Prepare Release Plan

This skill creates, gets, updates, abandons, and links SDK PRs to release plan work items for Azure SDK releases, helping gather required release data, validate spec inputs, and link related approvals or SDK pull requests without exposing internal work item URLs.

Triggers

USE FOR: create release plan, get release plan, update release plan, update API spec in release plan, update SDK details in release plan, abandon release plan, link SDK PR to plan, namespace approval, check release plan status WHEN: "create release plan", "get release plan", "update release plan", "abandon release plan", "link SDK PR to plan", "namespace approval", "check release plan status" DO NOT USE FOR: SDK code generation, pipeline troubleshooting, API review feedback

Rules

• Do not display Azure DevOps work item URLs; only provide the Release Plan Link and ID.
• Require an API spec PR link or a TypeSpec project path before creating or updating a plan.
• Validate that the spec PR repository matches the requested API release type before creation.
• Release plan tools accept either a Release Plan ID or an Azure DevOps work item ID — pass whichever the user provides. Each tool resolves the value automatically (trying it as a Release Plan ID first, then as a work item ID), so you do not need to call azure-sdk-mcp:azsdk_get_release_plan first just to translate one ID into the other.

MCP Tools