release

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release

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Cut and publish Moraine releases from a version argument such as /release X.Y.Z or a request to use $moraine-dev:release. Use when Codex is asked to run Moraine's release process, bump release-managed versions, create and merge the release PR, push the vX.Y.Z tag, update GitHub release notes for a general audience, verify the release-moraine workflow, and confirm the PyPI moraine-cli package. Start or continue a Codex goal for the release.

Release

Run Moraine releases end to end from the repo-local moraine-dev developer plugin. A /release X.Y.Z invocation means: publish vX.Y.Z, not just prepare a plan.

Goal Contract

Make the release a Codex goal before doing release work.

• If create_goal is available and there is no active goal, call it with: Cut Moraine vX.Y.Z, including version bump PR, merged code, annotated repo tag, GitHub release notes, release workflow verification, and PyPI package verification.
• If a goal already exists, continue inside it and keep it current with update_plan.
• Do not call update_goal(status="complete") until all public release evidence exists: merged PR, pushed tag, successful workflow, GitHub release body/assets, and PyPI moraine-cli artifacts.

Preconditions

Normalize the argument first:

• X.Y.Z and vX.Y.Z both mean VERSION=X.Y.Z and TAG=vX.Y.Z.
• Refuse ambiguous input, missing versions, or a target older than the latest stable GitHub release.

Before editing:

1. Read the active AGENTS.md.
2. Use Moraine session search if available. Start broad, then narrow:
   • release process Moraine PyPI GitHub tag
   • v0.5.4 release workflow pypi release notes
   • package-moraine-release release-moraine gh release edit
3. Inspect .github/workflows/release-moraine.yml.
4. Read .claude/skills/release-notes/SKILL.md only as the house-format reference for the GitHub release body.
5. Verify tooling:
   • gh auth status
   • git fetch origin --prune --tags
   • gh repo view --json nameWithOwner,defaultBranchRef,url
6. Prove the target is unused:
   • git tag --list "$TAG" returns nothing.
   • gh release view "$TAG" fails with not found.
   • curl -fsSL "https://pypi.org/pypi/moraine-cli/$VERSION/json" fails.

Branch And Context

Do release edits in a dedicated worktree from fresh origin/main unless the user explicitly says otherwise:

git worktree add -b "codex/release-$TAG" \
  "/Users/eric/src/moraine-worktrees/release-$TAG" origin/main

Gather the changes since the previous stable release:

prev_tag="$(gh release list --limit 20 --json tagName,isDraft,isPrerelease -q \
  '[.[] | select(.isDraft==false and .isPrerelease==false) | .tagName] | .[0]')"
git log --oneline --decorate "$prev_tag"..origin/main
gh pr list --state merged --base main --limit 50 \
  --json number,title,url,mergedAt,body

Read PR bodies for user-visible changes. Release notes should explain what a user can do or what is fixed, not just repeat commit titles.

Version Bump

Run the bundled bump script from the release worktree root:

python3 plugins/moraine-dev/skills/release/scripts/bump-version.py "$VERSION"

Then inspect the diff. Expected version-only files are normally:

• Cargo.lock
• release-managed apps/*/Cargo.toml
• release-managed crates/*/Cargo.toml
• .github/workflows/release-moraine.yml example tag, if it still contains the old tag
• plugins/moraine/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
• plugins/moraine/.codex-plugin/plugin.json
• install docs only if they contain an explicit MORAINE_INSTALL_VERSION example for the old tag

Do not bump bindings/python/moraine_conversations; it is a separate internal Python extension package.

Validation

Always run:

git diff --check
cargo fmt --all -- --check
cargo test --workspace --locked

Use $moraine-dev:moraine-sandbox-qa when the release includes ingest, MCP, monitor, ClickHouse schema, source-format, or stack-behavior changes since the previous tag. If that developer skill is unavailable, follow the dev sandbox commands required by AGENTS.md: capture the sandbox id with --quiet, run focused checks inside it, and tear it down before reporting completion.

Typical sandbox checks:

id="$(scripts/dev/sandbox/moraine-sandbox up --quiet)"
scripts/dev/sandbox/moraine-sandbox status "$id"
# Run cargo/test commands inside the sandbox per AGENTS.md, then:
scripts/dev/sandbox/moraine-sandbox down "$id"

If moraine-mcp-core or the MCP tool surface changed, run the strongest available MCP smoke test. Prefer scripts/dev/sandbox/agent-smoke-e2e when its API key prerequisites are present; otherwise run focused MCP crate tests and the project smoke tests that are available.

Release PR

Create a focused release commit:

git add Cargo.lock apps crates .github README.md docs
git commit -m "chore(release): cut $TAG"
git push -u origin "codex/release-$TAG"

Open a PR to main titled chore(release): cut $TAG. The PR body must include:

• what version was bumped,
• a concise user-facing summary of changes since prev_tag,
• validation commands and outcomes,
• operational impact: tag push will run release-moraine and publish PyPI.

Wait for required checks. Merge only when checks pass. Use the repo's normal merge style, then fetch origin/main and verify the merge commit:

gh pr view <number> --json state,mergedAt,mergeCommit,url
git fetch origin main --tags
git log --oneline -1 origin/main

Stop before tagging if the PR is not merged into main.

Tag And Workflow

Tag the merge commit on origin/main with an annotated tag:

merge_sha="$(gh pr view <number> --json mergeCommit -q .mergeCommit.oid)"
git tag -a "$TAG" "$merge_sha" -m "$TAG"
git push origin "$TAG"

Then wait for the tag-triggered workflow:

run_id="$(gh run list --workflow release-moraine.yml --event push \
  --branch "$TAG" --limit 1 --json databaseId -q '.[0].databaseId')"
gh run watch "$run_id" --exit-status
gh run view "$run_id" --json status,conclusion,url,name,event,headBranch,headSha

The tag-triggered publish-pypi job publishes moraine-cli to PyPI automatically. Manual dispatches default to skip and are not the normal release path.

GitHub Release Notes

Edit the GitHub release body only after the workflow has completed. Matrix jobs can rewrite generated notes while they upload assets.

Use the house format from .claude/skills/release-notes/SKILL.md, adapted to the release size:

• Patch release: concise headline, what was fixed, upgrade note only if needed, changelog at the bottom.
• Feature release: install block, "What's new", "Under the hood", platform support only if it changed, upgrade notes if needed, changelog at the bottom.
• Always dedupe generated changelog blocks. Keep exactly one Full Changelog compare link.

Write for a general Moraine user. Prefer "Moraine now..." and "You can..." over implementation-first phrasing. Link PRs the first time they are mentioned.

Publish with:

gh release edit "$TAG" --notes-file /tmp/moraine-release-notes.md

Verify:

gh release view "$TAG" --json tagName,name,url,body,assets,publishedAt,targetCommitish

Expect six GitHub release assets: three platform bundles and three checksum files, unless the workflow has intentionally changed.

PyPI Verification

Verify the version-specific endpoint, the simple index, aggregate metadata, and an install smoke:

curl -fsSL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
  "https://pypi.org/pypi/moraine-cli/$VERSION/json" | \
  python3 -c 'import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d["info"]["version"], len(d["urls"])); print("\n".join(sorted(f["filename"] for f in d["urls"])))'

curl -fsSL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' https://pypi.org/simple/moraine-cli/ |
  rg "moraine_cli-$VERSION"

curl -fsSL -H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' https://pypi.org/pypi/moraine-cli/json |
  python3 -c 'import json,sys; d=json.load(sys.stdin); print(d["info"]["version"]); print(len(d["releases"].get("'"$VERSION"'", [])))'

uvx --refresh-package moraine-cli --from "moraine-cli==$VERSION" moraine --version

Expected PyPI files are three wheels plus the stub sdist. PyPI metadata can lag for a short time; retry with no-cache headers before declaring failure.

Stop Conditions

Stop and report clearly if:

• target tag or PyPI version already exists,
• gh is unavailable or unauthenticated,
• version bump diff touches unexpected files,
• validation fails,
• the release PR cannot be merged,
• the tag workflow fails,
• the GitHub release is missing assets,
• PyPI does not publish the expected files after reasonable retries.

If a tag has already been pushed, do not delete or recreate it without explicit user instruction.

Final Report

End with the concrete public evidence:

• merged release PR URL,
• tag and tagged commit,
• release workflow run URL and conclusion,
• GitHub release URL and asset count,
• PyPI version URL and file count,
• uvx smoke output,
• the final general-audience release notes section or a concise excerpt plus the release link.