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title: "GitHub Release Skill - Air Market"
description: "It's time to ship a new version and you're squinting at whether this counts as a minor or a patch, then hand-writing the changelog again. This walks the release through from start to finish, handling…"
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/github-release"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / GitHub Release Skill

Skill by [GitHub](/@github)

# GitHub Release Skill

Cut a release without rereading the versioning rules

## What this does

It's time to ship a new version and you're squinting at whether this counts as a minor or a patch, then hand-writing the changelog again. This walks the release through from start to finish, handling the version number and the changelog formatting for you.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Release a new version of my library
- Work out the right version number for these changes
- Write up the changelog entry

## Information

**GitHub Release Skill at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [GitHub](/@github) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Size | 20 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [github/awesome-copilot](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/811ed362dd9cdbbc83efc10e43039598654a7dda/skills/github-release) |
| GitHub stars | 38,187 (as of Nov 2026) |
| Installs | 791, counted by skills.sh (Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of GitHub Release Skill and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What GitHub Release Skill's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | 811ed362dd9cdbbc83efc10e43039598654a7dda |
| Content hash | 5c4418fbdeb44bcb278289a6a591e41ca3610f5f642039a1bbf1a708894ad623 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/blob/811ed362dd9cdbbc83efc10e43039598654a7dda/skills/github-release/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for GitHub Release Skill](/security/github-release)

## About GitHub Release Skill

Guides you through releasing a new version of a GitHub library from start to finish. Versioning follows SemVer and the changelog is formatted to Keep a Changelog, both handled as part of the process.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions
- references/commit-classification.md - reference
- references/semver-rules.md - reference

## Questions

### Is GitHub Release Skill safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of GitHub Release Skill and flagged nothing. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit 811ed362dd9c, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/github-release.

### How do I install GitHub Release Skill?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/github-release on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot/tree/811ed362dd9cdbbc83efc10e43039598654a7dda/skills/github-release. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Developer Tools listings](/category/devtools)
- [Everything by GitHub](/@github)

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