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Github Release Assistant

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zhanlincui·vlatest·backend·MIT

Automates GitHub release creation, tagging, and note generation from commit messages, streamlining DevOps workflows.

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Showing Claude Code. One command installs this skill into any of the agents below.

  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add zhanlincui/agent-skills-hunter --skill github-release-assistant -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

zhanlincui

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

No human has reviewed this code. The checks below are a static scan of the files at one commit — nobody has run this skill or judged whether it works. A skill runs with whatever access you give your agent, so read the source before you install it.

Automated safety checks

scanned

This skill failed 1 of 6 checks. A failure is not proof of bad intent; it means something in the code needs a human to look at it before you run it.

  • No undeclared network calls: failed

    Contacts 2 hosts that are neither well-known infrastructure nor declared in the skill's frontmatter: img.shields.io, www.python.org.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

    Hosts contacted

    img.shields.ioundeclaredwww.python.orgundeclared

    What it found

    • docs/github-release-assistant/scripts/generate_release_readme.py:182contacts img.shields.io
      badges.append(f"[![License: {license_name}](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-{license_name}-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)")
    • docs/github-release-assistant/scripts/generate_release_readme.py:184contacts img.shields.io
      badges.append(f"[![Python {python_version}](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-{python_version}-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)")
    • docs/github-release-assistant/scripts/generate_release_readme.py:184contacts www.python.org
      badges.append(f"[![Python {python_version}](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-{python_version}-blue.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)")

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned zhanlincui/ultimate-agent-skills-collection at 849c38a32d.

    The exact upstream commit SHA that was scanned is recorded, so the result refers to specific bytes.

Commit
849c38a32d
Manifest
docs/github-release-assistant/SKILL.md
Scanned
7 files, 671 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The github-release-assistant skill automates the creation and management of GitHub releases. It can generate release notes from commit messages, create draft releases, and even publish them to GitHub repositories based on provided instructions. This streamlines the software deployment process and reduces manual effort for developers.

When to use it

  • You need to automate the generation of release notes from your project's commit history.
  • You want to quickly create draft releases for review before publishing.
  • You are looking for a way to consistently publish new versions of your software to GitHub.
  • Your team wants to reduce manual steps involved in releasing software updates.

Key capabilities

  • Generates release notes from commit messages.
  • Creates draft releases.
  • Publishes releases to GitHub repositories.

Example prompts

  • "Create a draft release for version 1.2.0, using the last 10 commits."
  • "Generate release notes for the 'feature-branch' branch and save them as a draft release."
  • “Publish the draft release named ‘v2.0.0’ to GitHub.”

Tips & gotchas

The skill requires access to your GitHub repository, so ensure proper authentication is configured before use. Pay attention to the commit message format; the assistant relies on these messages for generating accurate release notes.