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Happier Release

by happier-dev

Happier Release is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by happier-dev in happier.

1.5K stars131 forkson happier-dev/happierAdded 2026/08/19+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/08/19
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Install Happier Release
Copy Happier 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/happier-dev/happier/tree/dev/skills/happier-release ~/.claude/skills/happier-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/happier-dev/happier.git

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

In this catalog

Source file
skills/happier-release/SKILL.md in happier-dev/happier
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/happier-release
Collection
One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
DevOps — 798 skills

What Happier Release does

Happier Release resolves the private release authority from the public contract for this repository checkout. Use it when you need the authoritative release procedure and channel rules for Happier.

Happier Release is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Happier Release comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, claude, claude-code, codex and gemini.

Documentation

README

Happier Release

Inspect the public machine-readable contract with:

node scripts/pipeline/run.mjs release-contract

Then resolve the private release authority for the absolute checkout:

hmaint release bootstrap --repo <absolute checkout> --json

Use the returned private skill and its instructions as authoritative. The public contract defines targets, profiles, and compatibility intent; private operating procedure stays outside this repository.

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

Frequently asked about Happier Release

  • What else does happier-dev publish alongside Happier Release?

    Happier Release is one of 24 skills that DirSkills catalogs from happier-dev/happier, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Attack Your Conclusion, Decompose With Gates and Handoff Report. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Happier Release does, and is maintained by happier-dev in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the happier-dev/happier page.

  • How does Happier Release compare to other DevOps skills?

    Happier Release ranks #334 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 Happier Release against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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