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Version Release

  • 11 installs
  • 81.3k repo stars
  • Updated August 5, 2026
  • lobehub/lobe-chat

This is a copy of version-release by lobehub - installs and ranking accrue to the original listing.

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

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version-release is a Claude Code skill for ai & agent building. It helps solo builders move faster with AI-assisted coding.

  • version-release
  • AI & Agent Building
  • AI-coding skill

Version Release by the numbers

  • 11 all-time installs (skills.sh)
  • +1 installs in the week ending Aug 2, 2026 (Skillselion tracking)
  • Data as of Aug 5, 2026 (Skillselion catalog sync)
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Installs11
repo stars81.3k
Last updatedAugust 5, 2026
Repositorylobehub/lobe-chat

What it does

Helps with ai & agent building tasks during AI-assisted development.

Files

SKILL.mdMarkdownGitHub ↗

Version Release Workflow

This skill is a router. The detailed steps live in references/.

Scope Boundary (Important)

This skill is only for:

1. Release branch / PR workflow 2. CI trigger constraints (auto-tag-release.yml) 3. GitHub Release note writing

This skill is not for writing docs/changelog/*.mdx.\ If the user asks for website changelog pages, load ../docs-changelog/SKILL.md.

Mandatory Companion Skill

For every /version-release execution, you MUST load and apply:

  • ../microcopy/SKILL.md

Overview

The primary development branch is canary. All day-to-day development happens on canary. When releasing, canary is merged into main. After merge, auto-tag-release.yml automatically handles tagging, version bumping, creating a GitHub Release, and syncing back to the canary branch.

Only two release types are used in practice (major releases are extremely rare and can be ignored):

TypeUse CaseFrequencySource BranchPR Title FormatVersionReference
MinorFeature iteration release\~Every 4 weekscanary🚀 release: v{x.y.0}Manually setreferences/minor-release.md
PatchWeekly release / hotfix / model / DB migration\~Weekly or as neededcanary or mainCustom (e.g. 🚀 release: 20260222)Auto patch +1references/patch-release-scenarios.md

For writing the release-note body (any release type), see references/release-notes-style.md.

Auto-Release Trigger Rules (auto-tag-release.yml)

After a PR is merged into main, CI determines whether to release based on the following priority:

1. Minor Release (Exact Version)

PR title matches 🚀 release: v{x.y.z} -> uses the version number from the title.

2. Patch Release (Auto patch +1)

Triggered by the following priority:

  • Branch name match: hotfix/* or release/* -> triggers directly (skips title detection)
  • Title prefix match: PRs with the following title prefixes will trigger:
  • style / 💄 style
  • feat / ✨ feat
  • fix / 🐛 fix
  • refactor / ♻️ refactor
  • hotfix / 🐛 hotfix / 🩹 hotfix
  • build / 👷 build

3. No Trigger

PRs that don't match any conditions above (e.g. docs, chore, ci, test) will not trigger a release when merged into main.

Post-Release Automated Actions

1. Bump `package.json` — commits 🔖 chore(release): release version v{x.y.z} [skip ci] 2. Create annotated tagv{x.y.z} 3. Create GitHub Release 4. Dispatch `sync-main-to-canary` — syncs main back to canary

Agent Action Guide

When the user requests a release:

Precheck (applies to all release types)

Before creating the release branch, verify the source branch:

  • Weekly Release (release/weekly-*): must branch from canary
  • All other release/hotfix branches: must branch from main; run git merge-base --is-ancestor main <branch> && echo OK
  • If the branch is based on the wrong source, recreate from the correct base

Routing

Pick the right reference and follow it end-to-end:

  • Minor releasereferences/minor-release.md
  • Patch release (weekly / hotfix / model launch / DB migration) → references/patch-release-scenarios.md
  • Writing the PR body / release notes (any release type) → references/release-notes-style.md

Hard Rules (apply to every release type)

  • Do NOT manually modify package.json version — CI handles it.
  • Do NOT manually create tags — CI handles them.
  • Minor PR title format is strict (🚀 release: v{x.y.z}).
  • Patch PRs do not need an explicit version number.
  • Keep release facts accurate; do not invent metrics or availability statements. Release-note inputs (compare base, PR refs, contributor list) must be derived from `git` per references/release-notes-style.md § Computing Inputs — never from memory or descriptions.

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