Version Release Workflow

This skill is a router. The detailed steps live in references/.

Scope Boundary (Important)

This skill is only for:

1. Release branch / PR workflow
2. CI trigger constraints (auto-tag-release.yml)
3. GitHub Release note writing

This skill is not for writing docs/changelog/*.mdx.
If the user asks for website changelog pages, load ../docs-changelog/SKILL.md.

Mandatory Companion Skill

For every /version-release execution, you MUST load and apply:

• ../microcopy/SKILL.md

Overview

The primary development branch is canary. All day-to-day development happens on canary. When releasing, canary is merged into main. After merge, auto-tag-release.yml automatically handles tagging, version bumping, creating a GitHub Release, and syncing back to the canary branch.

Only two release types are used in practice (major releases are extremely rare and can be ignored):

Type	Use Case	Frequency	Source Branch	PR Title Format	Version	Reference
Minor	Feature iteration release	~Every 4 weeks	canary	🚀 release: v{x.y.0}	Manually set	references/minor-release.md
Patch	Weekly release / hotfix / model / DB migration	~Weekly or as needed	canary or main	Custom (e.g. 🚀 release: 20260222)	Auto patch +1	references/patch-release-scenarios.md

For writing the release-note body (any release type), see references/release-notes-style.md.

Auto-Release Trigger Rules (auto-tag-release.yml)

After a PR is merged into main, CI determines whether to release based on the following priority:

1. Minor Release (Exact Version)

PR title matches 🚀 release: v{x.y.z} -> uses the version number from the title.

2. Patch Release (Auto patch +1)

Triggered by the following priority:

• Branch name match: hotfix/* or release/* -> triggers directly (skips title detection)
• Title prefix match: PRs with the following title prefixes will trigger:
  • style / 💄 style
  • feat / ✨ feat
  • fix / 🐛 fix
  • refactor / ♻️ refactor
  • hotfix / 🐛 hotfix / 🩹 hotfix
  • build / 👷 build

3. No Trigger

PRs that don't match any conditions above (e.g. docs, chore, ci, test) will not trigger a release when merged into main.

Post-Release Automated Actions

1. Bump package.json — commits 🔖 chore(release): release version v{x.y.z} [skip ci]
2. Create annotated tag — v{x.y.z}
3. Create GitHub Release
4. Dispatch sync-main-to-canary — syncs main back to canary

Agent Action Guide

When the user requests a release:

Precheck (applies to all release types)

Before creating the release branch, verify the source branch:

• Weekly Release (release/weekly-*): must branch from canary
• All other release/hotfix branches: must branch from main; run git merge-base --is-ancestor main <branch> && echo OK
• If the branch is based on the wrong source, recreate from the correct base

Routing

Pick the right reference and follow it end-to-end:

• Minor release → references/minor-release.md
• Patch release (weekly / hotfix / model launch / DB migration) → references/patch-release-scenarios.md
• Writing the PR body / release notes (any release type) → references/release-notes-style.md

Hard Rules (apply to every release type)

• Do NOT manually modify package.json version — CI handles it.
• Do NOT manually create tags — CI handles them.
• Minor PR title format is strict (🚀 release: v{x.y.z}).
• Patch PRs do not need an explicit version number.
• Keep release facts accurate; do not invent metrics or availability statements. Release-note inputs (compare base, PR refs, contributor list) must be derived from git per references/release-notes-style.md § Computing Inputs — never from memory or descriptions.