release-smoke-test

name	release-smoke-test
description	Test an oh-my-kilocode-slim release candidate or bugfix before publishing. Use when validating a packed plugin artifact, release branch, crash fix, KiloCode runtime compatibility, or model-specific smoke test such as KiloCode 1.17.11 message transform regressions.

Release Smoke Test

Use this skill to validate an oh-my-kilocode-slim release candidate before public npm publish. Test the packed artifact, not @latest and not the source tree.

Core Workflow

1. Start from the release-prep branch or commit.
2. Build and pack the candidate.
3. Install the tarball into a throwaway app.
4. Create an isolated KiloCode config pointing at the installed node_modules/oh-my-kilocode-slim/dist/index.js.
5. Run kilo debug config and verify plugin_origins contains only the intended plugin when doing an isolation smoke.
6. Run non-pure kilo run --print-logs --log-level DEBUG.
7. Search isolated logs for the original crash signature.
8. Record exact artifact, model, KiloCode version, command shape, result, and limitations on the release issue or PR.

Pack Candidate

Use a temp directory so release validation never depends on the local package cache.

SMOKE=/tmp/oh-my-kilocode-slim-release-smoke
rm -rf "$SMOKE"
mkdir -p "$SMOKE/pkg" "$SMOKE/app" "$SMOKE/home" "$SMOKE/xdg/kilo" "$SMOKE/run"

bun run build
npm pack --pack-destination "$SMOKE/pkg"

Install the tarball:

cd "$SMOKE/app"
bun init -y
bun add "$SMOKE/pkg"/oh-my-kilocode-slim-*.tgz
node -p "require('./node_modules/oh-my-kilocode-slim/package.json').version"

Isolated Config

Write the minimal KiloCode config:

cat > "$SMOKE/xdg/kilo/kilo.json" <<EOF
{
  "model": "kilo/deepseek-v4-flash-free",
  "plugin": [
    "file://$SMOKE/app/node_modules/oh-my-kilocode-slim/dist/index.js"
  ],
  "agent": {
    "chief": {
      "model": "kilo/deepseek-v4-flash-free"
    }
  }
}
EOF

Use env -i for the cleanest smoke. This strips host OPENCODE_*, ORCA_*, and project overlay variables that can silently add plugins or provider aliases.

env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$SMOKE/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$SMOKE/xdg" \
  kilo debug config

Confirm:

• plugin_origins has exactly one entry.
• That entry points to the temp app's packed dist/index.js.
• The model is the one intended for the smoke.

If KiloCode needs provider aliases from the host environment, run a second non-isolated model-specific smoke and clearly label it as weaker isolation.

Runtime Smoke

Run the actual prompt with timeout:

env -i PATH="$PATH" HOME="$SMOKE/home" XDG_CONFIG_HOME="$SMOKE/xdg" \
  timeout 120 \
  kilo run --print-logs --log-level DEBUG "Say OK only."

Expected result:

OK

Search logs for the bug signature. For the KiloCode 1.17.11 malformed-message crash, use:

rg "message\\.info\\.role|undefined is not an object|Cannot read properties of undefined|TypeError" \
  "$SMOKE/home/.local/share/kilo/log" -n 2>/dev/null || true

No matches should appear.

OpenAI / Host-Provider Smoke

If the fully isolated environment cannot resolve OpenAI provider aliases, run a separate host-provider smoke while keeping the plugin path pointed at the tarball install.

mkdir -p "$SMOKE/config"
cat > "$SMOKE/config/kilo.json" <<EOF
{
  "model": "openai/gpt-5.5-fast",
  "plugin": [
    "file://$SMOKE/app/node_modules/oh-my-kilocode-slim/dist/index.js"
  ],
  "agent": {
    "chief": {
      "model": "openai/gpt-5.5-fast"
    }
  }
}
EOF

KILOCODE_CONFIG_DIR="$SMOKE/config" \
  timeout 120 \
  kilo run --print-logs --log-level DEBUG "Say OK only."

Report this as a host-provider smoke because existing project, user, or Orca KiloCode config may still merge in. Use kilo debug config to disclose what else loaded.

Reporting Template

## Release-candidate smoke validation

- Commit under test:
- Tarball:
- Installed package version:
- KiloCode version:
- Config isolation: sanitized `env -i` / host-provider
- Plugin origin:
- Model:
- Command:
- Result:
- Crash signature search:
- Limitations: