kata-release-publish

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents broken or duplicated GitHub release publication by coordinating signed annotated tag creation with GitHub Actions validation and correct release handling.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Release workflow detection: Differentiates between workflow-driven release creation (triggered by tag pushes) and fallback manual release creation to avoid race-condition failures.
• Annotated + signed tag enforcement: Revalidates prerequisites, creates an annotated signed tag, pushes it to the remote, and verifies it by waiting for validate-tag.yml to complete successfully.
• Release notes correctness: Updates GitHub Release notes only when the prepared changelog is substantially more informative, otherwise preserving the auto-generated release.

Quick Start

Use kata-release-publish to publish a prepared, validated version by creating a signed annotated tag, pushing it, waiting for validate-tag.yml, and then ensuring the corresponding GitHub Release is created or updated safely.