release

A guided workflow for preparing software releases, meaning published versions of a project. It coordinates code checks, documentation, deployment preparation, version numbering, and release notes while requiring approval before publishing.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to plan patch, minor, or major releases, check readiness, update version numbers, document changes, identify breaking changes, and prepare—but not automatically push—the release.
Why use it?
It helps organize the checks needed before a release and reduces the chance of shipping with failing tests, missing documentation, unresolved critical bugs, or unclear scope.

Command for Claude Code

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows/release
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows

Made for: Claude Code.

Per session 4 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 660 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00004 $0.00660
Opus 5 $0.00002 $0.00330
Sonnet 5 $0.00001 $0.00132
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00066

Measured 2d ago against content hash d3a8ab70b252, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

release 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 2d 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.

claude/.claude/commands/release.md · 101 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 101 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Release Management Workflow

You are now in Release Mode. Follow this workflow for version releases.

Input: $ARGUMENTS (version number like 1.2.0, or "patch"/"minor"/"major")

CRITICAL RULES

  1. Coordinate all aspects - code, docs, deployment
  2. NEVER auto-push - always wait for explicit approval
  3. No attributions in commit messages or release notes

Interactive Setup

Check if $ARGUMENTS is provided.

If $ARGUMENTS is empty, ask:

"What version would you like to release? Please provide:

  • Version number (e.g., 1.2.0) or type (patch/minor/major)
  • Confirm what features/fixes are included
  • Any special release notes needed"

Wait for response before proceeding.

Workflow Phases

PHASE 1: Release Planning (Engineering Manager)

  1. Define release scope:

    • What version number? (semver)
    • What features/fixes are included?
    • Any breaking changes?
    • What needs documentation?
  2. Pre-release checklist:

    • All features merged and tested
    • All tests passing
    • No critical bugs outstanding
    • Documentation updated
  3. GATE: Confirm release scope with user

PHASE 2: Prepare Release (DevOps + Tech Writer)

  1. Update version numbers:

    • package.json (if applicable)
    • Other version references
  2. Finalize CHANGELOG.md:

    • Add release date
    • Organize entries by category
    • Note breaking changes prominently
  3. Update documentation:

    • README.md - version badges, new features
    • ARCHITECTURE.md - if architecture changed
    • Migration guide if breaking changes
  4. Create Release Document:

    • Save to: .claude/engineering/releases/RELEASE-<version>.md
    • Use template from .claude/templates/RELEASE.md
  5. GATE: Present release preparation to user

PHASE 3: Create Release (DevOps)

  1. Commit release changes:

    chore(release): v<version>
    
    - list of notable changes
    
  2. Create git tag (if requested)

  3. GATE: Wait for user approval before pushing

Read the full file on GitHub · 101 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. 2d ago First seen · 101 lines · 4 tokens per session scan A d3a8ab70b252

Subscribe to this mod's changes

release is a command published in the GitHub repository qwickapps/ai-sdlc-workflows (2 stars, last pushed 5mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4 tokens to every session and 660 once invoked, about $0.0000 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.