Finalizes a release and merges it into main and develop with a tag using git-flow, then prunes stale branches and worktrees. This skill should be used when the user asks to "finish a release", "merge release branch", "complete release", "git flow release finish", or wants to finalize a release.
Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.
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---
name: finish-release
allowed-tools: ["Bash(git:*)", "Bash(gh:*)", "Read", "Write"]
description: Finalizes a release and merges it into main and develop with a tag using git-flow, then prunes stale branches and worktrees. This skill should be used when the user asks to "finish a release", "merge release branch", "complete release", "git flow release finish", or wants to finalize a release.
model: haiku
argument-hint: "[version]"
user-invocable: true
disable-model-invocation: true
---
## Workflow Execution
**Launch a general-purpose agent** that executes the finish-release workflow.
Follow the pipeline in `../../references/gitflow-finish-pipeline.md`:
- **Workflow Type**: `release`
- **Arguments**: `$ARGUMENTS`
