release - SKILL.md Agent Skill

name: release description: Release a new version of icp-cli. Use when the user asks to do a release or cut a new version. Requires a semver VERSION argument. argument-hint: disable-model-invocation: true allowed-tools: Read, Edit, Write, Bash(*), Agent

Release VERSION: $ARGUMENTS

Prerequisites check — verify before proceeding:

gh --version   # if missing: https://cli.github.com
git --version

If either is missing, stop and ask the user to install it.

Validate VERSION and determine release mode:

VERSION="$ARGUMENTS"
if [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
  RELEASE_MODE=stable
elif [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-beta\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
  RELEASE_MODE=beta
else
  echo "ERROR: '$VERSION' is not a valid version. Must be X.Y.Z or X.Y.Z-beta.N (e.g. 0.2.0 or 0.2.0-beta.0)."
  exit 1
fi
echo "${VERSION} is valid. Starting a ${RELEASE_MODE} release."

If validation fails, stop and inform the user.

Dependency order

Task 1 (PR)
    |
Task 2 (tag)
    |
    +-------------------+
    |                   |
Task 3              Task 6
(Release workflow)  (docs site versions)
    |               [stable only]
    +-------+
    |       |
Task 4  Task 5
(NPM)   (tap)
    |
Task 7 (homebrew-core check) [stable only]

Tasks 4 & 5 require Task 3 (need GitHub release artifacts) and can start concurrently once it completes.
Task 6 starts immediately after Task 2 (the tag push), running concurrently with Task 3. Stable-only; must wait for the docs deployment triggered by the tag before its PR can be merged.
Task 7 runs last, after all other tasks complete. Stable-only — checks the Homebrew bot's homebrew-core PR status before the final announcement.

Tasks

Follow each task's instructions in order, respecting the dependency graph above:

Task 1 — Bump version and open release PR: task1-bump-pr.md
Task 2 — Tag after PR merge: task2-tag.md
Task 3 — Monitor Release workflow: task3-release-wf.md
Task 4 — Publish to NPM: task4-npm.md
Task 5 — Publish to dfinity/homebrew-tap: task5-tap.md
Task 6 — Update docs site versions (stable only): task6-docs.md
Task 7 — Check homebrew-core status (stable only): task7-homebrew-core.md

Release announcement

When all tasks are complete, output a message ready to copy to the team channel.

If $ARGUMENTS is a stable release, output (using the homebrew-core status line from Task 7):

🚀 icp-cli v$ARGUMENTS released!
- Release: https://github.com/dfinity/icp-cli/releases/tag/v$ARGUMENTS
- NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@icp-sdk/icp-cli/v/$ARGUMENTS
- Homebrew (tap): published to dfinity/homebrew-tap. `brew install dfinity/tap/icp-cli-beta`
- <homebrew-core status line from Task 7>

If $ARGUMENTS is a beta release, output:

🚀 icp-cli v$ARGUMENTS released!
- Release: https://github.com/dfinity/icp-cli/releases/tag/v$ARGUMENTS
- NPM: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@icp-sdk/icp-cli/v/$ARGUMENTS
- Homebrew (tap): published to dfinity/homebrew-tap. `brew install dfinity/tap/icp-cli-beta`

Rollback guidance

If something fails mid-release, see rollback.md for cleanup instructions.