release-coordinator_skill

Overview

This skill coordinates multi-component releases, feature flags, versioning, and rollback strategies to ensure safe, auditable deployments. It standardizes release types, deployment patterns (canary, blue-green, rolling), approval workflows, and post-release verification for predictable outcomes. It also generates changelogs and release notes from commits and manages feature-flag lifecycles.

How this skill works

The skill inspects steering files and project context, classifies the release type (hotfix, patch, minor, major), and produces a tailored release plan. It configures feature-flag strategies, suggests deployment strategies, generates semantic-versioned changelogs from commits, and outputs a checklist and rollback criteria. During deployment it proposes progressive rollout steps, monitoring thresholds, and post-release verification tasks.

When to use it

• Planning a coordinated release across multiple services
• Designing feature-flag rollout and cleanup strategy
• Preparing release notes and automated changelogs from commits
• Choosing a deployment strategy (canary, blue-green, rolling)
• Defining rollback criteria and emergency hotfix flows

Best practices

• Always read steering/ structure, tech, and product files before starting release planning
• Map each change to a Conventional Commit for automated changelogs
• Use temporary release flags for staged feature launches and remove them after full rollout (<2 weeks)
• Define clear rollback criteria and test rollback procedures in staging
• Start progressive rollouts at small percentages and validate SLOs before increasing traffic

Example use cases

• Create a hotfix plan that completes in under 4 hours with expedited approvals
• Generate a minor-release package: changelog, release notes, progressive rollout plan (10%→50%→100%)
• Design feature-flag lifecycle for a new checkout flow with staged enablement and cleanup
• Select and document a blue-green or canary deployment checklist with rollback steps
• Produce a release checklist and post-release verification tasks (health checks, SLO validation, communication)