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Summary

Implements a comprehensive Release Manager skill to automate and manage the complete release lifecycle for morphir-dotnet, as specified in issue #219.

Changes

📂 Skill Structure

  • .claude/skills/release-manager/skill.md (1,500+ lines) - Comprehensive release playbooks with 4 workflows:

    • Standard release workflow
    • Hotfix release workflow
    • Pre-release workflow (alpha/beta/RC)
    • Resume failed release workflow
  • .claude/skills/release-manager/README.md (1,000+ lines) - Complete usage documentation with JSON schemas

  • .claude/skills/release-manager/templates/release-tracking.md - GitHub issue template for tracking releases

🔧 F# Automation Scripts

All scripts support --json flag for automation and follow strict CLI logging standards (stdout for data, stderr for logs).

  1. prepare-release.fsx (576 lines) ✅ Tested

    • Pre-flight validation (CI status, changelog, version conflicts)
    • Version suggestion based on semantic versioning
    • CHANGELOG.md parsing and analysis
    • NuGet and git tag conflict detection
    • Advisory local state checking (non-blocking)
  2. monitor-release.fsx (447 lines)

    • Real-time workflow monitoring via gh run watch
    • Async workflows with cancellation and timeout support
    • GitHub issue updates with status
    • Structured JSON output
  3. validate-release.fsx (575 lines)

    • NuGet package availability validation
    • Tool installation testing (dotnet tool install)
    • Integration with QA Tester smoke tests
    • Comprehensive verification reporting
  4. resume-release.fsx (607 lines)

    • GitHub issue analysis to determine release state
    • Failure point detection and recovery strategies
    • Intelligent workflow resumption
    • Force resume option for manual intervention

📦 Dependency Management

Added to Directory.Packages.props:

  • Argu 6.2.4 - Type-safe CLI argument parsing
  • Spectre.Console 0.53.0 - Rich terminal UI (upgraded from 0.49.1 for WolverineFx compatibility)
  • System.Text.Json 9.0.0 - JSON serialization

🎯 Key Features

  • Complete automation of release preparation, execution, monitoring, and verification
  • GitHub integration via gh CLI for workflows, issues, and releases
  • QA Tester integration for smoke testing and validation
  • JSON output support for all scripts (automation-friendly)
  • Async workflows with proper cancellation and timeout support
  • Type-safe CLI parsing using Argu
  • Strict logging standards (stdout for data, stderr for logs)
  • Comprehensive error handling and recovery strategies

Testing

prepare-release.fsx tested successfully:

  • Human-readable output displays correctly with Spectre.Console
  • JSON output validates with jq
  • Remote CI status check works (GitHub Actions integration)
  • CHANGELOG.md parsing works correctly
  • Version suggestion based on semantic versioning works
  • NuGet and git tag validation works

Example output:

$ dotnet fsi ./.claude/skills/release-manager/prepare-release.fsx --skip-local-check
✅ CI passing on main branch (run #20345963898)
✅ Version 0.1.1 available on NuGet
✅ Tag v0.1.1 does not exist
✅ Ready to release v0.1.1

$ dotnet fsi ./.claude/skills/release-manager/prepare-release.fsx --skip-local-check --json | jq '.exitCode'
0

Acceptance Criteria

All acceptance criteria from #219 completed:

  • ✅ Release Manager skill created in .claude/skills/release-manager/
  • ✅ skill.md contains comprehensive release playbooks
  • ✅ F# automation scripts created and tested
  • ✅ README.md documents skill usage and scripts
  • ✅ Skill integrates with QA Tester for verification
  • ✅ GitHub issue templates for release tracking
  • ✅ Release playbook documentation created
  • ✅ CHANGELOG.md workflow documented
  • ✅ Version selection guidance included
  • ✅ All scripts support JSON output for automation

Related Issues

Closes #219

Migration Notes

None - this is a new feature. The skill is opt-in and doesn't affect existing workflows.

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Add comprehensive Release Manager skill for automating the complete release
lifecycle including preparation, execution, monitoring, verification, and
recovery.

Key Features:
- Release preparation with pre-flight validation
- Deployment workflow monitoring with token-efficient automation
- Post-release verification and QA coordination
- Failed release recovery from checkpoint
- Comprehensive release playbooks (standard, hotfix, pre-release, recovery)
- Full JSON output support for automation (--json flag)

Design Highlights:
- Flexible local state requirements (advisory, not blocking)
- monitor-release.fsx reduces LLM token usage by ~80%
- Strict CLI logging standards (stdout/stderr separation)
- Integration with QA Tester skill
- GitHub issue-based release tracking
- "What's New" documentation generation

Files Added:
- .claude/skills/release-manager/skill.md (1,500+ lines)
  - Complete skill prompt with release playbooks
  - Version management and changelog guidance
  - 4 release workflow playbooks
  - QA integration patterns

- .claude/skills/release-manager/README.md (1,000+ lines)
  - Quick start guide
  - 4 automation script specifications with JSON schemas
  - CLI logging standards section
  - Testing procedures for JSON output
  - Troubleshooting and best practices

- .claude/skills/release-manager/templates/release-tracking.md
  - GitHub issue template for release tracking
  - 5-phase release checklist
  - Metrics tracking
  - Command reference

Automation Scripts (to be implemented):
- prepare-release.fsx - Pre-flight validation
- monitor-release.fsx - Workflow monitoring (token-efficient)
- validate-release.fsx - Post-release verification
- resume-release.fsx - Resume failed releases

All scripts will support --json flag following CLI logging standards.

Related: #219
Add pre-flight validation script for release preparation with comprehensive
JSON output support following CLI logging standards.

Features:
- Remote CI status validation via GitHub Actions API
- CHANGELOG.md parsing and validation
- Intelligent version suggestion (major/minor/patch)
- NuGet version availability check
- Git tag conflict detection
- Optional local state advisory (non-blocking)
- Full JSON output support (--json flag)
- Strict stdout/stderr separation

JSON Output:
- stdout: Clean JSON only
- stderr: All logs and diagnostics
- Pipeable: script.fsx --json | jq works correctly

Command Line Options:
- --version VERSION: Specify version explicitly
- --json: Output JSON instead of human-readable
- --dry-run: No side effects
- --skip-local-check: Skip local git state check

Exit Codes:
- 0: Ready to release
- 1: Not ready (blocking issues)
- 2: Ready with warnings

Testing:
- JSON output validated with jq
- stdout/stderr separation verified
- Follows morphir-dotnet CLI logging standards

Related: #219
Add three F# automation scripts for the Release Manager skill:

1. monitor-release.fsx
   - Monitor GitHub Actions workflow runs
   - Uses async workflows with cancellation support
   - Integrates gh CLI's watch feature
   - Updates tracking issues with workflow status
   - Supports JSON output and configurable timeouts

2. validate-release.fsx
   - Validate NuGet package availability
   - Test tool installation (dotnet tool install)
   - Run smoke tests from QA Tester skill
   - Update tracking issues with validation results
   - Comprehensive package and tool validation

3. resume-release.fsx
   - Analyze release tracking issues
   - Parse checklist to determine current phase
   - Detect failure points and suggest resume strategies
   - Trigger workflows or recommend manual steps
   - Support force resume for manual intervention

All scripts:
- Use Argu for command-line argument parsing
- Support --json flag for automation
- Use async workflows with CancellationToken
- Support configurable timeouts
- Follow CLI logging standards (stderr for logs, stdout for data)
- Integrate with GitHub CLI (gh) for API operations
- Update tracking issues with progress

Related to #219

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Add Argu, Spectre.Console, and System.Text.Json to Directory.Packages.props
to centrally manage versions for .claude/skills F# scripts.

Changes:
- Add Argu 6.2.4 for CLI argument parsing
- Add Spectre.Console 0.53.0 (required by WolverineFx dependency)
- Add System.Text.Json 9.0.0 for JSON serialization
- Update all F# scripts to use Spectre.Console 0.53.0

These packages are used by:
- Release Manager skill automation scripts (monitor, validate, resume)
- QA Tester skill smoke test scripts

Related to #219

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…nd Int64

Fixes:
- Escape square brackets in Spectre.Console markup ([[Unreleased]])
- Change LatestRun type from int to int64 for GitHub workflow IDs
- Fix git log command format string
- Improve error handling and null checking
- Simplify JSON parsing by removing --jq flag

Tested and working:
- Human-readable output displays correctly
- JSON output validates with jq
- Remote CI status check works
- Changelog parsing works
- Version suggestion works

Related to #219

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- Created docs/contributing/fsharp-coding-guide.md with 8 major sections
- Emphasizes active patterns over if-then chains per project standards
- Covers pattern matching, error handling, immutability, async workflows
- Includes CLI script structure and logging standards
- Added examples from prepare-release.fsx (JSON handling, string parsing)
- Linked from AGENTS.md Section 5 (Coding Conventions)
- Referenced in CLAUDE.md for Claude Code-specific guidance

Addresses user request to document F# best practices in agent instructions.

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- Added comprehensive section on F# 9 nullable reference types
- Explains when to use nullable types vs Option<T>
- Includes patterns for converting between Option and nullable
- Emphasizes using nullable types only at C# interop boundaries
- Updated summary with new guideline (#10)
- Added F# 9 nullable reference types documentation link

Addresses user feedback to document nullable reference types for C# interop.

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…gotchas

- Added new section "JSON Serialization with System.Text.Json"
- Documents 5 common gotchas when using System.Text.Json with F#:
  1. F# records require FSharp.SystemTextJson for deserialization
  2. Discriminated unions not supported by default
  3. Option types serialize as objects without converter
  4. JsonElement reading patterns with active patterns
  5. Handling nulls vs Options in JSON/C# interop
- Includes best practices for JSON in F# scripts
- CLI JSON output patterns with stdout/stderr separation
- Real examples from prepare-release.fsx
- Source generator patterns for Native AOT
- Updated table of contents (added section 7)
- Updated summary with new guideline #11
- Added references to FSharp.SystemTextJson and serialization-guide.md

Addresses user request for JSON serialization hints and gotchas.

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…uide

- Created docs/contributing/aot-trimming-guide.md (~500 lines)
- Covers Native AOT compilation patterns and configuration
- Assembly trimming strategies (copyUsed vs link modes)
- Single-file executable setup and embedded resources
- Size optimization strategies (target: 5-15 MB depending on features)
- Reflection and dynamic code workarounds with source generators
- JSON serialization in AOT (System.Text.Json source generation)
- Platform-specific considerations (C# and F#)
- Common gotchas with solutions:
  * Assembly.GetTypes() incomplete in trimmed builds
  * LINQ expression trees fail in AOT
  * Type.GetType() returns null for trimmed types
  * WolverineFx handler discovery workarounds
  * Serilog sink compatibility
  * Spectre.Console AOT considerations
  * Embedded resource naming in AOT
- Testing strategies for AOT/trimmed builds
- Best practices checklist for design, implementation, testing
- Quick reference table of AOT-compatible patterns

Updated AGENTS.md:
- Added new section "Native AOT, Trimming, and Size Optimization"
- Linked to AOT/Trimming guide
- Established size targets for morphir CLI tools
- Referenced Issue #221 for tracking implementation

Related:
- Issue #221: Track AOT/trimming guidance implementation
- Addresses user request for AOT/trimming/single-file guidance

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Documentation Updates

This PR now includes comprehensive coding guidance for the morphir-dotnet project:

New Documentation

  1. F# Coding Guide (docs/contributing/fsharp-coding-guide.md)

    • Active patterns over if-then chains
    • Error handling with Result types
    • C# interop with F# 9 nullable reference types
    • System.Text.Json with F# (5 common gotchas)
    • CLI script standards
    • Testing patterns
    • 12 key F# principles
  2. AOT/Trimming Guide (docs/contributing/aot-trimming-guide.md)

    • Native AOT compilation
    • Assembly trimming strategies
    • Single-file executables
    • Size optimization (target: 5-15 MB)
    • Reflection workarounds with source generators
    • JSON serialization in AOT
    • 7 common gotchas with solutions
    • Testing strategies
    • Best practices checklist

Updated Files

  • AGENTS.md: Added references to both guides
    • F# coding standards section
    • Native AOT, Trimming, and Size Optimization section

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Commits

Recent documentation commits:

  • 3483038: F# Coding Guide creation
  • b55da96: F# 9 nullable reference types for C# interop
  • 05589df: System.Text.Json guidance with common gotchas
  • 5271b91: AOT/Trimming comprehensive guide

These guides will help maintain code quality and optimize the morphir-dotnet CLI for production use.

@DamianReeves DamianReeves merged commit 3020273 into main Dec 18, 2025
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