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Happier Release Validation Review

by happier-dev

Happier Release Validation Review is a Quality 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 Validation Review
Copy Happier Release Validation Review 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-validation-review ~/.claude/skills/happier-release-validation-review

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-validation-review/SKILL.md in happier-dev/happier
Installs to
~/.claude/skills/happier-release-validation-review
Collection
One of 24 skills cataloged from this repository
Category
Quality — 1354 skills

What Happier Release Validation Review does

Happier Release Validation Review resolves the private release authority and uses its instructions for validation-review work. Use it before reviewing a release and inspect the public shape with the release-contract command.

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

Documentation

README

Happier Release Validation Review

Resolve the private release authority before validation-review work:

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

Use the returned private skill and its instructions as the authoritative review procedure. Inspect the public shape with node scripts/pipeline/run.mjs release-contract; do not retain a second review policy here.

Frequently asked about Happier Release Validation Review

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

    Happier Release Validation Review 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 Validation Review 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 Validation Review compare to other Quality skills?

    Happier Release Validation Review ranks #654 by stars among the 1354 Quality skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Benchmark, Benchmark Optimization Loop and API Design Patterns. 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 Validation Review against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.

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