Release

release

Ship designer-skill-mcp in one ordered sequence: version bump → build/test → commit → tag → push → npm → GitHub release.

Default version bump

Every release bumps the minor version by 0.1.0 and resets patch to 0, unless you pass an explicit semver to the script.

Rule: {major}.{minor + 1}.0 — never auto-bump patch. Use an explicit version only for hotfixes (e.g. ./scripts/release.sh 0.11.1 "hotfix").

Preflight

1. Commit and push all feature work first. The release script only commits version bump files.
2. Working tree must be clean except intentional release edits.
3. npm whoami must succeed (logged in as a publisher for designer-skill-mcp).
4. gh auth status must succeed (active account: elkaix — branch protection on main).
5. After release, update doc pins in README.md and commands/designer-setup.md (@latest → @<new-version>).

Version touchpoints (keep in sync)

Tag format: v{semver} (e.g. v0.11.0).

Automated (preferred)

From repo root:

chmod +x scripts/release.sh

# Default: auto-bump minor (+0.1.0), e.g. 0.10.0 → 0.11.0
./scripts/release.sh "Short release notes for GitHub and the tag body."

# Override only when you need a patch or major bump
./scripts/release.sh 0.11.1 "Hotfix: …"
./scripts/release.sh 1.0.0 "Breaking: …"

The script runs this sequence:

1. Resolve version (auto minor bump, or use explicit semver)
2. npm version <semver> --no-git-tag-version in designer-skill-mcp/
3. Sync plugin manifests + server.json
4. npm run build + npm test
5. Commit version files with a release message
6. Annotated tag v<semver>
7. git push origin HEAD + git push origin v<semver>
8. npm publish --access public from designer-skill-mcp/
9. mcp-publisher publish from designer-skill-mcp/ (if installed and logged in)
10. gh release create v<semver>
11. Update README.md and commands/designer-setup.md pin examples, commit, push

Manual sequence (when not using the script)

cd designer-skill-mcp
npm version 0.11.0 --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
# Sync plugin.json + server.json versions (see table above)
npm run build && npm test
cd ..
git add designer-skill-mcp/package.json designer-skill-mcp/package-lock.json \
  designer-skill-mcp/server.json \
  .claude-plugin/plugin.json .codex-plugin/plugin.json .cursor-plugin/plugin.json
git commit -m "Release designer-skill-mcp v0.11.0."
git tag -a v0.11.0 -m "designer-skill-mcp v0.11.0"
git push origin HEAD && git push origin v0.11.0
cd designer-skill-mcp && npm publish --access public
(cd designer-skill-mcp && mcp-publisher publish) 2>/dev/null || true
gh release create v0.11.0 --title "designer-skill-mcp v0.11.0" --notes "Release notes."

Verify

git tag -l 'v0.1*'
npm view designer-skill-mcp version
gh release view v0.11.0
cd designer-skill-mcp && npm test

Do not

• Skip npm test or npm run build before publish (prepublishOnly also runs them, but verify locally first).
• Publish from a dirty tree or without committing version bumps.
• Use --force on npm publish unless explicitly recovering a failed release.
• Add Co-authored-by or agent attribution lines to commit or tag messages.
• Auto-bump patch for routine releases — default is always +0.1.0 minor.

Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins → plugins/Pythoughts-labs/designer-skill/skills/release/SKILL.md