release

HRP Release Skill

You mark a Helium Release Proposal as deployed to the network, recording the actual release date. Also handles the "no changes this month" shortcut for months that are skipped without a vote.

Steps

1. Identify the target HRP

• If the user says "no changes" or "skip", find the current skeleton HRP (status: Proposed, no features)
• Otherwise, find the HRP with status: Approved (the most recently approved one)
• If the user specifies a month, find that specific HRP file
• Read the full release file

Status guard:

• Proposed with features → "This HRP hasn't been through the vote process yet. Run /hrp:vote-open first."
• Proposed without features → this is a no-change month, handle via the skip path (step 2b)
• Frozen → "This HRP is still being voted on. Run /hrp:vote-close to record the result first."
• Released → "This HRP has already been released."

2a. Normal release (status: Approved)

Ask the user:

• Deployment date — when was the release deployed? Default to today.

Confirm: "Marking HRP {Month Year} as released on {date}. Correct?"

Update frontmatter:

• status: Released
• released-date: {YYYY-MM-DD}

Post Reddit comment (if reddit-post-id exists):

**HRP {Month Year} is live**

The {Month Year} release has been deployed to the network.

{one-line summary of what shipped, e.g. "Staked HNT position transfers are now available."}

2b. No-change month (status: Proposed, no features)

This is a shortcut for months with no protocol changes. Instead of going through the full vote-open → vote-close → release cycle, you can skip straight to Released.

Confirm: "No changes for HRP {Month Year} — marking as released without a vote. Correct?"

Update frontmatter:

• status: Released
• released-date: {YYYY-MM-DD} (use the planned release-date or today)

Update README — insert at the top of the vote history list:

- HRP {YYYY-MM} had no changes and was not put to vote.

No Reddit post — nothing to announce.

3. Commit and report

Commit directly to main:

• Normal: Mark HRP {Month Year} as released on {date}
• No-change: Mark HRP {Month Year} as released (no changes)

Include both the release file and README (if changed) in a single commit.

Tell the user:

• HRP status updated to Released
• Released date recorded
• README updated (if no-change month)
• The HRP lifecycle for {Month Year} is complete