github-release SKILL.md skillA
github-release from github/awesome-copilot is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/github-release@git:20260807.4214189Pins git:20260807.4214189 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- github/awesome-copilot
- Path
skills/github-release/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20260807.4214189, committed Aug 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Apr 30, 2026
- Size
- 14,297 bytes
- Repository stars
- 40,941
- License
- MIT
Guides IA through releasing a new version of a GitHub library end-to-end. Handles SemVer versioning and Keep a Changelog formatting automatically.
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
# GitHub Release Skill This skill automates the full release workflow for a single-package GitHub repository, from analysis through changelog authoring and PR creation. It relies exclusively on `gh` (GitHub CLI) and `git` no other tools needed. Steps 1 - 4 are **read-only reconnaissance** nothing is written to the repo until Step 5, once the version number is confirmed. ## When to Use This Skill Use this skill whenever the user wants to cut a new release, publish a new version, bump a version, create a release branch, generate a changelog, or open a release PR on a GitHub repository. Trigger even if the user says something casual like "let's ship a new version" or "time to release". --- ## Prerequisites Examples below include both Bash and PowerShell variants; Windows users should prefer the PowerShell blocks. Before starting, verify the environment: ```bash gh auth status # must be authenticated gh repo view --json nameWithOwner # must be inside a GitHub repo git status # working tree should be clean ``` If any check fails, stop and tell the user what to fix before continuing. Then ask the user one question: …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add github/awesome-copilot/github-release@sha256:7ef644b19c8f87b0The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260807.4214189, 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_izsibgzmsgmk62nl)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Apr 30, 2026 and Aug 7, 2026, about one every 50 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260807.4214189 latest | 2026-08-07 | 4214189 | 14,297 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260521.8a43097 | 2026-05-21 | 8a43097 | 14,301 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260430.278b1eb | 2026-04-30 | 278b1eb | 14,358 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 (14297 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/awesome-copilot · 40,941 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-09 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_izsibgzmsgmk62nl GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=github/awesome-copilot/github-release GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7ef644b19c8f87b09be121efdb3fc946c3354bb48ce6ec841ebb56384ee4c431
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