release

The release Skill automates the complete gem publishing workflow by bumping semantic versions, updating CHANGELOG.md, creating git tags, building the gem, publishing to RubyGems, and creating a GitHub release. It handles MAJOR, MINOR, and PATCH increments in one workflow.

Ensure a clean working directory, passing test suite, proper authentication credentials for RubyGems and GitHub, and editable lib/buttercut/version.rb and CHANGELOG.md files. The Skill guides you through version selection and release notes during execution.

Yes. The Skill applies semantic versioning (MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH) to bump versions in lib/buttercut/version.rb and automatically updates CHANGELOG.md, then creates git tags and publishes the versioned gem to RubyGems and GitHub simultaneously.

The release Skill creates and pushes git tags as part of the release process, then generates a corresponding GitHub release with your provided release notes. Both artifacts are created atomically during the publish step.

The Skill requires a passing test suite before proceeding with the release. You must run tests first and resolve failures; the workflow will not proceed to version bumping, tagging, or publishing until tests pass.

No. The release Skill handles updating lib/buttercut/version.rb and CHANGELOG.md automatically based on your chosen MAJOR, MINOR, or PATCH increment. You provide release notes, and the Skill manages the file updates and git operations.