Release Preflight Skill

What problem does it solve?

This Skill prevents costly errors and inconsistencies during software releases by automating critical pre-flight checks, ensuring version synchronization, and enforcing deployment discipline.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Automated Version Checks: Verifies version consistency across multiple critical locations (package.json, CHANGELOG, Git tags, etc.).
• Build and Lint Validation: Ensures the project builds successfully and adheres to coding standards.
• Test Execution: Runs automated tests to catch regressions before deployment.
• Use Case: Before publishing a new version of a VS Code extension, run this Skill to automatically confirm that the version number is updated correctly in all necessary files, that the build passes, and that all tests are green.

Quick Start

Execute the release preflight script to perform all automated checks before a release.