Release the Ralphy CLI

This skill ships the agent-facing CLI in this repository. It never releases the marketing site, public docs site, desktop app, or unattended farm runtime.

Repositories

• CLI: current repository, alecs5am/ralphy.
• Public docs: sibling ../ralphy-docs, alecs5am/ralphy-docs.
• Marketing and library: sibling ../ralphy-web, alecs5am/ralphy-web.
• Desktop: sibling ../ralphy-desktop, alecs5am/ralphy-desktop.
• Unattended automation: sibling ../ralphy-farm, alecs5am/ralphy-farm.

Only the CLI repository receives the vX.Y.Z release tag. If a CLI change affects public documentation, update and push ralphy-docs before tagging the CLI. Web, desktop, and farm changes follow their own release processes.

Release contract

One version must reach all three CLI channels:

1. GitHub Release with platform binaries and SHA256SUMS.
2. alecs5am/homebrew-tap formula.
3. @alecs5am/ralphy on npm.

Never amend or replace an existing release. Never publish only one channel.

Procedure

1. Confirm the current branch is main, the worktree is clean, and gh auth status plus npm whoami identify the expected maintainer.

2. Read scripts/release/last-release-commit, the latest v* tag, and commits since that baseline. Propose the semver bump and grouped release notes.

3. Inspect the diff for public-doc impact. If needed, update ../ralphy-docs, validate docs.json, commit, and push that repository separately.

4. Run the CLI verification suite:

   bun run lint
   bun test --timeout 45000 tests/unit tests/integration
   bun run build:bin:current
   gitleaks detect --source .
   

5. After explicit user approval, update these version sources in lockstep:

   • package.json
   • cli/lib/version.ts
   • npm/package.json
   • the current-version line in AGENTS.md

6. Commit chore(release): vX.Y.Z, tag that commit vX.Y.Z, and push the commit and tag. Do not create the GitHub Release manually; the release workflow owns binaries, checksums, and the release object.

7. Watch the GitHub Actions release workflow to success.

8. Run scripts/release/update-brew-tap.sh vX.Y.Z and scripts/release/publish-npm.sh X.Y.Z, then verify both registries resolve the new version.

9. Update scripts/release/last-release-commit in a separate trailing commit so the next release has an exact baseline.

Stop conditions

Stop before tagging when tests fail, versions disagree, credentials are wrong, there are no releasable commits, or the user has not approved the proposed version. Documentation-only changes in ralphy-docs do not require a CLI tag.