Release Automation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill eliminates the manual, error-prone, and time-consuming process of preparing software releases. It automates version bumping, changelog generation, and GitHub Pull Request creation, ensuring consistent and compliant releases.

Core Features & Use Cases

• SEMVER Version Bumping: Automatically determines MAJOR, MINOR, or PATCH version based on conventional commit history.
• Changelog Generation: Creates a professional, Keep a Changelog-compliant changelog from commit messages, linking to PRs.
• GitHub PR & Tag Automation: Prepares a release branch, commits changes, creates a Pull Request, and can even automatically create the git tag after PR merge to trigger CI/CD.
• Use Case: A development team needs to release a new version of their Chrome extension. Instead of manually updating version numbers, drafting changelogs, and creating PRs, they use this Skill to automate the entire pre-release process, ensuring all files are updated correctly and a detailed changelog is generated.

Quick Start

Automate the release process for the My Prompt Manager extension. Analyze the git history, suggest a SEMVER version, generate the changelog, update all version files, and create a release Pull Request.