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Release It

Release It is an agent skill (a SKILL.md file) from ciembor/agent-rules-books. Apply Michael T. Nygard-inspired production reliability rules when designing failure handling, timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, observability, or deployment behavior. It works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and GitHub Copilot and has 3,114 GitHub stars across a repository of 4 listed skills.

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Claude

Claude Code loads skills from ~/.claude/skills/ (all projects) or .claude/skills/ (one project):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books.git
cp -r agent-rules-books/release-it ~/.claude/skills/release-it   # personal, or .claude/skills in a project

In the Claude apps, zip the release-it folder and upload it under Customize > Skills > + > Upload a skill (code execution must be on).

ChatGPT / Codex

Codex reads skills from .agents/skills/ in a repo or ~/.agents/skills/ for every project:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books.git
cp -r agent-rules-books/release-it .agents/skills/release-it   # repo; ~/.agents/skills for all projects

Standalone skills also load in the ChatGPT desktop app.

Cursor

Cursor loads skills from .cursor/skills/ (or ~/.cursor/skills/) and also reads .claude/skills/:

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books.git
cp -r agent-rules-books/release-it .cursor/skills/release-it   # project; ~/.cursor/skills for all projects

Source (checked Oct 7, 2026): code.claude.com/docs/en/skills (opens in a new tab), support.claude.com/en/articles/12512180-using-skills-in-claude (opens in a new tab), learn.chatgpt.com/docs/build-skills (opens in a new tab), cursor.com/docs/context/skills (opens in a new tab)

What this skill does

Apply Michael T. Nygard-inspired production reliability rules when designing failure handling, timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, observability, or deployment behavior. Use this skill when a task involves production reliability, integration failure, timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, bulkheads, backpressure, observability, capacity, deployment, or operational readiness.

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FAQ

Release It FAQ

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How do I install the Release It skill?

Copy the release-it folder (the one containing SKILL.md) into ~/.claude/skills/ for Claude Code, .agents/skills/ for Codex or .cursor/skills/ for Cursor. The agent picks it up automatically when a task matches its description.

Is the Release It skill free?

Yes. The repository is open source under the MIT license.

Is Release It maintained?

The repository's most recent commit was on Sep 10, 2026. Its latest release is v0.5. appsgit only lists skills from repositories with a commit in the last six months.