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name: release-guard description: Guard skill releases with pre-publish validation, quality checks, and safety gates. Use before publishing any skill to ensure it meets minimum standards, passes tests, and has no obvious risks. Acts as a safety net for the skill ecosystem.

Release Guard

Overview

Release Guard is a quality assurance skill that validates skills before they are published or shared. It runs a comprehensive checklist of validations to catch common issues and ensure skills meet minimum standards.

The release-guard skill ensures that skill releases meet quality and safety standards. It runs pre-release validation checks including security scans, dependency audits, documentation completeness, and compatibility verification.

When to Use

• Before publishing any skill to ClawHub
• When preparing a new version release
• During CI/CD release pipelines
• When the user asks to "检查" or "验证" a release
• Before creating GitHub releases

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+ for script execution
• Optional: security-auditor for detailed security scans

Usage

CLI Commands

# Run all release checks
./scripts/release-check.sh <skill-directory>

# Run with auto-fix mode
./scripts/release-check.sh <skill-directory> --fix

# Quick validation (current directory)
./scripts/release-check.sh .

Check Levels

Level	Description	Failure Action
critical	Required for release	Blocks release
standard	Best practice	Warning
optional	Enhancement	Suggestion

Validation Rules

Version Format

• Must follow semver (e.g., 1.0.0, 1.2.3-beta.1)
• Version must increment from previous release

Documentation Requirements

• README.md must exist
• SKILL.md must exist
• No Chinese characters in documentation
• All headings properly capitalized

Security Checks

• No hardcoded secrets
• No vulnerable dependencies
• Safe file permissions (644 for files, 755 for executables)

Output

The tool produces a JSON report:

{
  "skill": "example-skill",
  "version": "1.2.0",
  "timestamp": "2024-03-12T09:00:00Z",
  "checks": {
    "security": { "status": "pass", "issues": 0 },
    "docs": { "status": "pass", "issues": 0 },
    "version": { "status": "pass", "issues": 0 },
    "deps": { "status": "pass", "issues": 0 }
  },
  "overall": "pass",
  "warnings": [],
  "errors": []
}

Exit Codes

• 0 - All checks passed
• 1 - One or more checks failed
• 2 - Invalid arguments or skill not found

Limitations

• Does not execute skill code (use testing framework for that)
• Cannot verify runtime behavior
• Does not check external API availability

Related Skills

• skill-safety-auditor - Detailed security auditing
• security-auditor - Security vulnerability scanning
• release-skills - Publishing workflow