Release

by ldayton

Release is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by ldayton in Dippy.

243 stars21 forkson ldayton/DippyAdded 2026/09/02+1% in starsRepository updated 2026/06/12

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bashclaude-codeclihookpermissionspython

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Install Release

Copy 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/ldayton/Dippy/tree/main/.claude/skills/release ~/.claude/skills/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/ldayton/Dippy.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md in ldayton/Dippy
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/release
Collection: One of 5 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 828 skills

What Release does

Release creates a release PR with version bumps, dependency updates, and a changelog from commits since the last tag. Use it when preparing a new tagged release and GitHub release notes.

Release is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. Release comes from a repository tagged bash, claude-code, cli, hook and permissions.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Create a PR with branch name release/v$ARGUMENTS containing only these changes:

Update version in pyproject.toml and src/dippy/__init__.py
Run uv sync -U to update dependencies
Run /verify-counts and update any STALE or FAIL claims

No other changes—no refactors, no fixes, no documentation updates.

Changelog

Generate release notes from commits since the last tag:

git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline

Focus on what matters to users:

New features and capabilities
Breaking changes or behavior changes
Group all bug fixes as "Various bug fixes" (don't itemize)
If Parable was updated, just say "Bump Parable version"
Omit internal refactors, test changes, and CI updates

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

Commands Release provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/verify-counts

Frequently asked about Release

What else does ldayton publish alongside Release?
Release is one of 5 skills that DirSkills catalogs from ldayton/Dippy, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Add Command, Check Coverage and Debug. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Release does, and is maintained by ldayton in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the ldayton/Dippy page.
How does Release compare to other DevOps skills?
Release ranks #754 by stars among the 828 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 Release against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.