Windsurf Release Automation

Overview

This skill enables automated release workflows within Windsurf using Cascade AI. It analyzes commits to determine semantic version bumps, generates comprehensive changelogs, manages Git tags, and publishes releases. Cascade understands conventional commits to automatically categorize changes and highlight breaking changes for proper version increments.

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE with Cascade enabled
Git repository with commit history
Conventional commits or consistent commit format
npm/yarn/pnpm for JavaScript projects (or equivalent)
CI/CD pipeline for automated publishing (optional)

Instructions

Configure Version Strategy
Set Up Automation
Prepare Release
Execute Release
Post-Release Tasks

See {baseDir}/references/implementation.md for detailed implementation guide.

Output

Updated version in package.json
Generated CHANGELOG.md entry
Git tag for release version
Published package to registry
Release notes for distribution

Error Handling

See {baseDir}/references/errors.md for comprehensive error handling.

Examples

See {baseDir}/references/examples.md for detailed examples.

name	windsurf-release-automation
description	Execute automate release processes with semantic versioning. Activate when users mention "release automation", "version bump", "changelog generation", "semantic release", or "publish release". Handles release engineering automation. Use when working with windsurf release automation functionality. Trigger with phrases like "windsurf release automation", "windsurf automation", "windsurf".
allowed-tools	Read,Write,Edit,Bash(cmd:*)
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

windsurf-release-automationClaude Skill

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