GitHub Release Skill

Critical Rules

NEVER run gh release create or gh release delete.

These commands are blocked by hooks. GitHub immutable releases (GA Oct 2025) make tag names permanent — a lightweight tag created by gh release create burns that tag name forever with no recovery path. CI handles release creation from signed tags.

gh release edit is allowed ONLY for --notes / --notes-file to overhaul the release description after CI publishes. All other gh release edit flags are blocked.

Release Flow