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release

Ship preprod to production by creating a release PR, version tag, and GitHub Release.

Updated Aug 13, 2026
Search Tags:#changelog#ci/cd#deployment#github#release#semantic versioning#git tagging
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/Evolutionary-Leadership/harness --skill release-evolutionary-leadership
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: release
Source: https://github.com/Evolutionary-Leadership/harness/tree/main/.claude/setup/railway/.claude/skills/release
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/Evolutionary-Leadership/harness --skill release-evolutionary-leadership

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve? Shipping to production involves many error-prone manual steps: deciding the version, writing release notes, updating the changelog, tagging, and publishing a GitHub Release. This Skill automates the entire preprod-to-main release flow while forcing an explicit review of everything being shipped, so no one accidentally releases a colleague's unfinished work. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Blast-radius reporting: Before anything ships, it lists every commit and pull request queued on preprod, split into your own work versus work riding along from others. - Authority gating: A release only proceeds with an explicit grant in .harness-version or a direct user request in the current turn; flags like --ship alone are not sufficient. - Automated release mechanics: Computes the next semantic version, generates release notes and changelog entries, pushes a release commit to preprod via the GitHub MCP server, and lets the release.yml workflow merge to main, tag the version, and publish the GitHub Release. - Use Case: After merging several features into preprod during a sprint, run /release minor to review everything queued, confirm the scope, and ship a tagged v1.3.0 release to production in one command. ## Quick Start Run /release with an optional major, minor, or patch argument to review what is queued on preprod and ship it to production as a tagged GitHub Release.

Frequently Asked Questions about release

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I release preprod to production in GitHub?▼

Run /release with an optional version bump type (major, minor, or patch, defaulting to patch). The skill computes the next version, reports everything queued on preprod, pushes a release commit via the GitHub MCP server, and the release.yml workflow merges to main, tags the version, and creates a GitHub Release.

How do I generate release notes and a changelog automatically?▼

The skill categorizes commit messages into Features, Fixes, and Improvements, then builds the changelog section and release description from them. Where a changelog accumulator workflow owns the changelog, it skips composition and instead drafts a downstream release note with scripts/release-notes-brief.mjs.

Why does the release skill push via GitHub MCP instead of git push?▼

In the harness sandbox, the local git proxy rejects pushes to preprod or main with HTTP 403, allowing only the session's claude/ branch. The mcp__github__push_files call goes through api.github.com with the harness PAT, bypassing the proxy, and works identically outside the sandbox.

Can I release without confirming what ships?▼

The --quick flag skips the confirmation question but never skips the blast-radius report, which lists every commit and PR being shipped. A release still requires authority: either a grant in .harness-version or a direct user request in the current turn.

What happens if the release workflow times out or fails?▼

If the merge to preprod never lands or preprod never settles, the skill stops without cutting a release and tells you to re-run /release from preprod once it is quiet. If the release commit never reaches main, nothing is claimed and re-running the verification step later is the documented recovery.

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