semantic-release Automated Versioning and Release Publishing

semantic-release automates version calculation, changelog generation, tagging, and package publishing from conventional commits and CI runs. It fits agent workflows that need repeatable release automation across npm and other release targets without manual version bumps.

Prerequisites

Git, Node.js, CI service

Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:

• A Node.js version that meets our version requirement installed in your Continuous Integration environment
• Node version requirement
• Node Support Policy

Basic usage or getting-started notes:

• Support any package managers and languages via plugins

• Simple and reusable configuration via shareable configurations

• The commit message format can be changed with the preset or config options of the @semantic-release/commit-analyzer...

• Source: https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release

• Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/semantic-release/semantic-release/HEAD/README.md

Documentation

• https://semantic-release.gitbook.io/semantic-release

Source

• Agent Skill Exchange