Cut Release

Cut Release is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by janekbaraniewski in openusage.

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Install Cut Release

Copy Cut Release into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/janekbaraniewski/openusage/tree/main/docs/skills/cut-release ~/.claude/skills/cut-release

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/janekbaraniewski/openusage.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: docs/skills/cut-release/SKILL.md in janekbaraniewski/openusage
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/cut-release
Collection: One of 14 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 1013 skills

What Cut Release does

Cut Release creates a new version tag, pushes it, and publishes a GitHub release with curated notes. Use it when you need to bump the version or ship changes from main.

Cut Release is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Cut Release comes from a repository tagged ai-cost, ai-cost-tracking, ai-spending, ai-usage and claude.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

All changes merged to main
On main branch (or will checkout)
gh CLI authenticated

Phases

Phase 1 — Determine Version

Fetch tags: git fetch --tags
Find latest tag: git tag --sort=-v:refname | head -1
Suggest next version based on changes:
- Patch (0.x.Y): bug fixes, performance improvements, small features
- Minor (0.X.0): significant new features, breaking changes to internal APIs
- Major bumps are not expected pre-1.0
Confirm version with user.

Phase 2 — Review Changes

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Cut Release

What else does janekbaraniewski publish alongside Cut Release?
Cut Release is one of 14 skills that DirSkills catalogs from janekbaraniewski/openusage, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add New Provider, Cut Release and Design Feature. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Cut Release does, and is maintained by janekbaraniewski in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the janekbaraniewski/openusage page.
How does Cut Release compare to other DevOps skills?
Cut Release ranks #925 by stars among the 1013 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Cut Release against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.