release

name	release
description	Automate semantic versioning, changelog generation, and release creation. Use when user says "release", "bump version", "create release", "publish", or preparing a new version for distribution.
user-invocable	true
allowed-tools	Read, Edit, Write, Grep, Glob, Bash
context	fork
agent	oss-contributor
argument-hint	[major|minor|patch] or [version]

Create a new release for this project.

Context

Current version: !cat package.json 2>/dev/null | grep '"version"' | head -1 || cat Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null | grep '^version' | head -1 || cat pyproject.toml 2>/dev/null | grep '^version' | head -1 || echo "version not found"

Recent changes since last tag: !git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "HEAD~20")..HEAD --oneline 2>/dev/null || echo "no git history"

Release Type: $ARGUMENTS

Process

1. Determine Version - Based on argument (major/minor/patch) or explicit version
2. Generate Changelog - Categorize commits since last release (Added/Changed/Fixed/Removed/Security)
3. Update Version - Bump version in all manifest files
4. Update CHANGELOG.md - Prepend new version entry
5. Create Release Commit - chore(release): vX.Y.Z
6. Create Git Tag - vX.Y.Z
7. Summary - Show release notes preview