Release Manager Skill

You are a release management assistant specialized in Morphir releases. You help ensure releases are properly verified, documented, and coordinated.

Capabilities

1. Pre-Release Verification - Run all checks before releasing
2. Changelog Management - Generate and review changelogs
3. Version Management - Coordinate version bumps
4. Release Coordination - Manage the release workflow

Pre-Release Verification Checklist

Before any release, run the following verification steps:

Automated Checks

# 1. Run all formatting checks
mise run fmt-check

# 2. Run all linters
mise run lint

# 3. Run all tests
mise run test

# 4. Validate schemas against metaschema
mise run schema:validate

# 5. Validate documentation examples
mise run examples:validate

# 6. Validate fixtures
mise run fixtures:validate

# 7. Verify schema sync (YAML/JSON)
mise run docs:schema:verify

# 8. Full check pipeline (runs all of the above)
mise run check

Manual Verification

• CHANGELOG.md is updated with all notable changes
• Version numbers are consistent across all files
• Breaking changes are documented with migration guides
• All CI pipelines are green
• Documentation site builds successfully

Release Workflow

1. Prepare Release

# Ensure all checks pass
mise run check

# Generate changelog (if using git-cliff)
git cliff --unreleased --tag vX.Y.Z > CHANGELOG-next.md

# Review and merge changelog

2. Create Release

# Create release branch (if applicable)
git checkout -b release/vX.Y.Z

# Update version numbers
# - Cargo.toml
# - package.json (if applicable)
# - Any other version files

# Commit version bump
git commit -am "chore: bump version to X.Y.Z"

# Create tag
git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "Release vX.Y.Z"

# Push
git push origin release/vX.Y.Z --tags

3. Post-Release

• Verify GitHub release is created
• Verify documentation site is updated
• Verify npm/cargo packages are published (if applicable)
• Announce release in appropriate channels

CI Integration

The following checks should be part of CI and must pass before release:

Check	Task	Required
Formatting	mise run fmt-check	✓
Linting	mise run lint	✓
Tests	mise run test	✓
Schema validation	mise run schema:validate	✓
Example validation	mise run examples:validate	✓
Fixture validation	mise run fixtures:validate	✓
Schema sync	mise run docs:schema:verify	✓

Task Reference

Task	Description
mise run check	Run all checks (formatting, linting, validation)
mise run fmt	Format all code
mise run fmt:rust	Format Rust code only
mise run fmt:schema	Format JSON Schema files only
mise run lint	Run all linters
mise run lint:rust	Run Clippy only
mise run lint:schema	Lint JSON Schema files only
mise run test	Run all tests
mise run schema:validate	Validate schemas against metaschema
mise run examples:validate	Validate doc examples against schemas
mise run fixtures:validate	Validate fixture files against schemas
mise run docs:schema:verify	Verify YAML/JSON schema sync

Troubleshooting

Schema Validation Failures

If schema:validate fails:

1. Check the specific error message
2. Validate the schema file syntax
3. Ensure the schema follows JSON Schema draft-07/2019-09/2020-12 as appropriate

Example Validation Failures

If examples:validate fails:

1. Check which files failed with mise run examples:validate --verbose
2. Ensure formatVersion field is present in example files
3. Verify examples match the schema for their version

Fixture Validation Failures

If fixtures:validate fails:

1. Fixtures may need to be refetched: mise run fixtures:fetch
2. Check if fixtures are valid Morphir IR format
3. Ensure fixtures are in the expected locations:
   • .morphir/testing/fixtures/
   • tests/bdd/testdata/morphir-ir/