Overview
prepare-release is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by CherryHQ. Its author describes it as: “Prepare a new release by collecting commits, generating bilingual release notes, updating version files, and creating a release branch. Use when asked to prepare/create a release, bump version, or run `/prepare-release`.”. The project has 52k stars on GitHub and is available under the AGPL-3.0-only license. Add it to your setup with `git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/prepare-release`.
What prepare-release does
Automate the Cherry Studio release workflow: collect changes → generate bilingual release notes → update files → create release branch → trigger CI/CD.
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What’s inside
The SKILL.md for prepare-release is organised into these sections:
- Arguments
- Workflow
- Step 1: Determine Version
- Step 2: Collect Commits
- CI Trigger Chain
- Constraints
Installation
Add prepare-release to your agent with:
git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/prepare-releaseReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — declared in the repository topics
- Codex — declared in the repository topics
License
prepare-release is published under the AGPL-3.0-only license.
Strengths
- Clear AGPL-3.0-only license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in CherryHQ/cherry-studio, an established project with 52,047 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code, Codex
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 30 days
- Its repository gained 2,859 GitHub stars over the last 52 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does prepare-release do?
- Prepare a new release by collecting commits, generating bilingual release notes, updating version files, and creating a release branch. Use when asked to prepare/create a release, bump version, or run `/prepare-release`.
- How do I install prepare-release?
- Run git clone https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio ~/.claude/skills/prepare-release in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/CherryHQ/cherry-studio before installing.
- Is prepare-release free to use?
- Yes. prepare-release is free and open source under the AGPL-3.0-only license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does prepare-release work with?
- prepare-release lists Claude Code and Codex — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does prepare-release come from?
- prepare-release ships inside CherryHQ/cherry-studio, a repository that contains 37 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 52,047 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.