kova-release-maintainer

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates risky, inconsistent release operations by guiding maintainers through a guarded, end-to-end workflow for preparing and publishing Kova stable or beta releases with correct versions, changelogs, and validation.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Release guardrails & decision rules: Enforces safe handling of version changes, npm publish permission, stable vs beta defaults, branch-cut strategy, and tag naming alignment.
• Changelog-backed release notes: Rewrites the target CHANGELOG.md section from commit history and extracts the exact version block for GitHub release bodies (with upcoming deprecations callouts).
• Compatibility and deprecation safety checks: Reviews compatibility registry and doctor deprecation records to prevent shipping expired removal-pending paths without explicit approval.
• Production-grade validation sequencing: Defines the correct preflight and roster of checks (npm preflight, install smoke, Docker/Parallels verification, release-check, and post-publish validation) while avoiding tag rewrite pitfalls.
• Release comms templates: Provides consistent release tweet and announcement guidance, including beta vs stable tone and linking to the right release artifacts.

Quick Start

Ask the skill to prepare a beta release for version 2026.4.20 from the correct release/YYYY.M.D branch, using /changelog notes and the required validation sequence before any publish step.