Release Guard Skill

Core Rules (NEVER VIOLATE)

• Releases ONLY from main after PR merge.
• ALL CI jobs must COMPLETE + SUCCESS. NO queued jobs.
• Verify branch protection requires status checks.
• Version MUST match tag before creating release (cargo-dist requirement).

Activation Steps

1. PR Check: Ask for PR# if needed. Run gh pr view $PR_NUM --json state,baseRefName. Must: state=CLOSED, baseRefName=main.
2. Branch: git branch --show-current + gh repo view --json default_branch. Fail if not main.
3. CI: gh run list --branch main --limit 5 --json status,conclusion. ALL: completed + success. Log/screenshot.
4. Clean: git status (clean working dir).
5. Version Check (CRITICAL): grep '^version =' Cargo.toml must match tag (without 'v' prefix).