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plugin-release

Ship developed, tested plugins safely. Publishing is a one-way outbound action — show a plan and obtain confirmation before any actual publish or tag push; this skill does not decide version numbers for you, and it never bumps versions automatically.

Step 0: confirm the target version and release track

The unpublished cohort (for example a cohort version that was never published to npm — alpha.1 was GitHub-only; alpha.2 through alpha.4 are published under the alpha dist-tag) goes through the overrides flow in references/publish-playbook.md. Do not look for versions that do not exist on npm, and do not switch package managers because of it.

Step 1: pack and validate the artifact

1. Use the repository's single package manager and lockfile (package-lock.json → npm, pnpm-lock.yaml → pnpm);
2. Run the full gate (see Step 3), then npm pack / pnpm pack;
3. Unpack and validate: files covers every runtime relative import and asset; no .ts leftovers in the artifact; the manifest files such as cordis.patch.yml / dsh.plugin.json / SKILL.md are all present;
4. Install the tarball into an isolated profile for consumption validation (the plugin's row appears in dsh --profile compat --dump-config → the tool is genuinely registered and executes).

Step 2: version dependency baseline (alpha era)

• devDependencies use the npm release line (currently 0.1.1-rc.2) as the type baseline, so a public repository typechecks after npm install on any machine;
• peer ranges use a wide range (such as <0.2.0) to cover unpublished alphas/rcs;
• when code must stay compatible with both the local harness (GitHub tag) and the npm release line, use the dual-compatibility pattern: keep the shape that the npm release line's types require, while the alpha runtime semantics remain unchanged (see the "dual-compatibility pattern" section of the playbook);
• never write local absolute paths (junction/file:) into a committed package.json.

Step 3: release gate (layer by layer; a lower layer must pass before the next one)

1. Dependency resolution: the lockfile changes only as expected; no mixed cohorts;
2. Static: typecheck + plugin tests + build;
3. Real mount: cold-boot the target host on an isolated profile pinned to an exact DSH tag (never let a mutable master/main masquerade as acceptance), with the entry active and no service left pending. Web Client plugins must additionally verify: the host-advertised resources (the bundle entry from the boot manifest/boot list) are reachable, the bundle registers successfully, the DOM mount completes, and there are no page errors — looking at --dump-config alone does not complete this layer;
4. Behavior: one core path actually executes (for tool plugins: one message → tool → response; or an equivalent dedicated flow);
5. Wrapper: verify exit codes and stdout/stderr attribution.

Step 4: release semantic gate (stop publishing if any check fails)

1. The GitHub Release tag must equal v${package.json.version};
2. Whether the version carries a prerelease suffix (the segment after -, before the + build metadata) must match the GitHub Release's prerelease status;
3. Prereleases may only go to a project-declared non-latest dist-tag (the name is chosen by the project, such as next or alpha — the skill does not hard-code a specific name); only stable versions without a suffix go to latest;
4. Before a stable publish, query the current latest (npm view <pkg> dist-tags.latest) and refuse to publish when the semver is lower than the existing latest, to prevent moving latest backwards to a lower version.

Step 5: publish and rollback

• Before publishing: clean commit + tag; record the lockfile and composition baseline hashes;
• After publishing: reinstall once as a consumer and smoke-test;
• Rollback: prefer reverting the release (delete the tag / re-point at the old commit); do not publish a "works on both sides" patch to paper over the problem;
• For unpublished-cohort CI, see the "CI and release gates" section of the playbook (cohort store caching, the NPM_PUBLISH_ENABLED switch).

Safety boundaries

• Show a plan and obtain confirmation before any publish / tag push / hub registration write; never bump versions automatically;
• Never publish artifacts containing credentials, .npmrc contents, session logs, or private paths;
• Do not switch package managers or rewrite a different lockfile; on failure, roll back only the paths owned by this run and report residue.

References