Plugin Versioning Guide

Agent Instructions

After completing your release steps (CHANGELOG, plugin.json, PR), always inform the user of their required next steps:

1. Merge the release PR
2. Create and push the version tag:

   git checkout main && git pull
   git tag vX.Y.Z
   git push origin vX.Y.Z
   

3. Review/merge the marketplace PR (created automatically by the release workflow)

Do not assume the user knows the tag triggers the release workflow.

Semantic Versioning for Plugins

Release Checklist

1. Update CHANGELOG.md

   • Move items from [Unreleased] to new version section
   • Add release date

2. Update plugin.json version

   {
     "version": "1.1.0"
   }
   

3. Create release branch and PR

   git checkout -b chore/release-v1.1.0
   git add CHANGELOG.md .claude-plugin/plugin.json
   git commit -m "chore: release v1.1.0"
   git push -u origin chore/release-v1.1.0
   gh pr create --title "chore: release v1.1.0" --body "Release v1.1.0"
   

4. Human merges PR, then tag

   # After PR is merged by human:
   git checkout main && git pull
   git tag v1.1.0
   git push origin v1.1.0
   

5. Automated steps (GitHub Action handles these)

   • Creates GitHub Release with auto-generated notes
   • Syncs plugin essentials to marketplace repo (plugins/python-dev-framework/)
   • Updates version in marketplace.json
   • Opens PR on marketplace repo
   • Human reviews and merges marketplace PR

CHANGELOG Format

Follow Keep a Changelog:

## [Unreleased]

## [1.1.0] - 2025-01-15

### Added
- New plugin-versioning skill

### Changed
- Updated hook timeout from 10s to 15s

### Fixed
- Fixed edge case in branch name validation

Version Locations

Pre-release Versions

For beta or release candidate versions:

git tag v1.1.0-beta.1
git tag v1.1.0-rc.1

Pre-release tags follow semver format and can be used for testing before stable release.

Marketplace Distribution

On release, the GitHub Action syncs plugin files to the marketplace repo:

Note: The plugins/ directory in the marketplace repo is auto-generated. Do not edit directly.

Users install from the marketplace (bundled copy), not from this repo:

claude plugin install python-dev-framework@WorldCentralKitchen