create-release-checklist SKILL.md skillA
create-release-checklist from posit-dev/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add posit-dev/skills/create-release-checklist@v1.0Pins v1.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- posit-dev/skills
- Path
open-source/create-release-checklist/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- v1.0, committed Feb 20, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 9, 2026
- Size
- 7,775 bytes
- Repository stars
- 552
- License
- MIT
Create a release checklist and GitHub issue for an R package. Use when the user asks to "create a release checklist" or "start a release" for an R package.
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
# Create an R Package Release Checklist
Generate a release checklist for an R package and create the corresponding
GitHub issue.
## Overview
This skill guides you through creating a R package release checklist issue on
GitHub by:
- Determining the current version and prompting for release type.
- Generating an initial checklist.
- Prompting the user for additional customization.
- Creating a GitHub issue from the final checklist.
## Prerequisites
- The working directory must be an R package with a `DESCRIPTION` file at the
root.
- The `usethis` R package must be available.
And to enable automatic issue creation:
- The `gh` CLI must be installed and authenticated.
- The R package must be associated with a GitHub repository.
## Workflow
### Step 1: Validation
First, check that the prerequisites are available (in this order for
efficiency):
1. Check that the working directory contains a file called `DESCRIPTION`. If
not, inform the user that this must be run from an R package root directory
and stop.
2. Use `Rscript -e 'utils::packageVersion("usethis")'` to check if the `usethis`
package is installed. If not, instruct the user to install it with
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add posit-dev/skills/create-release-checklist@sha256:165a91fb0c3c8044The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_hblh2u4stpxv7t2s)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jan 9, 2026 and Feb 20, 2026, about one every 42 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0 latest | 2026-02-20 | 0fabf07 | 7,775 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260109.47d10e7 | 2026-01-09 | 47d10e7 | 7,700 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (7775 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
posit-dev/skills · 552 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hblh2u4stpxv7t2s GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=posit-dev/skills/create-release-checklist GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/165a91fb0c3c80443ccd834ae5ff4543c407e16ce7d80d59eb08b07932dc78eb
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