release

release is a skill for Claude Code from ANcpLua/ancplua-claude-plugins. It costs 70 tokens per session (601 once invoked), scanned C, original, MIT.

A release-checking workflow for inspecting a project's release process before publishing. It checks the repository's documented workflow, version information, and CI status, where CI means automated checks run by the project.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before committing a release, pushing tags, changing versions, or publishing packages, including NuGet packages that use trusted publishing.
Why use it?
It prevents publishing when checks are failing or their status is unknown. It also reduces mistakes involving mismatched versions, tags, or release steps.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: allowed-tools in frontmatter.

Part of the nihil plugin — 6 skills, 1 command, 5 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it before committing a release, pushing tags, changing versions, or publishing packages, including NuGet packages that use trusted publishing.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release
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.

Any agent
npx skills add ANcpLua/ancplua-claude-plugins --skill release
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ANcpLua/ancplua-claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install nihil, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills, 1 command, 5 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for release

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release/github.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>

Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.

agentmods 80×15 button for release

Your own site · 80×15
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/ancplua/ancplua-claude-plugins/release.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>
Per session 70 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 601 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 1 finding. 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 $0.00070 $0.00601
Opus 5.5 $0.00028 $0.00240
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00014 $0.00120
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00060

Measured 16d ago against content hash f92af13f10ce, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

release scanned grade C with 1 finding 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 16d 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.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

description: "Release-gate workflow with strict CI and publishing discipline. Inspects the repository's release workflow, verifies versioning and CI state, and refuses to publish when checks are red or unknown. Blocks fo
plugins/nihil/skills/release/SKILL.md · 67 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 67 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Nihil Release Gate

Activate Release Mode. Follow the repository's release workflow exactly. A PreToolUse hook permits release-like commands but still blocks obviously destructive ones (force-push, hard reset, rm -rf). It does not know your repo's workflow — you do; respect it.

Critical instructions

  1. Inspect before acting. Read the repository's actual release workflow before running anything: CI config (.github/workflows/*), version source (*.csproj, Directory.Build.props, Version.props, package.json, pyproject.toml), tag conventions, and any documented release flow. Do not assume.
  2. CI is the gate. A green CI run may publish. A red or unknown CI run must not publish. If you cannot verify CI state, treat it as unknown and block.
  3. Version/tag agreement. Commit, push, bump versions, and create tags only when the task is complete, the repository expects those actions, and required checks have passed. Ensure plugin.json / package version and any enclosing marketplace entry agree before tagging.

NuGet

When NuGet publishing is involved, use trusted publishing as the reference — short-lived OIDC tokens from CI, no long-lived API keys committed or printed: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/nuget/nuget-org/trusted-publishing. Never print or commit a real API key or token.

Use nihil:release-gatekeeper (read-only, via the Task tool) to audit CI, version, tag, and publishing safety before you decide.

Output

Produce exactly this structure (the Stop hook blocks once if a readiness / blockers section is missing):

# Nihil Release Gate

## Release Readiness

<is the work complete and does the repo expect a release now?>

## Required Checks

<each required check and its observed state — green / red / unknown>

## Version / Tag Decision

<the exact version and tag, and confirmation that all version sources agree>

## Publishing Decision

Publish / Do not publish — with the CI evidence that justifies it.

## Blockers

<anything red or unknown that prevents release, or "None.">

Read the full file on GitHub · 67 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. 16d ago First seen · 67 lines · 70 tokens per session scan C f92af13f10ce

Subscribe to this mod's changes

release is a skill published in the GitHub repository ANcpLua/ancplua-claude-plugins (6 stars, last pushed 5d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 70 tokens to every session and 601 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it C with 1 finding (recursive force delete). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-01.

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