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Automated semantic versioning and release workflow for Claude Code plugins. Handles version increments across package.json, marketplace.json, plugin.json manifests, build verification, git tagging, GitHub releases, and changelog generation. NPM publishing (so `npx
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---name: version-bump
description: Automated semantic versioning and release workflow for Claude Code plugins. Handles version increments across package.json, marketplace.json, plugin.json manifests, build verification, git tagging, GitHub releases, and changelog generation. NPM publishing (so `npx claude-mem@X.Y.Z` resolves) is handed off to the human maintainer, who raised npm security.
---# Version Bump & Release Workflow
**IMPORTANT:** Plan and write detailed release notes before starting.
**CRITICAL:** Commit EVERYTHING (including build artifacts). At the end of this workflow, NOTHING should be left uncommitted or unpushed. Run `git status` at the end to verify.
## Preparation
1. **Analyze**: Determine if the change is **PATCH** (bug fixes), **MINOR** (features), or **MAJOR** (breaking).
2. **Environment**: Identify repository owner/name from `git remote -v`.
3. **Paths — every file that carries the version string**:
- `package.json` — **the npm/npx-published version** (`npx claude-mem@X.Y.Z` resolves from this)
- `plugin/package.json` — bundled plugin runtime deps
- `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` — version inside `plugins[0].version`
- `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` — top-level Claude-plugin manifest
- `plugin/.claude-plugin/plugin.json` — bundled Claude-plugin manifest
- `.codex-plugin/plugin.json` — Codex-plugin manifest
- `plugin/.codex-plugin/plugin.json` — bundled Codex-plugin manifest
Verify coverage before editing: `git grep -l "\"version\": \"<OLD>\""` should list all eight. If a new manifest has been added since this doc was last updated, update this list.
## Workflow
1. **Update**: Increment the version string in every path above. Do NOT touch `CHANGELOG.md` — it's regenerated.
2. **Verify**: `git grep -n "\"version\": \"<NEW>\""` — confirm all eight files match. `git grep -n "\"version\": \"<OLD>\""` — should return zero hits.
3. **Build and sync**: `npm run build-and-sync` to regenerate artifacts, sync the local marketplace copy, restart the worker, and clear the queue. Do not use plain `npm run build` for release validation because it can leave the local marketplace/worker out of sync.
4. **Commit**: `git add -A && git commit -m "chore: bump version to X.Y.Z"`.
5. **Tag**: `git tag -a vX.Y.Z -m "Version X.Y.Z"`.
9. **Changelog**: Regenerate via the project's changelog script:
```bash
npm run changelog:generate
```
(Runs `node scripts/generate-changelog.js`, which pulls releases from the GitHub API and rewrites `CHANGELOG.md`.)
10. **Sync changelog**: Commit and push the updated `CHANGELOG.md`.
11. **Notify**: Run the Discord notification from `~/Scripts/claude-mem/`, where the `.env` with Discord webhook details lives:
```bash
cd ~/Scripts/claude-mem/ && npm run discord:notify vX.Y.Z
```
Do this even when the release worktree does not have a local `.env`.
12. **Finalize**: `git status` — working tree must be clean.
## Checklist
- [ ] All eight config files have matching versions
- [ ] `git grep` for old version returns zero hits
- [ ] `npm run build-and-sync` succeeded
- [ ] Git tag created and pushed
- [ ] **NPM publishing handed off to the human** (agent does NOT run `npm publish` — human raised security); once they publish, `npm view claude-mem@X.Y.Z version` confirms it (so `npx claude-mem@X.Y.Z` resolves)
- [ ] GitHub release created with notes
- [ ] `CHANGELOG.md` updated and pushed
- [ ] Discord notification run from `~/Scripts/claude-mem/`
