Name: release
Rating: 76.8 (1 reviews)
Author: helium

release

Mark a Helium Release Proposal as deployed. Updates the HRP status to Released and records the deployment date. Use when the user says "the release is deployed", "mark it as released", "it's live", "we shipped the release", "deployment is done", or wants to close out an approved HRP after the network deployment. Also handles no-change months where no vote was needed — use when the user says "no changes this month", "skip this release", or "nothing to deploy".

Quality

96%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

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No eval scenarios have been run

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

92%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

This is a well-crafted skill that clearly guides Claude through marking an HRP as deployed, with excellent branching logic for normal releases vs. no-change months. The status guards provide robust validation, and the concrete frontmatter fields, commit messages, and Reddit templates make the skill highly actionable. The only minor weakness is that all content is inline with no progressive disclosure structure, though for a skill of this size it's a minor concern.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	The skill is lean and efficient. Every section serves a purpose — status guards, branching paths, commit messages, and confirmation prompts are all necessary for Claude to execute correctly. No unnecessary explanations of concepts Claude already knows.	3 / 3
Actionability	Provides concrete frontmatter fields to update, exact commit message formats, specific Reddit comment templates, and clear confirmation prompts. The status guard table gives precise responses for each invalid state. While there's no executable code per se, this is an instruction-only skill with highly specific, actionable guidance.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	Clear numbered steps with two well-defined branching paths (2a normal release vs 2b no-change month). Status guards act as validation checkpoints preventing incorrect state transitions. Confirmation steps before destructive changes and a clear final commit-and-report step complete the workflow.	3 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	The content is well-structured with clear sections and branching paths, but everything is inline in a single file. For a skill of this moderate complexity (~70 lines of content with two distinct paths), the inline approach is reasonable but could benefit from separating the Reddit comment templates or status guard logic into referenced files if the bundle supported it. No bundle files are provided.	2 / 3
	Total	11 / 12 Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

This is an excellent skill description that clearly defines its purpose, lists concrete actions, and provides extensive natural trigger phrases for two distinct use cases (deployment completion and no-change months). The description is well-structured with explicit 'Use when' guidance and domain-specific terminology that minimizes conflict risk with other skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple specific concrete actions: marks HRP as deployed, updates status to Released, records deployment date, and handles no-change months. These are clear, concrete operations.	3 / 3
Completeness	Clearly answers both 'what' (updates HRP status to Released, records deployment date, handles no-change months) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when' clauses with multiple trigger phrases for both the deployment and no-change scenarios).	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Excellent coverage of natural trigger phrases users would actually say: 'the release is deployed', 'mark it as released', 'it's live', 'we shipped the release', 'deployment is done', 'no changes this month', 'skip this release', 'nothing to deploy'. These are highly natural and varied.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	Highly distinctive with domain-specific terminology (Helium Release Proposal, HRP, network deployment) and a very clear niche. Unlikely to conflict with other skills due to the specific domain context and precise trigger terms.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

90%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 10 / 11 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
frontmatter_unknown_keys	Unknown frontmatter key(s) found; consider removing or moving to metadata	Warning

	Total	10 / 11 Passed

Repository: helium/helium-release-proposals
Commit: d750301

Reviewed: about 2 months ago

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