release

name	release
description	Version bump and release checklist for remote-store
disable-model-invocation	true
argument-hint	[patch|minor|major]

Authority: CONTRIBUTING.md § Release is the authoritative checklist for all phases. This skill carries the agent-specific execution layer (Phase 4 roles, release template) and surfaced process notes that an agent must not miss.

Bump level: $ARGUMENTS (ask if missing). Minor = new API/feature/backend, patch = bugfix/refactor, no bump = CI/docs only.

Execute CONTRIBUTING.md § Release (Phases 0–5). Agent notes per phase:

Phase 1 — Update FEATURES.md content only; do NOT touch the version header (# Features — remote-store vX.Y.Z where X.Y.Z is the current version) — bump-my-version updates it in Phase 2.

Phase 1 (CHANGELOG completeness cross-check) — Resolve the checklist's previous_tag_name (vPREV) with gh release view --json tagName --jq .tagName. See the checklist item for what the gate compares and why its output is discarded.

Phase 2 — bump-my-version reads its target files from [[tool.bumpversion.files]] in pyproject.toml.

Phase 5 — Agent assists with conda steps (sha256 fetch, recipe update, branch+PR). Staged-recipes steps apply only while conda-forge/staged-recipes PR #32401 is open; once a feedstock exists, only the bot-PR verification step remains.

Phase 4: Ship (Skill Agent)

• [Agent] Push release branch to origin
• [Agent] Create PR with link to this checklist
• [User] Review, approve, and merge PR to master — then tell agent "merged"
• [Agent] (Waits for user confirmation, then) Confirm CI green on merge commit
• [Agent] Create GitHub Release directly on GitHub (template below; triggers publish.yml + docs deploy)
• [Agent] Confirm publish.yml succeeds
• [Agent] Delete release branch

Release Template

Title: vX.Y.Z

Description:

## What's Changed

<Extract sections from [Unreleased] in CHANGELOG.md and condense by section,
 following the section order in sdd/CLAUDE-REFERENCE.md § Ripple-check table > Detailed checklist.
 For each section with content, use brief bullet points (1 line per item, bold topic prefix).
 Prefer `**Topic**: explanation` or `**Topic** explanation.` over `**Topic** — explanation`.
 Em dashes belong to true asides, not bullet separators (CLAUDE.md § Response style).>

**Links:**
- [Full Changelog](https://github.com/haalfi/remote-store/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#xyz---yyyy-mm-dd)
- [Compare vPREV...vX.Y.Z](https://github.com/haalfi/remote-store/compare/vPREV...vX.Y.Z)