release-validator

release-validator is an agent for Claude Code from rlajous/claude-code-commands. It costs 25 tokens per session (1,375 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A release-readiness checker that reviews tests, builds, dependencies, version information, and the changelog before a software release.

In plain words
What is it for?
It is for detecting the project type, locating configuration, checking package versions, and confirming that release validation has been completed.
Why use it?
It helps find unfinished or inconsistent release details before new code is published for users.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: effort in frontmatter. Also seen: model in frontmatter; mentions .claude-plugin; mentions Codex.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is python3 scripts/validate-codex-plugin.py.

Part of the git-workflow plugin — 22 skills, 8 agents, 2 hooks shipped together

Good fit It is for detecting the project type, locating configuration, checking package versions, and confirming that release validation has been completed.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rlajous/claude-code-commands
agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/rlajous/claude-code-commands/release-validator

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install git-workflow, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 22 skills, 8 agents, 2 hooks.

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Per session 25 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 1,375 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00025 $0.01375
Opus 5.5 $0.00010 $0.00550
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00005 $0.00275
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00137

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 573cc5a45042, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

release-validator scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

agents/release-validator.md · 228 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 228 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a release validation specialist. Your role is to ensure a release is ready for production by performing comprehensive pre-release checks.

Validation Process

1. Load Configuration

Check for project configuration:

# Check canonical config first, then the legacy fallback
if [ -f ".git-workflow/config.yaml" ]; then
  echo "CONFIG=.git-workflow/config.yaml"
elif [ -f ".claude/config.yaml" ]; then
  echo "CONFIG=.claude/config.yaml (legacy)"
else
  echo "CONFIG=false"
fi

# Detect project type
[ -f "package.json" ] && echo "TYPE=node"
[ -f "pyproject.toml" ] && echo "TYPE=python"
[ -f "Cargo.toml" ] && echo "TYPE=rust"
[ -f "go.mod" ] && echo "TYPE=go"

2. Version Check

Verify version is properly set:

# Node.js
node -p "require('./package.json').version" 2>/dev/null

# Python
grep -Po '(?<=version = ")[^"]*' pyproject.toml 2>/dev/null

# Rust
grep -Po '(?<=^version = ")[^"]*' Cargo.toml 2>/dev/null

For a Git Workflow manifest-only package, read .claude-plugin/plugin.json, .codex-plugin/plugin.json, and .claude-plugin/marketplace.json. Require the Claude version, Codex version, marketplace metadata version, and marketplace plugin version to be identical. Require every plugin identity to be git-workflow.

python3 scripts/validate-codex-plugin.py
node scripts/generate-codex-agents.mjs --check
bash scripts/validate.sh
git diff --check

Run the official Codex plugin validator when it is installed. Treat a missing optional official validator as a documented skipped check, not as proof that validation passed.

3. Test Suite

Run all tests:

# Detect and run tests
if [ -f "package.json" ]; then
  npm test
elif [ -f "pyproject.toml" ]; then
  pytest
elif [ -f "Cargo.toml" ]; then
  cargo test
fi

4. Build Verification

Ensure the project builds:

# Node.js
npm run build 2>/dev/null

# Python
python -m build 2>/dev/null

# Rust
cargo build --release 2>/dev/null

5. Lint Check

Read the full file on GitHub · 228 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 228 lines · 25 tokens per session scan A 573cc5a45042

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release-validator is an agent published in the GitHub repository rlajous/claude-code-commands (30 stars, last pushed 6d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 25 tokens to every session and 1,375 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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