| name | release-beta |
| description | Cut a beta pre-release — bump CalVer with --beta, PR to beta branch, CI auto-tags + publishes to npm @beta. Use when user says 'release beta', 'cut beta', '/release-beta', or wants to publish a beta version for pre-release testing. |
| argument-hint | |
| secret | true |
/release-beta
Cut a beta pre-release for the current repo.
Beta sits between alpha (bleeding edge) and main (stable):
alpha → beta → main
Assumptions
- Repo has
scripts/calver.ts that supports --beta + --check
- Repo has a
beta branch on origin
calver-release.yml auto-tags + publishes when a version-bump commit lands on beta- Current branch is NOT
main, alpha, or beta
Step 0: Detect repo + verify state
date "+🕐 %H:%M %Z (%A %d %B %Y)"
REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) || { echo "❌ Not in a git repo"; exit 1; }
BRANCH=$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" branch --show-current)
echo "📁 $REPO_ROOT"
echo "🌿 $BRANCH"
Hard checks:
[ "$BRANCH" != "main" ] || { echo "❌ On main"; exit 1; }
[ "$BRANCH" != "alpha" ] || { echo "❌ On alpha"; exit 1; }
[ "$BRANCH" != "beta" ] || { echo "❌ On beta"; exit 1; }
[ -z "$(git -C "$REPO_ROOT" status --porcelain)" ] || { echo "❌ Working tree dirty"; exit 1; }
git -C "$REPO_ROOT" fetch origin beta 2>/dev/null
Step 1: Locate calver script
CALVER="$REPO_ROOT/scripts/calver.ts"
[ -f "$CALVER" ] || { echo "❌ No scripts/calver.ts"; exit 1; }
Step 2: Compute target
TARGET=$(TZ=Asia/Bangkok bun "$CALVER" --beta --check 2>&1 | grep -oE 'v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-beta\.[0-9]+' | head -1)
Step 3: Confirm gate
Show full plan. Wait for user y/yes. Anything else → abort.
## Release plan
Repo: [REPO_ROOT]
Branch: [BRANCH]
Target: [TARGET]
PR base: beta
What will happen on confirm:
1. bun calver.ts --beta # writes [TARGET] to package.json
2. git add package.json
3. git commit -m "bump: [TARGET]"
4. git push -u origin [BRANCH]
5. gh pr create --base beta
Proceed? [y/N]
Step 4: Execute
TZ=Asia/Bangkok bun "$CALVER" --beta
git -C "$REPO_ROOT" add package.json
git -C "$REPO_ROOT" commit -m "bump: $TARGET"
git -C "$REPO_ROOT" push -u origin "$BRANCH"
gh pr create --base beta --title "release: $TARGET" --body "Cuts $TARGET on merge via calver-release.yml."
Step 5: Output
Print PR URL. Do NOT auto-merge.
✅ PR opened: [URL]
📦 On merge to beta → calver-release.yml cuts [TARGET]
🔍 Install: bun add arra-oracle-skills@beta
Promotion flow
alpha (bleeding edge) → beta (pre-release testing) → main (stable)
/release-alpha → PR to alpha → npm @alpha
/release-beta → PR to beta → npm @beta
alpha → main PR → npm @latest (stable)
Beta is for features that passed alpha soak and need wider testing before stable.
