Final Release Review

Purpose

Audit BASE_TAG...TARGET in one of two modes:

• Pre-release planning: use when the user asks to plan the next release or reviews origin/main before the Changesets version PR exists. Derive the planned release type from the active changesets in TARGET. Do not treat unchanged package versions as a blocker.
• Final candidate: use when the user asks for a final candidate decision or TARGET contains a Changesets-generated version commit. Derive the candidate type from the consumed changesets, then verify the generated package versions and changelogs.

Treat Changesets as the source of truth for patch versus minor. Let $changeset-validation judge whether each changeset uses the correct bump for its package diff; do not independently replace a valid declared bump with a semantic-version judgment from this review. Independently audit runtime compatibility, regressions, packaging, and release risks. Keep documentation readiness separate from the release gate.

Quick start