Agent skill · chrisbanes
release-kotlin-library
Use when preparing, publishing, or checking readiness for a new Kotlin library version in a repository using gradle-maven-publish-plugin, including release changelog reconciliation, API snapshots, and publication verification.
What it needs
About 3k tokens when loaded.
What this skill does
Release Kotlin library Core principle Publish the prepared, validated release commit and call the release complete only after verifying its artifacts and Git state. Prerequisite This skill relies on gradle-maven-publish-plugin (com.vanniktech.maven.publish) for library publication, whether run locally or through tag-triggered CI. API snapshot support assumes Metalava-generated api/api.txt files; disable snapshots when the repository does not maintain them. Procedure 1. Establish scope and inspect repository instructions, Git state, release history, version properties, publishing configuration and required checks. Confirm that published modules apply com.vanniktech.maven.publish, directly or through a convention plugin. A declaration without application is not sufficient. If absent or unverified, report the unmet prerequisite and stop before release mutations; do not install or migrate publishing plugins. Distinguish a readiness review, preparation request and explicit release authorization. Keep review requests read-only, including credentials. Follow the existing local or CI publishing mechanism; do not migrate it. Read the helper contract before configuring the bundled script. Stop before mutation on unsupported layouts or ambiguous destinations. 2. Resolve the previous applicable release using tag conventions and ancestry. An ambiguous baseline needs resolution, not a lexically highest tag guess. Use supplied release and next development versions. Propose and confirm each missing value before mutation; do not silently increment a prerelease to the next patch snapshot. 3. If CHANGELOG.md exists, compare its Unreleased section against the complete changes since the baseline: inspect history, diffs and relevant issue or PR evidence. Preserve curated wording, add missing consumer-visible changes, correct inaccurate entries, and omit internal-only changes with no consumer impact. Resolve uncertain coverage before publication. …
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
@skills chrisbanes/release-kotlin-library