Unfreeze

Skill tranhieutt/software_development_department/.claude/skills/unfreeze

Unlocks the codebase after a release freeze or incident freeze period to resume normal development. Use when a freeze period ends or when the user mentions unfreezing or lifting the code freeze.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add tranhieutt/software_development_department --skill unfreeze

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SKILL.md

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Code Unfreeze

Remove the code freeze, allowing merges and development to continue.

Workflow

1. Check Status

Read .freeze. If it does not exist, notify and stop:

"✅ Codebase is not currently frozen. Unfreeze is not needed."

2. Display Current Freeze Information

🔒 Current Freeze:
Reason     : [REASON from .freeze]
Frozen at  : [FROZEN_AT]
Branch     : [BRANCH]
Duration   : [calculated from FROZEN_AT to current time]

3. Confirmation

Ask:

"Are you sure you want to unfreeze? Is the release/deployment complete? (yes/no)"

If "no", stop.

4. Remove `.freeze`

Use Bash to delete the file: rm .freeze

5. Log to Session State

Append to production/session-state/active.md (if it exists):

## Unfreeze Log — [timestamp]
- Unfrozen at: [timestamp]
- Was frozen for: [duration]
- Reason was: [reason]

6. Notification

✅ CODEBASE UNFROZEN
Development can resume normally.
All merges and deployments are now permitted.

Edge Cases

No freeze exists: Notify clearly, take no further action.
active.md does not exist: Skip the logging step, do not throw an error.

Related Skills

/freeze — Lock the codebase
/guard — Check the current status
/release-checklist — Full release workflow

What ships with it

Read from the repository

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