name: release-management description: Use this skill when working on releases, version numbers, or release preparation.

Release Management for Skyline

Full documentation: ai/docs/release-guide.md

When to Read What

• Before release work: Read ai/docs/release-guide.md
• For installer questions: Query wiki pages in /home/development
• For release notes: Query wiki/announcement tables

Quick Reference

Version Format

YY.N.B.DDD where:

• YY = Year - 2000 (25, 26, etc.)
• N = Release ordinal within year (0=unreleased, 1=first official)
• B = Branch type: 0=release, 1=daily, 9=feature complete
• DDD = Day of year, zero-padded (001-365), from git commit date

Release Types

Git Tags

Finding Releases

git fetch --tags origin
git tag -l "*25.1*"
git show Skyline-daily-25.1.1.147 --no-patch

Key Wiki Pages (on /home/development)

• installers - Installer overview
• release-prep - Pre-release checklist
• ClickOnce-installers - ClickOnce deployment
• WIX-installers - MSI installers
• test-upgrade - Upgrade testing

Release Notes Locations

• Major releases: /home/software/Skyline wiki page Release%20Notes
• Daily releases: /home/software/Skyline/daily → announcement.Announcement table

MCP Tools for Release Work

# Get installer documentation
get_wiki_page(page_name="release-prep", container_path="/home/development")

# Get major release notes
get_wiki_page(page_name="Release%20Notes", container_path="/home/software/Skyline")

Slash Commands

Planned: /pw-release <type> where type is:

• complete - FEATURE COMPLETE release (fully documented)
• major - Major release (26.1.0)
• patch - Patch to existing release
• rc - Release candidate

See ai/docs/release-guide.md "Future Automation" section for details.