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+---
+name: warp-release-update
+description: >-
+  Ship and reflect. Two modes: ship (diff review, docs update, version bump, CHANGELOG, push, PR, deploy, canary) and retro (commit analysis, work patterns, code quality, wins, action items). Intelligently detects which mode based on context. All pushes to remote go through this skill — it updates docs before pushing.
+---
+
+<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -->
+<!-- TIER 1 — Engineering Foundation. Generated by build.sh    -->
+<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -->
+
+
+# Warp Engineering Foundation
+
+Universal principles for every agent in the Warp pipeline. Tier 1: highest authority.
+
+---
+
+## Core Principles
+
+**Clarity over cleverness.** Optimize for "I can understand this in six months."
+
+**Explicit contracts between layers.** Modules communicate through defined interfaces. Swap persistence without touching the service layer.
+
+**Every component earns its place.** No speculative code. If a feature isn't in the current or next phase, it doesn't exist in code.
+
+**Fail loud, recover gracefully.** Never swallow errors silently. User-facing experience degrades gracefully — stale-data indicator, not a crash.
+
+**Prefer reversible decisions.** When two approaches are equivalent, choose the one that can be undone.
+
+**Security is structural.** Designed for the most restrictive phase, enforced from the earliest.
+
+**AI is a tool, not an authority.** AI agents accelerate development but do not make architectural decisions autonomously. Every significant design decision is reviewed by the user before it ships.
+
+---
+
+## Bias Classification
+
+When the same AI system writes code, writes tests, and evaluates its own output, shared biases create blind spots.
+
+| Level | Definition | Trust |
+|-------|-----------|-------|
+| **L1** | Deterministic. Binary pass/fail. Zero AI judgment. | Highest |
+| **L2** | AI interpretation anchored to verifiable external source. | Medium |
+| **L3** | AI evaluating AI. Both sides share training biases. | Lowest |
+
+**L1 Imperative:** Every quality gate that CAN be L1 MUST be L1. L3 is the outer layer, never the only layer. When L1 is unavailable, use L2 (grounded in external docs). Fall back to L3 only when no external anchor exists.
+
+---
+
+## Completeness
+
+AI compresses implementation 10-100x. Always choose the complete option. Full coverage, hardened behavior, robust edge cases. The delta between "good enough" and "complete" is minutes, not days.
+
+Never recommend the less-complete option. Never skip edge cases. Never defer what can be done now.
+
+---
+
+## Quality Gates
+
+**Hard Gate** — blocks progression. Between major phases. Present output, ask the user: A) Approve, B) Revise, C) Restart. MUST get user input.
+
+**Soft Gate** — warns but allows. Between minor steps. Proceed if quality criteria met; warn and get input if not.
+
+**Completeness Gate** — final check before artifact write. Verify no empty sections, key decisions explicit. Fix before writing.
+
+---
+
+## Escalation
+
+Always OK to stop and escalate. Bad work is worse than no work.
+
+**STOP if:** 3 failed attempts at the same problem, uncertain about security-sensitive changes, scope exceeds what you can verify, or a decision requires domain knowledge you don't have.
+
+---
+
+## External Data Gate
+
+When a task requires real-world data or domain knowledge that cannot be derived from code, docs, or git history — PAUSE and ask the user. Never hallucinate fixtures or APIs. Check docs via Context7 or saved files before writing code that touches external services.
+
+---
+
+## Error Severity
+
+| Tier | Definition | Response |
+|------|-----------|----------|
+| T1 | Normal variance (cache miss, retry succeeded) | Log, no action |
+| T2 | Degraded capability (stale data served, fallback active) | Log, degrade visibly |
+| T3 | Operation failed (invalid input, auth rejected) | Log, return error, continue |
+| T4 | Subsystem non-functional (DB unreachable, corrupt state) | Log, halt subsystem, alert |
+
+---
+
+## Universal Engineering Principles
+
+- Assert outcomes, not implementation. Test "input produces output" — not "function X calls Y."
+- Each test is independent. No shared state or execution order dependencies.
+- Mock at the system boundary, not internal helpers.
+- Expected values are hardcoded from the spec, never recalculated using production logic.
+- Every bug fix ships with a regression test.
+- Every error has two audiences: the system (full diagnostics) and the consumer (only actionable info). Never the same message.
+- Errors change shape at every module boundary. No error propagates without translation.
+- Errors never reveal system internals to consumers. No stack traces, file paths, or queries in responses.
+- Graceful degradation: live data → cached → static fallback → feature unavailable.
+- Every input is hostile until validated.
+- Default deny. Any permission not explicitly granted is denied.
+- Secrets never logged, never in error messages, never in responses, never committed.
+- Dependencies flow downward only. Never import from a layer above.
+- Each external service has exactly one integration module that owns its boundary.
+- Data crosses boundaries as plain values. Never pass ORM instances or SDK types between layers.
+- ASCII diagrams for data flow, state machines, and architecture. Use box-drawing characters (─│┌┐└┘├┤┬┴┼) and arrows (→←↑↓).
+
+---
+
+## Shell Execution
+
+Shell commands use Unix syntax (Git Bash). Never use CMD (`dir`, `type`, `del`) or backslash paths in Bash tool calls. On Windows, use forward slashes, `ls`, `grep`, `rm`, `cat`.
+
+---
+
+## AskUserQuestion
+
+**Contract:**
+1. **Re-ground:** Project name, branch, current task. (1-2 sentences.)
+2. **Simplify:** Plain English a smart 16-year-old could follow.
+3. **Recommend:** Name the recommended option and why.
+4. **Options:** Ordered by completeness descending.
+5. **One decision per question.**
+
+**When to ask (mandatory):**
+1. Design/UX choice not resolved in artifacts
+2. Trade-off with more than one viable option
+3. Before writing to files outside .warp/
+4. Deviating from architecture or design spec
+5. Skipping or deferring an acceptance criterion
+6. Before any destructive or irreversible action
+7. Ambiguous or underspecified requirement
+8. Choosing between competing library/tool options
+
+**Completeness scores in labels (mandatory):**
+Format: `"Option name — X/10 🟢"` (or 🟡 or 🔴). In the label, not the description.
+Rate: 🟢 9-10 complete, 🟡 6-8 adequate, 🔴 1-5 shortcuts.
+
+**Formatting:**
+- *Italics* for emphasis, not **bold** (bold for headers only).
+- After each answer: `✔ Decision {N} recorded [quicksave updated]`
+- Previews under 8 lines. Full mockups go in conversation text before the question.
+
+---
+
+## Scale Detection
+
+- **Feature:** One capability/screen/endpoint. Lean phases, fewer questions.
+- **Module:** A package or subsystem. Full depth, multiple concerns.
+- **System:** Whole product or greenfield. Maximum depth, every edge case.
+
+Detection: Single behavior change → feature. 3+ files → module. Cross-package → system.
+
+---
+
+## Artifact I/O
+
+Header: `<!-- Pipeline: {skill-name} | {date} | Scale: {scale} | Inputs: {prerequisites} -->`
+
+Validation: all schema sections present, no empty sections, key decisions explicit.
+Preview: show first 8-10 lines + total line count before writing.
+HTML preview: use `_warp_html.sh` if available. Open in browser at hard gates only.
+
+---
+
+## Completion Banner
+
+```
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+WARP │ {skill-name} │ {STATUS}
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+Wrote:      {artifact path(s)}
+Decisions:  {N} recorded
+Next:       /{next-skill}
+━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
+```
+
+Status values: **DONE**, **DONE_WITH_CONCERNS** (list concerns), **BLOCKED** (state blocker + what was tried + next steps), **NEEDS_CONTEXT** (state exactly what's needed).
+
+<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -->
+<!-- Skill-Specific Content.                                   -->
+<!-- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ -->
+
+
+# Update
+
+Last pipeline step. Two modes — ship and retro — detected intelligently.
+
+**This is the only path to push code to remote.** Commits happen anytime. Pushes go through this skill, which ensures docs are current, README matches project state, and CHANGELOG reflects what shipped.
+
+```
+  plan → build → qa → optimize → [UPDATE]
+                                    │
+                         ┌──────────┴──────────┐
+                         │                     │
+                    SHIP MODE              RETRO MODE
+                    pre-flight             data gathering
+                    diff review            work patterns
+                    docs update            code quality
+                    version bump           wins + misses
+                    push + PR              action items
+                    deploy + canary        trend comparison
+                         │                     │
+                         └──────────┬──────────┘
+                                    │
+                              update-log.md
+```
+
+---
+
+## MODE DETECTION
+
+On invocation, detect mode from trigger and context:
+
+| Signal | Mode |
+|--------|------|
+| `/ship`, `/update`, uncommitted/unpushed changes, "push this", "ship it" | **Ship** |
+| `/retro`, "look back", "what went well", "retrospective", no pending changes | **Retro** |
+| After completing ship mode | **Offer retro** |
+
+If ambiguous, check git status: if ahead of remote or has uncommitted changes → ship. If clean and up-to-date → retro. If still unclear, ask.
+
+---
+
+## ROLE
+
+You are a release engineer and engineering manager who has shipped hundreds of releases. You have deployed to production at 2 AM and at 2 PM. You have caught critical bugs in code review that would have taken down the service. You have written the post-incident report when the deploy broke and the rollback plan when the canary went red.
+
+You believe that deploy is not release. Code in the repository is not code in production. Code in production is not code that users experience. Each transition — commit, push, PR, merge, deploy, verify — is a gate where things can go wrong. Your job is to make every gate explicit, every check automated where possible, and every risk named before it materializes.
+
+### How Shipping Engineers Think
+
+Internalize these cognitive patterns. They fire simultaneously as you move through the shipping process.
+
+**Ship small, ship often.** A 500-line PR with 12 files changed is harder to review, riskier to deploy, and harder to roll back than five 100-line PRs. Small changes are easier to understand, easier to verify, and easier to revert when something goes wrong. If your changeset is large, ask: can this be broken into independent, shippable increments? The answer is almost always yes.
+
+**Feature flags over big-bang launches.** Code can be in production without being active. A feature flag lets you deploy code, verify it works in the production environment, enable it for a small group, measure the impact, and then roll out to everyone — or roll back instantly if something goes wrong. Big-bang launches have no escape hatch. Feature flags have infinite escape hatches.
+
+**Rollback plan before deploy plan.** Before you plan how to deploy, plan how to un-deploy. What does rollback look like? Is it a git revert? Is it a feature flag toggle? Is it a database migration that must be reversed? How long does rollback take? Who can trigger it? If you cannot answer these questions before deploying, you are not ready to deploy.
+
+**Deploy is not release.** Deploying code to a server is a technical operation. Releasing a feature to users is a product operation. They are different events that should happen at different times. Deploy first. Verify in production. Then release (via feature flag, DNS switch, or app store update). This separation gives you a window to catch production-only bugs before users see them.
+
+**Zero-downtime mindset.** Users should never see a maintenance page, a 503, or a blank screen because you are deploying. Database migrations run online. API changes are backwards-compatible. Frontend deploys use atomic uploads. If your deployment process requires downtime, the deployment process is the bug.
+
+**Post-deploy verification is not optional.** The deploy succeeded. The health check is green. The metrics dashboard shows no errors. But: did you actually open the app and do the thing the user does? Did you tap the button, see the result, verify the data? Automated checks verify infrastructure. Manual verification verifies the user experience. Both are required.
+
+**The diff is the artifact.** The PR diff is the single most important document in the shipping process. Every line in the diff is a line that could break something. Review the diff as if you are reading it for the first time — because the person who reviews your PR is. Comments in the diff explain why, not what. The diff should tell a story: "we had this problem, we tried this approach, here is the evidence it works."
+
+**SQL safety is non-negotiable.** Database migrations are one-way doors. A bad migration can corrupt data, lock tables, or cause downtime. Every SQL change gets extra scrutiny: Is it backwards-compatible? Does it lock the table? What happens if it fails halfway? Can it be rolled back? Does it have a data backfill plan? Never ship a destructive SQL operation (DROP, TRUNCATE, column removal) without a backup and a rollback script.
+
+**LLM trust boundaries matter.** If this codebase uses LLM-generated content (summaries, recommendations, generated text), verify that trust boundaries are maintained: LLM output is never treated as trusted input, user-facing LLM content is always labeled or attributed, and there are no prompt injection vectors in user-provided data that feeds LLM prompts.
+
+**Breaking changes are explicit.** A breaking change is any change that requires consumers (other services, mobile app, API clients) to update their code. Breaking changes require: explicit naming in the CHANGELOG, a major version bump, a migration guide, and a deprecation period if possible. Unmarked breaking changes are bugs in your process, not features in your product.
+
+**Documentation is part of shipping.** If the code changed and the documentation did not, the documentation is now wrong. Wrong documentation is worse than no documentation — it actively misleads. Every ship updates: CHANGELOG (what changed), CLAUDE.md (if architectural decisions changed), README (if setup changed), and any API documentation that consumers depend on.
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 1: Pre-Flight Check
+
+**Goal:** Verify that everything is ready to ship before any commit or PR is created.
+
+### 1A. Pipeline Artifact Review
+
+Read all pipeline artifacts. For each, verify it exists and is not stale:
+
+```
+PIPELINE ARTIFACT STATUS:
+  ┌──────────────────┬────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
+  │ Artifact         │ Status │ Notes                            │
+  ├──────────────────┼────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
+  │ brainstorm.md    │ ✓/✗/—  │ [date or "not found" or "N/A"]  │
+  │ scope.md         │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ architecture.md  │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ design.md        │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ testspec.md      │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ build-log.md     │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ qa-report.md     │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  │ polish-log.md    │ ✓/✗/—  │                                  │
+  └──────────────────┴────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
+```
+
+Not all artifacts are required — a feature-scale change may skip brainstorm and scope. But the following are required for shipping:
+- **build-log.md** — must exist (confirms what was built and tested)
+- **qa-report.md** — must exist and show GO or CONDITIONAL readiness
+- **polish-log.md** — should exist (fixes applied), acceptable if QA was GO with no bugs
+
+### 1B. Test Suite Verification
+
+```bash
+# Run the full test suite
+# Adapt to project tooling
+npx turbo run test 2>&1 | tail -30
+```
+
+```
+TEST SUITE STATUS:
+  Total tests: [N]
+  Passing: [N]
+  Failing: [N] (MUST be 0 to proceed)
+  Skipped: [N] (each must have documented reason in build-log)
+  Runtime: [X]s
+```
+
+**HARD GATE: If any test fails, stop. Do not ship with failing tests. Fix the test or the code, then re-run.**
+
+### 1C. Security Recency Check
+
+```bash
+# Check when the last security audit was run
+ls -la .warp/reports/planning/security-audit* 2>/dev/null
+# Check for obvious security concerns in recent changes
+git diff main --stat 2>/dev/null | head -20
+```
+
+```
+SECURITY CHECK:
+  Last /warp-plan-security run: [date or "never"]
+  Recent changes include:
+    ☐ New environment variables: [list or none]
+    ☐ New API endpoints: [list or none]
+    ☐ New dependencies: [list or none]
+    ☐ Database migrations: [list or none]
+    ☐ Auth changes: [list or none]
+  Security concern level: [none | low | recommend audit before ship]
+```
+
+If the security concern level is "recommend audit," suggest running `/warp-plan-security` in daily mode before proceeding. Do not block — the user decides.
+
+### 1D. QA Report Readiness
+
+From qa-report.md, extract:
+
+```
+QA READINESS:
+  Health score: [N]/100
+  Ship readiness: GO | CONDITIONAL | NO-GO
+  Critical bugs remaining: [N] (must be 0)
+  High bugs remaining: [N] (must be 0 or approved for ship)
+  Polish applied: yes | no
+```
+
+**HARD GATE: If QA readiness is NO-GO, stop. Return to /warp-qa-test or /warp-qa-debug. If CONDITIONAL, present the remaining issues to the user and get explicit approval to proceed.**
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 2: Diff Review
+
+**Goal:** Review every line of the diff with the rigor of a senior code reviewer. Catch what automated tests miss: security gaps, backwards-incompatible changes, SQL risks, and logic errors.
+
+### 2A. Generate the Diff
+
+```bash
+# Get the full diff against the base branch
+git diff main...HEAD --stat
+git diff main...HEAD
+```
+
+### 2B. Diff Review Checklist
+
+For every file in the diff, run through these checks:
+
+**Code Quality:**
+```
+PER-FILE REVIEW:
+  File: [path]
+  Changes: [brief — what was added/modified/removed]
+
+  ☐ No debug code (console.log, debugger, TODO: remove)
+  ☐ No commented-out code (delete it or explain why it exists)
+  ☐ No hardcoded credentials, API keys, or secrets
+  ☐ No hardcoded environment-specific values (URLs, ports, paths)
+  ☐ Variable names are descriptive and consistent
+  ☐ Functions are small and focused (single responsibility)
+  ☐ Error handling is explicit (no swallowed errors, no generic catch)
+  ☐ Types are specific (no `any` in TypeScript)
+```
+
+**Design Compliance:**
+```
+  ☐ Visual values reference design tokens (no hardcoded hex, px, ms)
+  ☐ Component structure follows architecture.md boundaries
+  ☐ Data flow follows architecture.md patterns
+  ☐ API shapes match architecture.md contracts
+```
+
+### 2C. SQL Safety Review
+
+If the diff includes any database migrations or SQL changes:
+
+```
+SQL SAFETY REVIEW:
+  Migration file: [path]
+
+  ☐ Migration is backwards-compatible (old code still works with new schema)
+  ☐ No destructive operations without backup plan (DROP, TRUNCATE, column removal)
+  ☐ Large table operations use batching (no full-table locks on tables > 10K rows)
+  ☐ New indexes are created CONCURRENTLY (if supported)
+  ☐ Default values specified for new NOT NULL columns
+  ☐ Migration has a rollback path (can be reversed without data loss)
+  ☐ Data backfill is idempotent (safe to run multiple times)
+  ☐ Foreign key constraints have ON DELETE behavior specified
+
+  Risk level: [none | low | medium | high]
+  If high: [specific concern and mitigation plan]
+```
+
+### 2D. LLM Trust Boundary Review
+
+If the diff includes any LLM integration or AI-generated content:
+
+```
+LLM TRUST BOUNDARY REVIEW:
+  ☐ LLM output is never used as trusted input to SQL, shell, or eval
+  ☐ User-facing LLM content is labeled or attributed
+  ☐ User input that feeds LLM prompts is sanitized against injection
+  ☐ LLM-generated URLs or links are validated before rendering
+  ☐ Rate limiting exists on LLM API calls
+  ☐ Fallback behavior defined when LLM is unavailable
+
+  Issues found: [list or none]
+```
+
+### 2E. Breaking Change Detection
+
+```
+BREAKING CHANGE REVIEW:
+  ☐ API endpoints: any removed or renamed? [list or none]
+  ☐ API response shapes: any fields removed or type-changed? [list or none]
+  ☐ Database schema: any columns removed or renamed? [list or none]
+  ☐ Package exports: any removed or renamed? [list or none]
+  ☐ Environment variables: any renamed or required? [list or none]
+  ☐ Configuration format: any shape changes? [list or none]
+
+  Breaking changes found: [N]
+  If any:
+    Change: [description]
+    Impact: [who is affected — which consumers, which environments]
+    Migration: [what consumers must do]
+    Deprecation period: [if applicable — how long the old way still works]
+```
+
+### 2F. Diff Review Summary
+
+```
+DIFF REVIEW SUMMARY:
+  Files reviewed: [N]
+  Issues found:
+    Critical (blocks ship): [N] — [list]
+    Suggestions (improve but don't block): [N] — [list]
+  SQL changes: [N] files — risk: [none/low/medium/high]
+  Breaking changes: [N] — [list]
+  LLM trust boundaries: [clean / issues found]
+  Verdict: CLEAN | NEEDS_FIXES | BLOCKED
+```
+
+**HARD GATE: If verdict is BLOCKED (critical issues found in diff review), stop. Fix the issues before proceeding. If NEEDS_FIXES, present suggestions and get user decision: fix now or ship with known issues.**
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 3: Version and Changelog
+
+**Goal:** Bump the version number and write a human-readable changelog entry.
+
+### 3A. Version Bump
+
+Determine the appropriate version bump:
+
+```
+VERSION DECISION:
+  Current version: [X.Y.Z]
+  Breaking changes: [yes → major bump | no]
+  New features: [yes → minor bump | no]
+  Bug fixes only: [yes → patch bump | no]
+  New version: [X.Y.Z]
+
+  Bump type: major | minor | patch
+  Rationale: [one sentence]
+```
+
+Apply the version bump to the appropriate files (package.json, app.json, etc.):
+
+```bash
+# Example for npm-based project:
+# npm version patch --no-git-tag-version
+# For Expo:
+# Update version in app.json
+```
+
+### 3B. Changelog Entry
+
+Write a changelog entry that a human (not a developer) can understand:
+
+```markdown
+## [X.Y.Z] — {YYYY-MM-DD}
+
+### Added
+- {feature description in user terms — what can users do now that they could not before}
+- {feature description}
+
+### Fixed
+- {bug fix description in user terms — what was wrong, now it works}
+- {bug fix description}
+
+### Changed
+- {change description — what is different about existing behavior}
+
+### Improved
+- {polish item — what is better but not functionally different}
+
+### Security
+- {security fix if any — what was vulnerable, now it is not}
+```
+
+Rules:
+- Write for users, not developers. "Fixed flight status not updating when network reconnects" not "Fixed isConnected state in useFlightStatus hook."
+- Every entry is one sentence. No paragraphs in the changelog.
+- Group by type (Added, Fixed, Changed, Improved, Security).
+- Include the version and date.
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 4: Commit and Push
+
+**Goal:** Create a clean commit history and push to the remote.
+
+### 4A. Stage Review
+
+```bash
+# Review what will be committed
+git status
+git diff --staged --stat
+```
+
+```
+STAGING REVIEW:
+  Files to commit: [N]
+  Untracked files: [N] — [are any of these secrets or build artifacts?]
+  Files to exclude: [list any that should not be committed — .env, node_modules, etc.]
+```
+
+### 4B. Commit
+
+Create a meaningful commit (or verify commits are already clean from the polish phase):
+
+```bash
+# If changes are not yet committed:
+git add [specific files]
+git commit -m "[type]: [description]
+
+[body — what changed and why]
+
+[footer — references to issues, PRs, pipeline artifacts]"
+```
+
+Commit message format:
+- **feat:** New feature
+- **fix:** Bug fix
+- **perf:** Performance improvement
+- **polish:** Visual polish, copy, delight
+- **docs:** Documentation update
+- **chore:** Build, tooling, dependency update
+
+### 4C. Push
+
+```bash
+# Push to remote, creating upstream tracking if needed
+git push -u origin $(git branch --show-current)
+```
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 5: Pull Request
+
+**Goal:** Create a PR that a reviewer can understand and approve efficiently.
+
+### 5A. PR Title
+
+Short, descriptive, under 70 characters:
+
+```
+PR TITLE: [type]: [what this PR does in user terms]
+
+Examples:
+  "feat: Live flight status for followers"
+  "fix: Connection drop indicator on status screen"
+  "polish: Visual token compliance + delight moments"
+```
+
+### 5B. PR Body
+
+```markdown
+## Summary
+{2-3 bullets: what changed and why, in user terms}
+
+## Pipeline Artifacts
+{Links or references to pipeline docs that informed this work}
+- Scope: `.warp/reports/planning/scope.md`
+- Architecture: `.warp/reports/planning/architecture.md`
+- QA Report: `.warp/reports/qatesting/qa-report.md` — Health Score: {N}/100
+- Polish Log: `.warp/reports/qatesting/polish-log.md`
+
+## Changes
+{Grouped list of changes by type}
+
+### Added
+- {feature}
+
+### Fixed
+- {bug fix}
+
+### Changed
+- {behavior change}
+
+## Test Coverage
+- Tests added: {N}
+- Total tests: {N} passing
+- Coverage: {N}% statements
+- AC coverage: {N}/{N} must, {N}/{N} should
+
+## Breaking Changes
+{List or "None"}
+
+## SQL Migrations
+{List or "None" — include risk assessment if any}
+
+## Screenshots
+{Before/after screenshots for visual changes, or "N/A"}
+
+## Test Plan
+- [ ] All automated tests pass
+- [ ] Manual smoke test on primary platform
+- [ ] QA report health score ≥ 75
+- [ ] No critical or high bugs remaining
+- [ ] Design token compliance verified
+{Additional manual verification steps specific to this PR}
+```
+
+### 5C. Create the PR
+
+```bash
+gh pr create --title "[title]" --body "$(cat <<'EOF'
+[PR body from above]
+EOF
+)"
+```
+
+Record the PR URL:
+
+```
+PR CREATED: [URL]
+  Title: [title]
+  Base: [branch]
+  Head: [branch]
+  Reviewers: [if applicable]
+```
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 6: Deploy
+
+**Goal:** Deploy the changes to the target environment and verify they work.
+
+### 6A. Deploy Strategy
+
+Determine the deploy approach based on the project's infrastructure:
+
+```
+DEPLOY STRATEGY:
+  Target environment: [staging | production | both]
+  Deploy method: [CI/CD auto-deploy on merge | manual deploy | app store | Fly.io]
+  Rollback method: [git revert | feature flag | redeploy previous version]
+  Estimated deploy time: [X minutes]
+  Downtime expected: [none | brief | maintenance window]
+```
+
+### 6B. Pre-Deploy Checklist
+
+```
+PRE-DEPLOY:
+  ☐ PR approved (or self-merge approved for solo projects)
+  ☐ CI checks pass (tests, lint, type check, build)
+  ☐ No merge conflicts with base branch
+  ☐ Environment variables set in target environment (if new ones added)
+  ☐ Database migrations ready (if any — tested in staging first)
+  ☐ Rollback plan documented (see deploy strategy above)
+```
+
+### 6C. Deploy Execution
+
+```bash
+# Merge the PR (adapt to project workflow)
+gh pr merge [PR-number] --squash  # or --merge depending on project convention
+```
+
+Or for manual deploy:
+
+```bash
+# Deploy to target environment
+# (Adapt to project — Fly.io, Vercel, EAS, etc.)
+```
+
+```
+DEPLOY STATUS:
+  Merged at: [timestamp]
+  Deploy started: [timestamp]
+  Deploy completed: [timestamp]
+  Environment: [staging | production]
+```
+
+### 6D. Canary Check
+
+Immediately after deploy, verify the deployment is healthy:
+
+**Automated checks (first 60 seconds):**
+```
+CANARY — AUTOMATED:
+  ☐ Health endpoint returns 200
+  ☐ No new errors in error monitoring (Sentry, etc.)
+  ☐ Response times within normal range
+  ☐ No crash reports
+  ☐ Database connections healthy
+```
+
+**Manual verification (next 5 minutes):**
+```
+CANARY — MANUAL:
+  ☐ Open the app / visit the URL
+  ☐ Primary user flow works end-to-end
+  ☐ New feature is visible and functional
+  ☐ Existing features still work (regression spot-check)
+  ☐ No visual regressions on key screens
+  ☐ Performance feels normal (no noticeable slowdown)
+```
+
+```
+CANARY VERDICT: GREEN | YELLOW | RED
+
+  GREEN: Everything works. Proceed to documentation.
+  YELLOW: Minor issue detected. Document and monitor. Proceed with caution.
+  RED: Critical issue. Rollback immediately.
+
+  If RED:
+    Issue: [what is wrong]
+    Rollback action: [what to do — revert, disable flag, redeploy]
+    Rollback executed: [timestamp]
+    Rollback verified: [timestamp]
+    Post-mortem needed: yes
+```
+
+**HARD GATE: If canary is RED, rollback and stop. Report the failure. Do not proceed to documentation.**
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 7: Documentation Update
+
+**Goal:** Update all documentation that this change affects. Documentation that is out of sync with code is worse than no documentation.
+
+### 7A. CHANGELOG
+
+Ensure the changelog entry from Phase 3 is committed and present in the repository.
+
+### 7B. CLAUDE.md Update
+
+If any of the following changed, update CLAUDE.md:
+
+```
+CLAUDE.MD UPDATE CHECK:
+  ☐ Architectural decisions changed? → Update "Architectural decisions" section
+  ☐ New packages or files added? → Update "Project structure" section
+  ☐ Current status changed? → Update "Current status" section
+  ☐ New environment variables? → Update "Environment files" section
+  ☐ Demo data flow changed? → Update "Demo data flow" section
+  ☐ Test count changed significantly? → Update "What's working" section
+```
+
+### 7C. README Update
+
+If any of the following changed:
+
+```
+README UPDATE CHECK:
+  ☐ Setup instructions changed? (new env vars, new dependencies)
+  ☐ Usage instructions changed? (new commands, new features)
+  ☐ Architecture overview changed?
+  ☐ Contributing guidelines affected?
+```
+
+### 7D. API Documentation
+
+If any API contracts changed:
+
+```
+API DOCS UPDATE CHECK:
+  ☐ New endpoints documented
+  ☐ Changed endpoints updated
+  ☐ Removed endpoints marked deprecated or removed
+  ☐ New request/response shapes documented
+  ☐ Error codes updated
+```
+
+### 7E. Documentation Commit
+
+If any documentation was updated:
+
+```bash
+git add [documentation files]
+git commit -m "docs: Update documentation for [version]"
+git push
+```
+
+---
+
+## PHASE 8: Write Ship Log
+
+**Goal:** Document everything about this release.
+
+Create `.warp/reports/releasing/update-log.md`:
+
+```markdown
+<!-- Pipeline: warp-release-update | {date} | Scale: {feature|module|system} | Inputs: all pipeline artifacts -->
+# Ship Log: {title} — v{X.Y.Z}
+
+## What Shipped
+{2-3 sentence summary: what users can now do that they could not before}
+
+## PR / Commit References
+| Item | Reference |
+|------|-----------|
+| PR | {URL} |
+| Merge commit | {hash} |
+| Base branch | {branch} |
+| Head branch | {branch} |
+
+## Pipeline Artifacts
+| Artifact | Status | Date |
+|----------|--------|------|
+| brainstorm.md | {present/absent/N/A} | {date} |
+| scope.md | {status} | {date} |
+| architecture.md | {status} | {date} |
+| design.md | {status} | {date} |
+| testspec.md | {status} | {date} |
+| build-log.md | {status} | {date} |
+| qa-report.md | {status} | {date} |
+| polish-log.md | {status} | {date} |
+
+## Test Results
+- Total tests: {N} passing
+- Coverage: {N}% statements
+- AC coverage: {N}/{N} must, {N}/{N} should, {N}/{N} could
+
+## Diff Review
+- Files changed: {N}
+- SQL migrations: {list or "None"}
+- Breaking changes: {list or "None"}
+- Security review: {clean or findings}
+
+## Deploy Status
+- Environment: {target}
+- Deployed at: {timestamp}
+- Canary result: {GREEN/YELLOW/RED}
+- Rollback plan: {method}
+
+## Post-Deploy Verification
+{Manual verification results}
+
+## Documentation Updated
+- [ ] CHANGELOG
+- [ ] CLAUDE.md
+- [ ] README
+- [ ] API docs
+{List which were updated and which were not applicable}
+
+## Known Issues
+{Any issues shipped with, from QA CONDITIONAL approval}
+
+## Changelog Entry
+{Copy of the changelog entry from Phase 3}
+```
+
+**Hard gate:** Present the ship log to the user via AskUserQuestion:
+- A) Approve — write the log, shipping complete
+- B) Revise — specify what needs updating
+- C) Rollback — something is wrong, revert the deploy
+
+---
+
+## ANTI-PATTERNS
+
+These are the failure modes in shipping. Recognize them. Name them. Do not let them pass.
+
+**Ship without tests passing.** "The failing test is unrelated to our changes." Maybe. But the test suite is the contract. A contract with known violations is not a contract — it is a suggestion. Fix the test or fix the code. Ship with all green.
+
+**Ship without reviewing the diff.** "I wrote the code, I know what is in there." You know what you intended. The diff shows what actually happened. Typos, debug logs, accidental file inclusions, hardcoded secrets, unintended behavior changes — all of these appear in the diff but not in your mental model. Read the diff. Every line.
+
+**YOLO deploy.** Merge to main, auto-deploy, go to lunch. No canary check. No manual verification. No monitoring. The deploy fails silently. Users see errors for two hours before someone notices. Every deploy gets a canary check. Every canary check has a verdict. Every verdict is recorded.
+
+**Big-bang release.** "We've been working on this for three months. Today we ship everything." Three months of changes in one deploy. If something breaks, you have three months of potential causes. If you need to rollback, you lose three months of work. Ship incrementally. Ship behind feature flags. Ship small.
+
+**Documentation debt.** "We'll update the docs after launch." After launch, there is a bug. After the bug, there is a feature request. After the feature request, there is another launch. The docs never get updated. Documentation is part of shipping, not a follow-up task. If the code changed and the docs did not, the docs are wrong, and wrong docs cause wrong implementations.
+
+**Merge conflict avoidance.** "I'll just force push over their changes." No. Resolve merge conflicts by understanding what both changes do, verifying both behaviors are preserved, and testing the merged result. Force push is data destruction. The person whose work you overwrote may not notice for days.
+
+**No rollback plan.** "If something goes wrong, we'll figure it out." You will not figure it out calmly at 2 AM with users complaining. You will figure it out in a panic. Write the rollback plan before you deploy. "Revert commit X" or "disable feature flag Y" or "redeploy tag Z." Specific, executable, documented.
+
+**Skipping the canary.** "The CI passed. The health check is green. We're fine." CI tests a simulated environment. The health check tests infrastructure. Neither tests the user experience. Open the app. Do the thing the user does. See what happens. That is the canary.
+
+**Changelog for developers only.** "Fixed useState hook in FlightStatusScreen component." Users do not care about hooks or components. They care about "Fixed: flight status now updates correctly when your phone reconnects to the network." Write the changelog for the person who uses the product, not the person who builds it.
+
+---
+
+## MUST / MUST NOT
+
+**MUST:**
+- Verify all tests pass before starting the ship process.
+- Read the QA report and confirm GO or CONDITIONAL readiness.
+- Review the full diff (every line) before creating the PR.
+- Check SQL migrations for backwards-compatibility and rollback paths.
+- Check for breaking changes and document them explicitly.
+- Bump the version number following semver.
+- Write a human-readable CHANGELOG entry.
+- Create a PR with a descriptive body including test coverage and change summary.
+- Run a canary check (automated + manual) after every deploy.
+- Update CLAUDE.md if architectural decisions, project structure, or status changed.
+- Write `.warp/reports/releasing/update-log.md` before completing the skill.
+- Gate the update-log.md write on user approval.
+- Record the rollback plan before deploying.
+
+**MUST NOT:**
+- Ship with failing tests. Zero exceptions. Fix or explain every failure.
+- Ship with NO-GO QA readiness. Return to QA or polish first.
+- Skip the diff review. "I wrote it, I know what's in there" is not a review.
+- Force push over other people's changes. Resolve conflicts properly.
+- Deploy without a rollback plan. Every deploy has an undo.
+- Skip the canary check. Automated health checks are not user experience verification.
+- Write developer-facing changelog entries. Write for the user.
+- Leave documentation stale after shipping. Update CHANGELOG, CLAUDE.md, README as needed.
+- Create PRs with no description. The PR body is documentation for the reviewer.
+- Ship breaking changes without explicit documentation and migration guidance.
+- Ignore CONDITIONAL QA findings. Either fix them or explicitly accept the risk with user approval.
+- Deploy destructive SQL operations (DROP, TRUNCATE) without backup confirmation.
+
+---
+
+## CALIBRATION EXAMPLE
+
+What 10/10 shipping output looks like. Match this quality for the current project's context — do not copy this structure verbatim.
+
+---
+
+**Scenario:** A flight tracking app. The "follower sees pilot's current flight status" feature has been built, QA'd (84/100, CONDITIONAL), and polished (all high bugs fixed, 3 delight moments added). Shipping to staging environment.
+
+**Phase 1 — Pre-Flight Check:**
+
+```
+PIPELINE ARTIFACT STATUS:
+  ┌──────────────────┬────────┬──────────────────────────────────┐
+  │ Artifact         │ Status │ Notes                            │
+  ├──────────────────┼────────┼──────────────────────────────────┤
+  │ brainstorm.md    │ —      │ N/A (feature-scale, not new product)│
+  │ scope.md         │ ✓      │ 2026-03-20                       │
+  │ architecture.md  │ ✓      │ 2026-03-21                       │
+  │ design.md        │ ✓      │ 2026-03-22                       │
+  │ testspec.md      │ ✓      │ 2026-03-22                       │
+  │ build-log.md     │ ✓      │ 2026-03-23, 148 tests passing    │
+  │ qa-report.md     │ ✓      │ 2026-03-24, 84/100 CONDITIONAL   │
+  │ polish-log.md    │ ✓      │ 2026-03-25, all high bugs fixed  │
+  └──────────────────┴────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
+
+TEST SUITE STATUS:
+  Total tests: 152
+  Passing: 152
+  Failing: 0
+  Runtime: 8.3s
+
+QA READINESS:
+  Health score: 84 → 93 (after polish fixes)
+  Ship readiness: CONDITIONAL → GO (after polish)
+  Critical bugs: 0
+  High bugs: 0 (both fixed in polish)
+```
+
+**Phase 2 — Diff Review (excerpt):**
+
+```
+DIFF REVIEW SUMMARY:
+  Files reviewed: 14
+  Issues found:
+    Critical: 0
+    Suggestions: 2
+      1. useFlightStatus.ts:47 — consider adding jsdoc for the reconnection
+         timeout constant (RECONNECT_DELAY_MS = 30000)
+      2. ConnectionBanner.tsx:12 — animation duration 250 is hardcoded,
+         should reference motion.duration.normal token
+  SQL changes: 0 files
+  Breaking changes: 0
+  LLM trust boundaries: N/A (no LLM integration)
+  Verdict: NEEDS_FIXES (suggestion #2 is a design token violation — fix before ship)
+```
+
+**Phase 3 — Version and Changelog:**
+
+```
+VERSION DECISION:
+  Current: 0.3.0
+  New: 0.4.0 (minor — new feature)
+  Rationale: First user-facing feature (live flight status). No breaking changes.
+
+## [0.4.0] — 2026-03-25
+
+### Added
+- Live flight status screen: followers can see their pilot's current flight
+  state (scheduled, departing, en-route, landed) in real-time
+- Connection status indicator: shows "Connection lost" banner when the
+  real-time feed disconnects, with automatic reconnection
+- Personalized loading: status screen shows "Checking Ken's flights..."
+  with the pilot's name during load
+
+### Fixed
+- Times no longer visually shift when digits change (now uses fixed-width numbers)
+- Status screen bottom spacing restored to design specification
+
+### Improved
+- Landing notifications now read "Landed safely in Houston" instead of
+  technical airport codes
+- Flight state changes now animate with a smooth crossfade transition
+```
+
+**Phase 5 — PR (excerpt):**
+
+```
+PR CREATED: https://github.com/user/pilottrack/pull/42
+  Title: feat: Live flight status for followers
+  Base: main
+  Head: build/flight-status-20260323
+
+## Summary
+- Followers can see their pilot's current flight status in real-time without
+  pulling to refresh
+- Connection drop handling shows clear indicator and auto-reconnects
+- Three delight moments: personalized loading, warm notification copy,
+  smooth state transitions
+
+## Test Coverage
+- Tests added: 8 (4 unit, 3 integration, 1 e2e)
+- Total tests: 152 passing, 0 failing
+- AC coverage: 4/4 must, 3/3 should, 1/1 could
+```
+
+**Phase 6 — Canary Check:**
+
+```
+CANARY — AUTOMATED:
+  ☐ Health endpoint: 200 OK
+  ☐ Error monitoring: 0 new errors (5 min window)
+  ☐ Response times: p99 = 145ms (normal range)
+  ☐ No crash reports
+  ☐ Database connections: healthy
+
+CANARY — MANUAL:
+  ☐ Opened app on iOS simulator
+  ☐ Navigated to Status tab — saw "Checking Ken's flights..." loading message
+  ☐ Flight status displayed: "En Route: LGA → HSV" with correct badge
+  ☐ Triggered state change — updated to "Landed" with crossfade animation in ~3s
+  ☐ Enabled airplane mode — "Connection lost" banner appeared after ~5 seconds
+  ☐ Disabled airplane mode — banner dismissed, status updated
+
+CANARY VERDICT: GREEN
+  All automated and manual checks pass. No issues detected.
+```
+
+---
+
+## RETRO MODE
+
+Retro mode runs when: the user says `/retro`, asks to look back, or after ship mode completes and the user accepts. Retrospectives that do not change behavior are theater — the output is specific, assigned, time-bounded action items.
+
+### R1. Data Gathering
+
+```bash
+# Determine period (default: last 7 days, or since last tag/milestone)
+git log --oneline --since="7 days ago"
+git log --stat --since="7 days ago"
+git log --format="%cd" --date=short --since="7 days ago" | sort | uniq -c
+```
+
+Collect: commit history, files changed, hotspots (most-modified files), test file changes, new/deleted files.
+
+### R2. Work Pattern Analysis
+
+**Commit pacing:** Distributed across the week (healthy) vs. burst-and-crash (warning). Flag 3+ day gaps or all commits on 1-2 days.
+
+**Focus vs. drift:** Classify commits by type (feature, fix, test, refactor, infra, docs, chore). Healthy: feature+fix at 50-70%, test at 10-20%, refactor at 5-15%.
+
+**Scope adherence:** Compare work done to TODOS.md priorities. Note emergent work (normal), scope creep (worth naming), distraction (address).
+
+### R3. Code Quality Metrics
+
+```bash
+# Test count, longest files, churn hotspots, TODO/FIXME count
+```
+
+Report a Code Quality Score (1-10) based on: test coverage trend, complexity hotspots, type safety, tech debt markers. Compare to previous period if available.
+
+### R4. Synthesis
+
+**Previous action items:** If a previous retro exists, review each item first. Were they completed? If not, why? Fix the follow-through problem before adding new items.
+
+**Wins (3-5):** Specific, contextualized, proportional. Name the win, explain why it was hard, why it matters. Teams that don't celebrate wins stop producing them.
+
+**What didn't go well (2-4):** Blameless, system-focused. Not "who did this?" but "what allowed this to happen?" Tied to evidence from the data.
+
+**Patterns:** Trends over incidents. "Test coverage dropped 1-2% every week for six weeks" is a crisis. A single week drop is noise.
+
+**Action items (3-5 max):** Every item has:
+```
+ACTION: [specific task]
+  Owner: [one person]
+  Deadline: [before next retro / specific date]
+  Success criteria: [how will we know this is done?]
+```
+
+Items without all three (scope, owner, deadline) do not ship. More than 5 items have zero completion rate — be ruthless about prioritization.
+
+### R5. Retro Report
+
+```
+RETROSPECTIVE: {period}
+  Previous actions: {N done / N total}
+  Wins: {3-5 specific wins}
+  Misses: {2-4 blameless system gaps}
+  Quality score: {X/10} ({direction} from {prev})
+  Actions: {3-5 assigned items}
+```
+
+---
+
+## PUSH GATE
+
+**All pushes to remote go through this skill.** The push gate runs in both ship and retro mode whenever there are commits ahead of remote. It sweeps for inconsistencies, fixes them, and only then pushes.
+
+### Inconsistency Sweep
+
+Run these checks before any `git push`. Fix every failure before pushing.
+
+**1. Documentation currency:**
+- CHANGELOG.md reflects the changes being pushed (new entry if features/fixes shipped)
+- README.md matches current project state — verify skill count, architecture tree, file references, hook descriptions
+- CLAUDE.md is current — project structure, skill counts, architectural decisions, status section, tier descriptions
+
+**2. Cross-file consistency:**
+- Skill counts match everywhere they appear (README, CLAUDE.md, install script description)
+- Skill names in README tables match actual skill directories in src/
+- Architecture tree in README matches actual directory structure
+- Version in VERSION file matches version referenced in CHANGELOG.md latest entry
+- Hook descriptions in HOOKS.md match actual hook behavior
+
+**3. Reference integrity:**
+- No references to deleted skills, files, or directories in any .md file being pushed
+- No broken prev/next chains in skill frontmatter (run `build.sh --verify-only` if in the Warp repo)
+- No stale trigger names (triggers match skill names)
+
+**4. Content integrity:**
+- No TODO/FIXME/PLACEHOLDER markers in files being pushed (unless explicitly deferred)
+- No empty sections in documentation files
+- No debug or temporary content (console.log, commented-out code blocks in docs)
+
+### Fix → Commit → Push
+
+If the sweep finds issues:
+1. Fix them directly
+2. Commit the fixes (separate "docs: pre-push consistency sweep" commit)
+3. Then push all commits together
+
+This is not optional. Wrong documentation is worse than no documentation — it actively misleads the next session.
+
+---
+
+## NEXT STEP
+
+After ship mode:
+> "Ship complete. v{X.Y.Z} deployed and verified. Want to run a quick retro on this work?"
+
+After retro mode:
+> "Retro complete. {N} action items assigned. Next retro: {date}."