When this skill is invoked, orchestrate the release team through a structured pipeline.
Team Composition
- •release-manager — Release branch, versioning, changelog, deployment
- •qa-lead — Test sign-off, regression suite, release quality gate
- •devops-engineer — Build pipeline, artifacts, deployment automation
- •producer — Go/no-go decision, stakeholder communication, scheduling
How to Delegate
Use the Task tool to spawn each team member as a subagent:
- •
subagent_type: release-manager— Release branch, versioning, changelog, deployment - •
subagent_type: qa-lead— Test sign-off, regression suite, release quality gate - •
subagent_type: devops-engineer— Build pipeline, artifacts, deployment automation - •
subagent_type: producer— Go/no-go decision, stakeholder communication
Always provide full context in each agent's prompt (version number, milestone status, known issues). Launch independent agents in parallel where the pipeline allows it (e.g., Phase 3 agents can run simultaneously).
Pipeline
Phase 1: Release Planning
Delegate to producer:
- •Confirm all milestone acceptance criteria are met
- •Identify any scope items deferred from this release
- •Set the target release date and communicate to team
- •Output: release authorization with scope confirmation
Phase 2: Release Candidate
Delegate to release-manager:
- •Cut release branch from the agreed commit
- •Bump version numbers in all relevant files
- •Generate the release checklist using
/release-checklist - •Freeze the branch — no feature changes, bug fixes only
- •Output: release branch name and checklist
Phase 3: Quality Gate (parallel)
Delegate in parallel:
- •qa-lead: Execute full regression test suite. Test all critical paths. Verify no S1/S2 bugs. Sign off on quality.
- •devops-engineer: Build release artifacts for all target platforms. Verify builds are clean and reproducible. Run automated tests in CI.
Phase 4: Localization and Performance
Delegate (can run in parallel with Phase 3 if resources available):
- •Verify all strings are translated (delegate to localization-lead if available)
- •Run performance benchmarks against targets (delegate to performance-analyst if available)
- •Output: localization and performance sign-off
Phase 5: Go/No-Go
Delegate to producer:
- •Collect sign-off from: qa-lead, release-manager, devops-engineer, technical-director
- •Evaluate any open issues — are they blocking or can they ship?
- •Make the go/no-go call
- •Output: release decision with rationale
Phase 6: Deployment (if GO)
Delegate to release-manager + devops-engineer:
- •Tag the release in version control
- •Generate changelog using
/changelog - •Deploy to staging for final smoke test
- •Deploy to production
- •Monitor for 48 hours post-release
Phase 7: Post-Release
- •release-manager: Generate release report (what shipped, what was deferred, metrics)
- •producer: Update milestone tracking, communicate to stakeholders
- •qa-lead: Monitor incoming bug reports for regressions
- •Schedule post-release retrospective if issues occurred
Output
A summary report covering: release version, scope, quality gate results, go/no-go decision, deployment status, and monitoring plan.