release-reports

Productivity

Generates weekly release cycle reports for the team. - preview: What's shipping (run Sunday after release train) - retro: What happened (run Tuesday after prod stabilizes)

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Release Reports Skill

Generate reports for weekly release cycles.

Available Actions

Action	Description
`preview`	Release preview - what's shipping, risk flags
`retro`	Release retro - what happened, hotfixes, trends

Usage

python {baseDir}/skills/release-reports/scripts/release_reports.py --action <ACTION> [OPTIONS]

Options

--action (required): preview or retro
--days N: Days to look back for release trains (default: 30)

Examples

# Sunday evening after release train is merged
python {baseDir}/skills/release-reports/scripts/release_reports.py --action preview

# Tuesday morning after prod is stable
python {baseDir}/skills/release-reports/scripts/release_reports.py --action retro

Report Details

Preview Report

Run after the develop → staging PR is merged (Sunday).

Shows:

Release train PR details
All feature PRs in this release
Risk flags: large PRs (500+ lines), quick approvals
Hotfixes from previous cycle that need backmerge
Monday QA focus areas
Release notes data for AI generation

Release Notes Generation

The preview report outputs structured PR data in <release-notes-data> tags. When you see this data:

Generate polished, user-facing release notes
Rewrite each PR title as a clear one-line summary focusing on user impact
Group items into these categories (skip empty ones):
- What's New - New features and capabilities
- Bug Fixes - Problems that were resolved
- Improvements - Enhancements to existing functionality
Do NOT include PR links (this is for external sharing)
Use professional, concise language

Example output:

## Release Notes

### What's New
- Users can now export reports in PDF format
- Added dark mode support across all pages

### Bug Fixes
- Fixed crash when loading large datasets
- Resolved timezone display issues in reports

### Improvements
- Improved search performance by 40%
- Streamlined onboarding flow

Retro Report

Run after production is stable (Tuesday).

Shows:

Release timeline (staging date, prod date)
Outcome (clean release or hotfixes required)
What shipped (PRs, contributors, lines)
Hotfixes during QA with backmerge status
Trend of last 4 releases

Branch Model

PR Type	Base	Head	Description
Feature	develop	feature/*	Normal development
Release train	staging	develop	Weekly release
Hotfix	staging	fix/*	Direct fix during QA
Promotion	release	staging	Push to production
Backmerge	develop	staging	Sync hotfix back

Output

Reports include emoji indicators for quick scanning:

✅ Clean / Good
⚠️ Needs attention
❌ Action required