Yoke Release

Release Orchestrator

You are the orchestrator for publishing the yoke plugin. Run the pipeline without pauses between phases. Use AskUserQuestion only in Phase 2 and Phase 3a.

Run all bash commands and file operations yourself (not through agents), except for Phase 1 where 4 agents work in parallel.

Input

$ARGUMENTS — optional: patch, minor, major, or a specific version (1.8.0).

Pipeline

6 phases. Create a TodoWrite at the start:

[ ] Preflight: verify repository state
[ ] Quality: run quality checks
[ ] Review: agree on results with the user
[ ] Publish: bump, commit, tag, push
[ ] Release: create a GitHub release
[ ] Notify: send a notification

Phase 0 — Preflight

Run the checks sequentially. On the first error — report and exit.

0a. Project root

test -f .claude-plugin/plugin.json

If the file is not found → report: "Run from the yoke project root (the directory containing .claude-plugin/plugin.json).". Exit.

0b. main branch

git branch --show-current

If not main → report: "Release only from the main branch. Current branch: <branch>". Exit.

0c. Clean working tree

git status --porcelain

If not empty → report: "There are uncommitted changes. Commit or stash them before releasing." Show the list of files. Exit.

0d. GitHub CLI

gh auth status 2>&1

If there's an error → report: "Authenticate: gh auth login". Exit.

0e. Gather data

CURRENT_VERSION=$(jq -r .version .claude-plugin/plugin.json)
PREV_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -1)

If PREV_TAG is empty — remember that there are no tags.

Gather commits since the last tag:

# If PREV_TAG exists
git log --oneline --no-merges ${PREV_TAG}..HEAD

# If there are no tags
git log --oneline --no-merges -30

Remember CURRENT_VERSION, PREV_TAG, COMMITS (list of commits).

Determine commit types by prefix (feat, fix, docs, chore, refactor, etc.). Remember HAS_FEATURES (whether there are feat commits).

If there are 0 commits → report: "No commits since the last release ($PREV_TAG). Nothing to publish." Exit.

0f. Docs drift gate

Run /sync-docs --check.

On non-green exit → report: "Docs drift detected in . Run /sync-docs, review the diff, commit, and retry the release." Halt.

TodoWrite: mark "Preflight" as done.

Phase 1 — Quality Checks

Run 3 agents in parallel via the Agent tool (model: sonnet, subagent_type: general-purpose). All agents are read-only — they do not modify files.

Agent 1 — Prose quality

Agent prompt:

Check the text quality in the markdown files of the yoke project. Work in the current directory.

Read all files: skills/*/SKILL.md and docs/*.md.

For each file, check the text (prose only, not code/yaml/tables) against the rules:

1. Active voice — "The agent gathers data" instead of "Data is gathered by the agent"
2. Positive statements — "Use X" instead of "Don't forget to use X"
3. Concrete language — avoid vague words: "various", "appropriate", "certain", "some"
4. Extra words — remove words that add no meaning: "in general", "essentially", "basically", "as such"
5. Brevity — phrases that can be shortened without losing meaning

Do NOT check: YAML frontmatter, code blocks, tables, command lists. Language: match the ticket/input language, or follow the project-level definition in CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md.

Return structured output:

TOTAL_FILES: <number of checked files>
ISSUES_COUNT: <total issue count>
ISSUES:
  - FILE: <path> | LINE: <quote up to 80 chars> | RULE: <rule number> | SUGGESTION: <how to fix>
  - ...

If there are no issues — ISSUES_COUNT: 0 and an empty ISSUES.

Agent 2 — Skill structure

Agent prompt:

Check the structure of each skill in the skills/ directory. Work in the current directory.

For each skills/<name>/:

1. Frontmatter: read SKILL.md, verify the name and description fields are present in the YAML frontmatter. The name field must match the directory name.
2. Trigger phrases: the description must contain at least 3 concrete trigger phrases (words/expressions that activate the skill). Count them.
3. Agents: if SKILL.md references files in agents/ — verify that the agents/ directory exists and contains the mentioned files.
4. Reference: if SKILL.md references files in reference/ — verify they are present.
5. Examples: if SKILL.md references files in examples/ — verify they are present.
6. Third-person: the description must be in third person ("Used when...", not "Use when...").

Return structured output:

TOTAL_SKILLS: <number>
ISSUES_COUNT: <total issue count>
ISSUES:
  - SKILL: <name> | CHECK: <check number> | DETAIL: <problem description>
  - ...

Agent 3 — Freshness of SKILL.md instructions

Agent prompt:

Verify that the instructions inside SKILL.md files reference existing files. Work in the current directory.

For each skills/<name>/SKILL.md:

1. Read the contents of SKILL.md.
2. Find all file references: patterns agents/<file>.md, reference/<file>.md, examples/<file>.md, any relative paths to .md files.
3. For each reference found, verify that the file skills/<name>/<reference> exists on disk.

Return structured output:

TOTAL_SKILLS: <number>
TOTAL_REFS: <total number of references found>
MISSING_COUNT: <number of missing files>
REFS:
  - SKILL: <name> | REF: <path> | STATUS: <exists | missing>
  - ... (only missing; if everything is fine — empty list)

Wait for all 3 agents to finish. Collect the results.

TodoWrite: mark "Quality" as done.

Phase 2 — Review & Decide

Show the summary:

yoke v<CURRENT_VERSION> — release preflight

Commits since <PREV_TAG>: <N>

Prose quality:        <N> issues
Skill structure:      <N> issues
Documentation:        <N> discrepancies
Links in SKILL.md:    <N> missing

If issues > 0

Print the details of all issues, then AskUserQuestion:

• Fix the issues — the orchestrator fixes the found problems via the Edit tool, then re-runs only the failed agents to confirm
• Continue with issues — proceed to Phase 3
• Cancel — exit

If "Fix the issues" is chosen:

1. Fix the problems via the Edit tool (prose — rephrase, links — repair, README — extend).
2. Re-run only the agents whose checks had issues.
3. Show the updated summary.
4. If issues remain → repeat the AskUserQuestion (same options). Maximum 2 fix cycles, after which only "Continue" or "Cancel".

If issues == 0

Report: "Checks passed, no issues." Transition to Phase 3.

TodoWrite: mark "Review" as done.

Phase 3 — Publish

3a. Determine the version

If $ARGUMENTS contains patch, minor, major:

• patch: X.Y.Z → X.Y.(Z+1)
• minor: X.Y.Z → X.(Y+1).0
• major: X.Y.Z → (X+1).0.0

If $ARGUMENTS contains a specific version (format N.N.N) — use it.

Otherwise AskUserQuestion:

If HAS_FEATURES = true:

• Minor () (Recommended) — there are new features
• Patch ()
• Major ()

If HAS_FEATURES = false:

• Patch () (Recommended) — fixes and chore only
• Minor ()
• Major ()

Remember NEW_VERSION.

3b. Update the version

Update the version in 3 files via the Edit tool:

1. .claude-plugin/plugin.json — replace "version": "<CURRENT_VERSION>" with "version": "<NEW_VERSION>"
2. .claude-plugin/marketplace.json — replace "version": "<CURRENT_VERSION>" in the block with "name": "yoke" with "version": "<NEW_VERSION>"
3. package.json — replace "version": "<CURRENT_VERSION>" with "version": "<NEW_VERSION>"

3c. Format

pnpm run format

3d. Commit

git add .claude-plugin/plugin.json .claude-plugin/marketplace.json package.json
git commit -m "chore: bump version to <NEW_VERSION>"

No Co-Authored-By, no trailers.

If the commit fails (pre-commit hook) — run pnpm run format, re-stage the files, retry the commit.

3e. Tag

git tag -a v<NEW_VERSION> -m "v<NEW_VERSION>"

3f. Push

git push origin main && git push origin v<NEW_VERSION>

TodoWrite: mark "Publish" as done.

Phase 4 — GitHub Release

Compose the release body from COMMITS (gathered in Phase 0).

Body format

## What's new

- **`/skill-name`** — description of the change (#PR)
- Other significant changes

## Full changelog

- <hash> <commit subject>
- <hash> <commit subject>

Composition logic

• feat commits → expanded description in "What's new" (read the PR description or the commit for context)
• fix/refactor/docs/chore → bullet list in "Full changelog"
• Exclude the commit chore: bump version to <NEW_VERSION> from both sections

Create the release

gh release create v<NEW_VERSION> --title "v<NEW_VERSION>" --notes "<BODY>"

Remember the release URL from the output.

TodoWrite: mark "Release" as done.

Phase 5 — Complete + Notify

5a. Telegram notification

bash ./lib/notify.sh \
  --type STAGE_COMPLETE \
  --skill release \
  --title "yoke v<NEW_VERSION> released" \
  --body "<RELEASE_URL>"

5b. Summary

Print:

yoke v<NEW_VERSION> released

Commit: <hash> chore: bump version to <NEW_VERSION>
Tag: v<NEW_VERSION>
Release: <RELEASE_URL>

TodoWrite: mark "Notify" as done.

Rules

• Work without pauses between phases. AskUserQuestion — only in Phase 2 and 3a.
• Phase 1 agents — read-only, do not modify files.
• One commit: all 3 version files in a single commit.
• No Co-Authored-By, Signed-off-by, or any trailers.
• On preflight error — exit, do not propose a fix.
• On publish error (commit/push/tag) — show the error and instructions for a manual fix.
• Language: match the ticket/input language, or follow the project-level definition in CLAUDE.md / AGENTS.md. Commit messages and release notes — in English.