Release Standards Skill

Release Standards

This skill provides semantic versioning and changelog formatting standards.

Quick Reference

Semantic Versioning Format

MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH[-PRERELEASE][+BUILD]

Examples:
2.3.1
1.0.0-alpha.1
3.2.0-beta.2+20250112

Version Incrementing Rules

| Component | When to Increment | Example | |-----------|-------------------|----------| | MAJOR | Breaking changes | 1.9.5 → 2.0.0 | | MINOR | New features (backward-compatible) | 2.3.5 → 2.4.0 | | PATCH | Bug fixes (backward-compatible) | 3.1.2 → 3.1.3 |

Pre-release Identifiers

| Identifier | Stability | Audience | |------------|-----------|----------| | alpha | Unstable | Internal team | | beta | Mostly stable | Early adopters | | rc | Stable | Beta testers |

CHANGELOG Categories

| Category | Usage | |----------|-------| | Added | New features | | Changed | Changes in existing functionality | | Deprecated | Soon to be removed | | Removed | Removed features | | Fixed | Bug fixes | | Security | Vulnerability fixes |

Detailed Guidelines

For complete standards, see:

CHANGELOG Entry Format

## [VERSION] - YYYY-MM-DD

### Added
- Add user dashboard with customizable widgets (#123)

### Changed
- **BREAKING**: Change API response format from XML to JSON

### Fixed
- Fix memory leak when processing large files (#456)

### Security
- Fix SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-12345)

Breaking Changes

Mark breaking changes with BREAKING prefix:

### Changed
- **BREAKING**: Remove deprecated `getUserById()`, use `getUser()` instead

Git Tagging

# Create annotated tag (recommended)
git tag -a v1.2.0 -m "Release version 1.2.0"

# Push tag to remote
git push origin v1.2.0

Version Ordering

1.0.0-alpha.1 < 1.0.0-alpha.2 < 1.0.0-beta.1 < 1.0.0-rc.1 < 1.0.0

Configuration Detection

This skill supports project-specific configuration.

Detection Order

Check CONTRIBUTING.md for "Disabled Skills" section
- If this skill is listed, it is disabled for this project
Check CONTRIBUTING.md for "Release Standards" section
If not found, default to Semantic Versioning and Keep a Changelog format

First-Time Setup

If no configuration found and context is unclear:

Ask the user: "This project hasn't configured release standards. Would you like to use Semantic Versioning?"
After user selection, suggest documenting in CONTRIBUTING.md:

## Release Standards

### Versioning
This project uses **Semantic Versioning** (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH).

### Changelog
This project follows **Keep a Changelog** format.

Configuration Example

In project's CONTRIBUTING.md:

## Release Standards

### Versioning
This project uses **Semantic Versioning** (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH).

### Changelog
This project follows **Keep a Changelog** format.

### Release Process
1. Update version in package.json
2. Update CHANGELOG.md
3. Create git tag with `v` prefix (e.g., v1.2.0)
4. Push tag to trigger release workflow

License: CC BY 4.0 | Source: universal-dev-standards

Agent Skills: Release Standards

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