifies tracked files.

What it does

Find the previous tag:

git describe --tags --abbrev=0

List the commits since then:

git log "${PREV_TAG}..HEAD" --pretty=format:'%h %s'

Group commits by conventional-commit prefix (feat:, fix:, build:, docs:, test:, chore:) into a draft markdown document.
Read the existing changelog so the draft slots in cleanly:

cat CHANGELOG.md

Print the proposed next tag based on the prefixes seen (fix: only → patch bump; feat: present → minor bump; anything labeled BREAKING CHANGE: → major bump).

What it does not do

Never runs git tag, git push, or gh release create — those remain manual so a human reviews the draft.
Does not touch the .goreleaser.yml file.
Does not call any external network endpoint.

Constraints for the agent

Run only the commands listed above (git describe, git log, cat CHANGELOG.md). Do not interpret unrelated arguments; if the user asks for something outside the scope of preparing a release draft, ask them to clarify instead of running additional shell commands.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.