Prepare a new touchdesigner-mcp release: inspect the unreleased diff since the last tag, decide independently how the MCP **package version** and the **MCP API version** each move (the API axis stays put unless the server/API contract changed), write the CHANGELOG entry, bump the six version-bearing files, commit, and open the development → main release PR. Use when cutting a release, bumping the version, updating the CHANGELOG for a release, or when asked to "release", "prepare a release", or "cut vX.Y.Z". Pairs with `release-test-audit` (verify integration-test coverage of the release diff first) and the `release-manager` agent that orchestrates both.
Audit whether the unreleased touchdesigner-mcp diff (since the last tag) is adequately covered by integration tests before a release is cut. Walks every API/MCP surface change in the release range, maps each to the integration suite that should cover it, and reports covered / gap / waived per change. Use before releasing, when checking release test coverage, or when asked whether the release diff "has enough tests". This skill AUDITS coverage across the whole release; it delegates HOW to write or run a test to the `integration-test-guard` skill. Pairs with `prepare-release` and the `release-manager` agent.
Ensure MCP-server / API changes in the touchdesigner-mcp repo ship with integration-test coverage. Use when you modify the MCP server, tool definitions/handlers, the OpenAPI schema, the TD HTTP client, the transport layer, or the TD-side Python API (src/api, src/features/tools, src/server, src/tdClient, src/transport, td/modules/mcp). Also triggered by the integration-test-guard PreToolUse hook, which blocks a `git push` whose outgoing commits touch those paths without a tests/integration change. Decide which suite fits, add or update the test, and run it.
A generic workflow for self-starting TouchDesigner via computer-use (or an already-running instance), loading mcp_webserver_base.tox, and verifying any TD-side Python change (td/modules/**) directly from the Textport — reading back real TD runtime values and reconciling them. Use after changing TD-side code in the touchdesigner-mcp repo when E2E verification on a real TD is needed, or when told to "start TD and check," "verify on the actual machine," or "import and run the .tox." Includes the shortcut of calling api_service directly, bypassing the HTTP WebServer / OpenAPI schema.