Git Release Skill

Guides the full release lifecycle for the Skill System Foundry — from version bumping through GitHub release creation, automated bundling, and post-release verification.

Version Convention

The repository uses semver (MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH) tracked across three manifest files that must agree:

• skill-system-foundry/SKILL.md — metadata.version in the frontmatter (the canonical declaration; the other two manifests are bumped to match)
• .claude-plugin/plugin.json — version field
• .claude-plugin/marketplace.json — version field for this skill's entry

The canonical SKILL.md declaration looks like: