jackin-release-check

Run the release-readiness gates. Each gate is binary — green passes, red blocks — and the release is ready only when every gate is green (warnings surface but do not block). The commands are the repo's own (from CONTRIBUTING.md merge-readiness + .github/workflows/ci.yml), never stripped-down substitutes.

When to use

• Before cutting a release, or when the operator asks whether the project is release-ready.

When NOT to use

• Cutting the release itself → jackin-release (it runs this skill as its first gate).

Process

Run each gate in order; collect a green / red / skip verdict into a one-line-per-gate report.

1. CI gate. gh run list --workflow=ci.yml --branch=main --limit=1 --json conclusion --jq '.[0].conclusion' — green only on success. If docker/construct/ or docs/ changed since the last tag (git diff --name-only <last-tag>..HEAD -- <path>), also require construct.yml / docs.yml green on main.

Done when every CI workflow that owns a changed path is green.

1. Static gates. cargo fmt --check; cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings. Red on any violation.

Done when both exit 0.

1. Test gate. cargo nextest run --all-features; cargo nextest run -p jackin --features e2e --profile docker-e2e. Red on any failure.

Done when both suites pass.

1. Doc-link gate. Walk internal links under docs/content/docs/ (relative paths + hrefs); verify each target file exists. Red only on a broken link to a shipped page; warn on external URLs you cannot reach.

Done when every internal link resolves.

1. TODO freshness. Read TODO.md and todo/; flag items referencing completed work or showing no recent activity. Warn — does not block.

Done when every TODO item is either live or flagged stale.

1. Security exceptions. Read SECURITY_EXCEPTIONS.md; ask the operator whether each entry is still current. Review (blocks) until confirmed or the file is updated and re-read.

Done when the operator confirms the catalog.

1. Direct-commit audit. git log <last-tag>..HEAD --oneline --no-merges; for each commit, gh pr list --state merged --search "<sha>". Warn on commits with no PR — does not block.

Done when every non-merge commit since the last tag is matched to a PR or listed as ungrouped.

Report

One line per gate: ✓ green, ✗ red (block), ⚠ warn, - skip. A red gate stops the release; a warn surfaces for the operator to accept or fix.

Common mistakes

• Running cargo test --locked or cargo clippy -- -D warnings (stripped flags) — those are not the repo's gates; the real commands carry --all-targets --all-features and use nextest.
• Treating a warn as a block, or a red gate as a warn.
• Skipping the path-specific CI workflows when docker/ or docs/ changed since the last tag.
• Inventing a doc-link check instead of walking the real docs/content/docs/ tree.