Claw Release

Claw Release

Internal tool for releasing skills and managing the ClawSec catalog.

An internal tool by [Prompt Security](https://prompt.security)

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Vercel Skills Installation

Install with the Vercel Skills CLI for this harness:

npx skills add prompt-security/clawsec --skill claw-release -a openclaw -y

Operational Notes

• Internal maintainer workflow only.
• Required runtime: bash, git, jq, gh
• Required credentials: authenticated GitHub CLI with permission to create releases
• Side effects: creates commits, tags, pushes to remote, and publishes GitHub Releases
• Trust model: run only from a trusted checkout with a clean working tree and maintainer approval

Release Artifact Verification

For standalone installs, verify the signed release manifest before trusting SKILL.md, skill.json, or the archive. The skill.json file is the package metadata/SBOM source, and the release pipeline signs checksums.json with the ClawSec release key.

set -euo pipefail

SKILL_NAME="claw-release"
VERSION="0.0.4"
REPO="prompt-security/clawsec"
TAG="${SKILL_NAME}-v${VERSION}"
BASE="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${TAG}"
ZIP_NAME="${SKILL_NAME}-v${VERSION}.zip"
TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"
trap 'rm -rf "$TMP_DIR"' EXIT

RELEASE_PUBKEY_SHA256="711424e4535f84093fefb024cd1ca4ec87439e53907b305b79a631d5befba9c8"

curl -fsSL "$BASE/checksums.json" -o "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/checksums.sig" -o "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/signing-public.pem" -o "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/$ZIP_NAME" -o "$TMP_DIR/$ZIP_NAME"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/SKILL.md" -o "$TMP_DIR/SKILL.md"
curl -fsSL "$BASE/skill.json" -o "$TMP_DIR/skill.json"

ACTUAL_PUBKEY_SHA256="$(openssl pkey -pubin -in "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem" -outform DER | shasum -a 256 | awk '{print $1}')"
if [ "$ACTUAL_PUBKEY_SHA256" != "$RELEASE_PUBKEY_SHA256" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: signing-public.pem fingerprint mismatch" >&2
  exit 1
fi

openssl base64 -d -A -in "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig" -out "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig.bin"
openssl pkeyutl -verify -rawin -pubin \
  -inkey "$TMP_DIR/signing-public.pem" \
  -sigfile "$TMP_DIR/checksums.sig.bin" \
  -in "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json" >/dev/null

hash_file() {
  if command -v shasum >/dev/null 2>&1; then
    shasum -a 256 "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
  else
    sha256sum "$1" | awk '{print $1}'
  fi
}

verify_manifest_file() {
  asset="$1"
  path="$2"
  expected="$(jq -r --arg asset "$asset" '.files[$asset].sha256 // empty' "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json")"
  if [ -z "$expected" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: checksums.json missing $asset" >&2
    exit 1
  fi
  actual="$(hash_file "$path")"
  if [ "$actual" != "$expected" ]; then
    echo "ERROR: checksum mismatch for $asset" >&2
    exit 1
  fi
}

expected_archive="$(jq -r '.archive.sha256 // empty' "$TMP_DIR/checksums.json")"
if [ -z "$expected_archive" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: checksums.json missing archive.sha256" >&2
  exit 1
fi
actual_archive="$(hash_file "$TMP_DIR/$ZIP_NAME")"
if [ "$actual_archive" != "$expected_archive" ]; then
  echo "ERROR: archive checksum mismatch" >&2
  exit 1
fi

verify_manifest_file "SKILL.md" "$TMP_DIR/SKILL.md"
verify_manifest_file "skill.json" "$TMP_DIR/skill.json"

echo "Signed release manifest, archive, SKILL.md, and skill.json verified."

Only install or extract the archive after this verification succeeds.

Quick Reference

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Release Workflow

Step 1: Determine Version Type

Ask what changed:

• Bug fixes only → Patch (1.0.0 → 1.0.1)
• New features, backward compatible → Minor (1.0.0 → 1.1.0)
• Breaking changes → Major (1.0.0 → 2.0.0)
• Testing/unstable → Pre-release (1.0.0-beta1, 1.0.0-rc1)

Step 2: Pre-flight Checks

# Check for uncommitted changes
git status

# Verify skill directory exists
ls skills/<skill-name>/skill.json

# Get current version
jq -r '.version' skills/<skill-name>/skill.json

Step 3: Run Release Script

./scripts/release-skill.sh <skill-name> <new-version>

The script will: 1. Validate version format (semver) 2. Check tag doesn't already exist 3. Update skill.json version 4. Update SKILL.md frontmatter version (if file exists) 5. Update hardcoded version URLs (feed_url) 6. Commit changes 7. Create annotated git tag

Step 4: Push Release

git push && git push origin <skill-name>-v<version>

Step 5: Verify Release

After pushing, the CI/CD pipeline will: 1. Validate skill exists 2. Verify version matches skill.json 3. Verify version matches SKILL.md frontmatter (if exists) 4. Generate checksums from SBOM 5. Create .skill package (ZIP) 6. Create GitHub Release 7. Trigger website rebuild (for non-internal skills)

Verify at:

• GitHub Releases: https://github.com/prompt-security/clawsec/releases/tag/<skill-name>-v<version>
• GitHub Actions: Check workflow run status

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Undo a Release (Before Push)

If you need to undo before pushing:

git tag -d <skill-name>-v<version>
git reset --soft HEAD~1

git reset --soft preserves the release changes in your working tree so you can inspect or amend them without discarding data.

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Pre-release Versions

For beta, alpha, or release candidates:

./scripts/release-skill.sh <skill-name> 1.2.0-beta1
./scripts/release-skill.sh <skill-name> 1.2.0-alpha1
./scripts/release-skill.sh <skill-name> 1.2.0-rc1

Pre-releases are automatically marked in GitHub Releases.

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Common Issues

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Internal Skills

Skills with "internal": true in their openclaw section:

• Are released normally via GitHub Releases
• Are NOT shown in the public skills catalog website
• Can still be downloaded directly from release URLs

This skill (claw-release) is an internal skill.

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Existing Skills

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Verification Checklist

After release, confirm:

• [ ] GitHub Release exists with correct tag
• [ ] Release has: skill.json, SKILL.md, checksums.json, .skill package
• [ ] Release is marked as pre-release if applicable
• [ ] GitHub Actions workflow completed successfully
• [ ] Website updated (for non-internal skills only)

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License

GNU AGPL v3.0 or later - See repository for details.

Built by the Prompt Security team.

Changelog

[0.0.4] - 2026-06-10

Changed

• Re-released skill package with updated marketplace grouping and signed release trust artifacts for Vercel-compatible skill installation.
• Marked the release helper with top-level internal metadata so compatible installers can hide it from normal agent-facing discovery.

[0.0.3] - 2026-05-14

Security

• Added explicit signed release artifact verification instructions for standalone installs, including checksums.json, checksums.sig, signing-public.pem, archive hash verification, and SKILL.md/skill.json checksum checks.

All notable changes to the Claw Release skill will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.0.2] - 2026-04-14

Added

• Operational notes that make the required maintainer credentials, runtime, and git/GitHub side effects explicit.

Changed

• Declared bash alongside the existing git, jq, and gh runtime requirements in skill metadata.
• Replaced the documented destructive rollback example with a softer rollback flow that preserves release changes for review.

Security

• Clarified that this internal skill mutates git state, pushes to remotes, and publishes GitHub Releases, so it should only be run from a trusted checkout by maintainers.

Claw Release

Release automation for Claw skills and website. Guides through version bumping, tagging, and release verification.

Vercel Skills Installation

Install with the Vercel Skills CLI for this harness:

npx skills add prompt-security/clawsec --skill claw-release -a openclaw -y