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Release a new version of the tapo-mcp crate (MCP server), versioned independently from the tapo libraries

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Release tapo-mcp

Release a new version of the tapo-mcp crate.

Steps

  1. Determine the new version. Read the current version from tapo-mcp/Cargo.toml. Ask the user what the new version should be if not provided.

  2. Bump the version. Update the version field in tapo-mcp/Cargo.toml and both version and packages[0].identifier in tapo-mcp/server.json.

  3. Update changelog. In CHANGELOG.md:

    • Replace the heading ## [MCP Unreleased][Unreleased] with ## [MCP vX.X.X][tapo-mcp-vX.X.X] - YYYY-MM-DD (use the current date).
    • Insert a new empty ## [MCP Unreleased][Unreleased] section immediately above the newly versioned section.
    • Add a link reference [tapo-mcp-vX.X.X]: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/tree/tapo-mcp-vX.X.X to the link definitions at the bottom of the file (right after the [Unreleased] link).

  4. Commit. Run /commit with message chore(tapo-mcp): release vX.X.X.

  5. Tag. Create an annotated git tag:

    git tag -a tapo-mcp-vX.X.X -m "tapo-mcp-vX.X.X"

  6. Push. Ask the user for confirmation, then:

    git push && git push origin tapo-mcp-vX.X.X

  7. Create GitHub release. Ask the user for confirmation. Use the content under the ## [MCP vX.X.X][tapo-mcp-vX.X.X] heading from CHANGELOG.md as the release body, followed by a full changelog comparison link. The previous version (vP.P.P) is the tapo-mcp tag before this release:

    gh release create tapo-mcp-vX.X.X --title "Tapo MCP vX.X.X" --notes "$(cat <<'EOF'
<changelog content here>

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mihai-dinculescu/tapo/compare/tapo-mcp-vP.P.P...tapo-mcp-vX.X.X
EOF
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