release SKILL.md skillA

release from genai-io/san is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add genai-io/san/release@git:20260720.088933a

Pins git:20260720.088933a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
genai-io/san
Path
.san/skills/release/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260720.088933a, committed Jul 20, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 5, 2026
Size
7,947 bytes
Repository stars
147
License
Apache-2.0

Create a new versioned release with changelog. Bumps version in code, updates CHANGELOG.md, commits, tags, and pushes using the repository release flow. GitHub Actions creates the release and uses only the current changelog section as release notes. Use when the user says "release", "cut a release", "bump version", "new release".

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Release — Version Bump, Tag, and Changelog

Create a new release with a structured changelog and author attribution.

## Arguments

- `<version>` — The version to release (e.g. `1.19.1`, `v2.0.0`). The `v` prefix is optional in input but always used for the git tag.

If no version is given, detect the current version and suggest the next one (see Step 1).

## Constraints

- Only **patch** (`x.y.Z`) or **minor** (`x.Y.0`) bumps. Never bump major — the
  module path has no `/vN` suffix, so a major bump would violate Go v2+ rules.
- All version tags use the `v` prefix (e.g. `v1.20.0`).

## Workflow

### 0. Ensure on main and pull from upstream

Verify you are on the `main` branch. If not, stash any pending work and switch:

```bash
git branch --show-current
```

If not on `main`: `git stash && git checkout main`

Then pull the latest upstream codebase:

```bash
git pull upstream main --rebase
```

If there are merge conflicts, resolve them before proceeding.

### 1. Detect current version and suggest the next

Read the current version and identify changes since the last tag:

1. Read the code version from `cmd/san/main.go`:
   ```bash
   grep 'var version = ' cmd/san/main.go
   ```
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add genai-io/san/release@sha256:ad7e425455eed672

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260720.088933a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_f56hctkdcyzo476n.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_f56hctkdcyzo476n)

6 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Jun 5, 2026 and Jul 20, 2026, about one every 11 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260720.088933a latest2026-07-20 088933a 7,947 BA view · diff
git:20260618.07ef8bd2026-06-18 07ef8bd 7,255 BA view · diff
git:20260613.d5a08352026-06-13 d5a0835 6,987 BA view · diff
git:20260605.ca36c082026-06-05 ca36c08 4,794 BA view · diff
git:20260605.2992ff72026-06-05 2992ff7 4,512 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7947 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

genai-io/san · 147 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_f56hctkdcyzo476n
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=genai-io/san/release
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ad7e425455eed672827386837bd1f5f41cf123c8cd72e5d45ca2eb2dc6b4aa63

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