Rust Crate Publishing Readiness

Use this skill before publishing or sharing a Rust crate. It focuses on the consumer-facing package, not on deployment of a running service.

Core Workflow

1. Verify package metadata, license, README, repository, and categories.
2. Check public API, feature flags, examples, and docs from a consumer's view.
3. Run tests, docs, formatting, and feature-matrix checks.
4. Run cargo package or cargo publish --dry-run.
5. Inspect packaged contents for missing files and accidental secrets.
6. Publish only from a clean, tagged, intentional release state.

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