Developer Release

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Developer Release is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by github in gh-aw.

4.9K stars495 forkson github/gh-awAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/08/16

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Install Developer Release

Copy Developer 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/github/gh-aw/tree/main/.github/skills/developer-release ~/.claude/skills/developer-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/github/gh-aw.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .github/skills/developer-release/SKILL.md in github/gh-aw
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/developer-release
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What Developer Release does

Developer Release documents release management procedures, changeset-based releases, firewall log parsing, breaking CLI change rules, and Go module summaries for gh-aw. Use it when maintaining releases, analyzing firewall logs, or understanding CLI stability constraints.

Developer Release is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Developer Release comes from a repository tagged actions, cai, ci, claude-code and codex.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Release and CLI Stability

Use this reference for release management procedures, understanding what constitutes a breaking CLI change, firewall log parsing, and Go module summaries.

Release Management
Firewall Log Parsing
Breaking CLI Rules
Go Module Summaries

node scripts/changeset.js version
# Or
make version

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

Frequently asked about Developer Release

What else does github publish alongside Developer Release?
Developer Release is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from github/gh-aw, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AWF Release Integrator, Agent Session CLI and Agent Task CLI. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Developer Release does, and is maintained by github in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the github/gh-aw page.
How does Developer Release compare to other DevOps skills?
Developer Release ranks #166 by stars among the 798 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 Developer Release against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.