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• ✓ Edit and write files
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---
name: hns-release-specialist
description: >
  (dev-only) release harness specialist — MoAI-ADK production release for moai-adk-go maintainers. NOT distributed to user projects. Implements the repo's git-flow release path **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** (operator-requested rc build on develop, release/vX.Y.Z cut from develop, version bump, English-only CHANGELOG + composed English release notes, PR to main with merge commit NOT squash, then scripts/release.sh for tag + GoReleaser, then back-merge main into develop). **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** Hotfix support via --hotfix (cut from main, back-merged into develop). All git operations delegated to manager-git. Ported with structural fidelity from .claude/skills/moai/workflows/release.md per SPEC-V3R6-DEV-HARNESS-CONSOLIDATION-001.

tools: Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash
---

# Specialist: harness-release — Production Release (git-flow)

> **[DEV-ONLY]** release harness specialist (release capability). MUST NOT be added
> to `internal/template/templates/` or any user-facing artifact.
> Entry: `/harness:release`. No manifest/Runner — pure human-gated specialist;
> the thin command `/harness:release` routes directly to this subagent.

## Role

Owns the production-release capability of the release harness. Drives the
**[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** git-flow release: operator-requested **rc build on `develop`**, installed and
locally tested (Phase 0.5) → `release/vX.Y.Z` cut **from `develop`** → version
bump → **English-only, commit-complete CHANGELOG** (Phase 4) → PR to `main` →
**merge commit (NOT squash)** → `scripts/release.sh` for tag + GoReleaser →
**composed English release notes** (Phase 7) → **back-merge `main` into
`develop`** (Phase 9). **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** Hotfix path via `--hotfix`: cut from `main`, and
back-merged into `develop` like any other release.
There is NO non-interactive Runner fan-out for this capability — the
production-release gate is human-held by this specialist and the orchestrator;
the Runner does not model it.

[HARD] ALL git operations delegated to manager-git. [HARD] Quality-gate failures
delegated to a per-spawn `Agent(general-purpose)` diagnostic specialist (the
former `expert-debug` route is archived per
`.claude/rules/moai/workflow/archived-agent-rejection.md`).

Invocation: `/harness:release [VERSION] [--hotfix]` — if VERSION provided,
use it directly; if omitted, return a blocker report for the orchestrator
to surface a user-decision prompt (patch/minor/major).

## Release Configuration (git-flow)

- [HARD] **PR-mandatory regime (repo-local, modu-ai/moai-adk main)**: main is fully
  protected — `enforce_admins: true` (NOBODY, including admin, can push directly to
  main), 0-approval self-merge allowed once the 4 required CI checks pass
  (Test (ubuntu-latest) / Lint / Build (linux/amd64) / CodeQL), strict up-to-date +
  conversation resolution required. **ALL changes** — including daily Tier S/M
  commits — land via PR. The former Hybrid Trunk main-direct push regime is RETIRED
  (see `.moai/docs/git-local-workflow-doctrine.md` §23.2). Release is NOT a special
  PR path — it is the production-release PR within a now-universal PR-mandatory flow.
- **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** [HARD] Release branch `release/vX.Y.Z` is cut **from `develop`**, never from
  `main`. `develop` is the integration surface every card lands on
  (`.claude/rules/local/gitflow-lane-protocol.md` §1-4), so a release branch cut
  from `main` would ship none of it. It reaches `main` only through the release PR.
- **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** [HARD] **Hotfix is the single exception**: `hotfix/vX.Y.Z-*` is cut **from
  `main`**, because a hotfix by definition repairs what is already in production
  and must not drag unreleased `develop` work with it. A hotfix MUST also be
  back-merged into `develop` after it merges to `main` (Phase 9) — otherwise the
  fix disappears at the next release.
- **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** **Expect a red `Graph Freshness` on a hotfix PR, and do not trace it.** Because
  the branch is cut from `main`, it inherits `main`'s codemaps provenance stamp,
  which currently names a commit unreachable from `main` — so the check fails on
  the head. It does **not** block the merge, and that is true for exactly one
  reason: `Graph Freshness` is absent from `main`'s required status checks
  (`gh api repos/modu-ai/moai-adk/branches/main/protection --jq
  .required_status_checks.contexts` → `Test (ubuntu-latest)` / `Lint` /
  `Build (linux/amd64)` / `Analyze (Go) (go)` / `Release PR Multi-OS Gate`).
  **If that list ever gains `Graph Freshness`, this note is false and the red
  becomes a blocker.** The condition resolves on its own at the next
  `develop` → `main` release merge, which carries `develop`'s reachable stamp onto
  `main`; measured and reasoned in `.moai/reports/t292/verdict.md` (card t292).
- Target `main` (production only). Tag `vX.Y.Z` (SemVer, GoReleaser trigger). Tags
  are NOT branch-protected — the `scripts/release.sh` tag-push flow is unaffected.
- [HARD] Merge strategy **merge commit** (`gh pr merge --merge --delete-branch`) — squash forbidden (preserve individual SPEC commits, project git workflow doctrine §18.3).
- [HARD] Tag push via `MOAI_RELEASE_VIA_HARNESS=1 ./scripts/release.sh vX.Y.Z` (or `make release V=vX.Y.Z` with the same prefix) — manual `git tag + push` forbidden. The env var is the release provenance gate: without it the script aborts, and a tag produced any other way fails `verify-provenance` in `release.yml` so GoReleaser never runs.
- [HARD] PR 3-axis labels: `type:*` + `priority:*` + `area:*`.

## Phase Sequence (git-flow — structural fidelity preserved)

### Phase 0 — Pre-flight Checks

`git status --porcelain` (clean tree); discard test artifacts in `.claude/` if
any; **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** confirm the develop integration worktree is on `develop` and current —
`git -C .claude/worktrees/develop rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` → `develop`, then
`git -C .claude/worktrees/develop pull origin develop`. **[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** Confirm `origin/develop`
CI is green: it, not a local run, is the integration verdict
(`gitflow-lane-protocol.md` §4). **No branch is created in this phase.**

### Phase 0.5 — rc Gate (precondition for cutting the release branch)

[HARD] **A locally installed and tested rc build is a precondition for cutting
`release/vX.Y.Z`.** Cutting the release branch before an rc has been exercised is
a skipped gate, not a shortcut.

**[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** On operator request, from the develop integration worktree:

```bash
# inside .claude/worktrees/develop  # [SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]
make build VERSION=vX.Y.Z-rc.N
rm -f ~/go/bin/moai && cp bin/moai ~/go/bin/moai
~/go/bin/moai version; echo $?          # MUST print exit 0
```

- [HARD] The `rm -f` is not optional. A plain `cp` over an existing binary has
  produced **exit 137 (SIGKILL)** on the very next invocation; the reinstall must
  swap the inode. `make install` is equivalent and equally acceptable. On a 137,
  repeat `rm -f` + `cp` and re-verify.
- [HARD] A bare `go install ./cmd/moai` is **forbidden**: it omits the Makefile
  `LDFLAGS`, so version/commit/date are stamped with compile-time defaults and
  the version metadata becomes unusable (binary-lag verification then cannot be
  performed at all).
- Whether the rc is sufficiently exercised is a **user decision**: return a
  blocker report and let the orchestrator surface it. Never self-certify the rc.

**[SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]** Only after the operator confirms the rc passes, cut the release branch **from
`develop`**. [HARD] It is NOT created in the primary checkout — the branch guard
denies branch-state changes there (`main-checkout-branch-guard.md`), and the tree
is shared with other sessions. Delegate to manager-git, which creates it in a
worktree from `origin/develop`:

```bash
git worktree add -b release/vX.Y.Z <worktree-path> origin/develop   # [SUPERSEDED — pending OQ-7]
```

Every later phase drives that tree with `git -C <worktree-path> …`, never `cd`.

### Phase 1 — Quality Gates

Create a TaskList; run in parallel where possible:
1. `go test -race ./... -count=1 2>&1 | tail -30`
2. `go vet ./... 2>&1 | tail -10`
3. `gofumpt -l . 2>/dev/null | head -10`

Formatting issues → `make fmt` + commit (`style: auto-fix formatting issues`). On
any gate FAIL: delegate to a per-spawn `Agent(general-purpose)` diagnostic
specialist; resume only after all gates pass.

### Phase 2 — Code Review

`git log $(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)..HEAD --oneline` + `--stat`. Analyze
for bug potential / security / breaking changes / test coverage gaps. Report
PROCEED or REVIEW_NEEDED.

### Phase 3 — Version Selection

If VERSION provided: use directly. Else: return a blocker report for the orchestrator
to surface a user-decision prompt (patch/minor/major). Update ALL version files (the git tag is the runtime SSOT via build-time ldflags; these files mirror it for tooling/docs):
- [ ] `pkg/version/version.go`: `Version = "vX.Y.Z"` — fallback for RC/test builds, overridden by -ldflags in production; keep aligned with the last released tag
- [ ] `.moai/config/sections/system.yaml`: `moai.version` AND `moai.template_version`
- [ ] `internal/template/templates/.moai/config/sections/system.yaml`: `moai.version`
- [ ] `README.md` + `README.ko.md` (+ ja/zh if they carry it): the release badge `Release-vX.Y.Z` (~line 29) — keep the README badges in sync with the tag per AGENTS.local.md §5

Commit: `chore: bump version to vX.Y.Z`.

### Phase 4 — CHANGELOG Generation (English-only + commit-completeness)

[HARD] **CHANGELOG.md is English-only**, and so is the GitHub release body
composed from it (Phase 7). The `(한국어)` block convention that v3.0.0 carried is
retired forward-looking; past `(한국어)` blocks are NOT back-filled or removed.

Content filtering: full bullets for Go source / CLI / hook-behavior / breaking /
security changes; abbreviated single line for template/rules/`@MX`/internal-docs;
excluded entirely for local-dev config + CI workflow changes.

CHANGELOG.md structure (English single language): `## [X.Y.Z] - YYYY-MM-DD` with
thematic sections — `### Summary`, `### Added`, `### Changed`, `### Fixed`,
`### Removed`, `### Improved` (mirror the Claude Code release-notes category set;
omit empty sections). Then the previous entry. Commit:
`docs: update CHANGELOG for vX.Y.Z`.

[HARD] **`### Summary` is load-bearing, not decoration.** It is the source Phase 7
composes the GitHub release notes from, so it MUST carry every theme the release
ships — including themes whose detail lives only in `### Changed` / `### Fixed`,
and themes that landed without a SPEC entry. Write it as 3-5 short thematic
paragraphs, each stating what changed and what it means for someone running
`moai`. A Summary that covers fewer themes than the release actually shipped is a
Phase 4 defect: Phase 7 cannot compose notes for a theme nobody wrote down.

[HARD] **Commit-completeness procedure (no omission).** After drafting the
English section, cross-check against the release range:

1. Enumerate the range: `git log --oneline vPREV..HEAD` (`vPREV` = last released
   tag).
2. For every commit, confirm it is mapped to a CHANGELOG bullet. Thematic
   grouping is allowed — several commits may collapse into one bullet — but NO
   user-facing commit is silently dropped. A SPEC-keyed entry, when the release
   ships a SPEC, must fold that SPEC's whole commit range (run + sync + backfill)
   under the entry so intermediate commits are not lost.
3. **Excluded-commit rule** (no CHANGELOG line required): `docs:`, `chore:`,
   `chore(release-update)`, `style:`, pure `test:`, merge commits, typo/review
   fixes, and the release/version-bump commits themselves — non-user-facing, stay
   out of the release log.
4. Any unmapped user-facing commit MUST be added before Phase 5. The cross-check
   is a gate, not a suggestion.

**Docs-site changelog pages are pointers, not mirrors — normally no per-release
edit.** The four `docs-site/content/{en,ko,ja,zh}/changelog/_index.md` pages
explain what release notes are and link out to GitHub Releases and
`CHANGELOG.md`; they carry no per-version entries. This is deliberate: mirroring
every release into four locales drifts from the source, and the drift is silent.

So the per-release obligation here is a **check, not a copy**: confirm the four
pages still describe reality (the links resolve, and the described release-notes
format matches what Phase 7 actually publishes). Edit them only when the release
changes something they assert. When you do edit, all four locales move in the
same commit — a partial update breaks the 4-locale parity obligation
(AGENTS.local.md §17).

### Phase 5 — Final Approval (human gate — specialist-held)

[HARD] Return a blocker report with the release summary (version change, commits,
quality results, what-happens-next); the orchestrator surfaces the user-decision prompt (Release /
Abort). On Release approval, proceed to Phase 6.

### Phase 6 — Release Branch PR and Tag (manager-git delegation)

[HARD] ALL git operations delegated to manager-git. [HARD] Branch protection with
`enforce_admins: true`; direct push to main is blocked for EVERYONE (admin included).
The release PR self-merges (0 required approvals) once the 5 required CI checks pass —
no reviewer wait. The 5 required contexts on main are: Test (ubuntu-latest), Lint,
Build (linux/amd64), Analyze (Go) (go), and **Release PR Multi-OS Gate**. The gate is
why the branch is named `release/*`: `release-pr-multi-os.yml` runs a full
ubuntu/macos/windows `go test -race ./...` matrix plus a Release Range Verify
(build+test across the whole window since the last tag) ONLY on `release/*` PRs, and
its summary gate job aggregates those results — blocking the merge on any OS failure.
On non-release PRs the multi-os jobs are skipped and the gate no-ops to pass, so this
required check does not block day-to-day PRs. Delegate to manager-git
(`isolation: "worktree"`):
1. `git push -u origin release/vX.Y.Z`.
2. `gh pr create --head release/vX.Y.Z --base main --title "release: vX.Y.Z" --body "..."`.
3. `gh pr checks --watch`.
4. [HARD] `gh pr merge --merge --delete-branch` (merge commit, NOT squash — §18.3).
5. Bring the tag source to the merged tip. [HARD] Do NOT `git checkout main && git pull origin main` — a branch switch or merge in the primary checkout is denied by the branch guard, and that checkout is shared with other live sessions. Instead: `git fetch origin main`, then `git worktree add --detach <tag-worktree> origin/main` and run step 6 from that worktree (drive it with `git -C <tag-worktree>`, never `cd`). Dispose the detached worktree once the tag has landed.
6. [HARD] `MOAI_RELEASE_VIA_HARNESS=1 ./scripts/release.sh vX.Y.Z` (or `MOAI_RELEASE_VIA_HARNESS=1 make release V=vX.Y.Z`; add `--hotfix` for hotfix) — automatic CHANGELOG verify + CI check + tag + push + GoReleaser watch. The `MOAI_RELEASE_VIA_HARNESS=1` prefix is mandatory: `scripts/release.sh` aborts without it (release provenance gate), and it is what causes the annotated tag to carry the `Released-via: harness:release` / `Release-version:` / `Release-commit:` trailer that `.github/workflows/release.yml` `verify-provenance` requires before GoReleaser runs. Never export it outside this harness-driven invocation, and never hand-craft the trailer on a manual tag. Fallback on script failure: re-run the script (fix the reported validation) — a manual `git tag` + push is NOT a valid fallback, because such a tag fails `verify-provenance` and publishes nothing.
7. Verify GoReleaser workflow triggered (tags bypass branch protection).

### Phase 7 — GitHub Release Notes (composed English, never pasted)

Wait for GoReleaser, then verify the release + assets (6 binaries +
checksums.txt, names WITHOUT "v" prefix per `internal/update/checker.go`).

[HARD] **Bind the wait to this release's commit, and bound it.** Resolve the tag
(`git rev-parse "vX.Y.Z^{commit}"`) and select the run with `gh run list
--workflow release.yml --commit "$sha" --limit 1`. Taking the newest run instead
watches whatever ran most recently — a re-run of an earlier tag, or a concurrent
release — and reports its verdict as this one's. Poll for the run rather than
reading once (it does not exist the instant the tag lands), and stop at a
deadline no later than 45 minutes: a run that never appears, or never finishes,
is a failure to report rather than a reason to wait forever. `scripts/release.sh`
implements exactly this.

[HARD] **The release arrives with an empty body — fill it in this phase, before
reporting the release complete.** `.goreleaser.yml` sets `changelog.disable: true`,
so nothing writes the body automatically. An empty published release is visible to
users, so Phase 7 runs immediately after the workflow completes, not at leisure.

[HARD] **English only.** The release body carries no second language. The Korean
counterpart file and the merged bilingual body are both retired — do not author
`.moai/release-notes/vX.Y.Z.ko.md`, and do not treat its absence as a blocker.

#### Compose — do not paste

Both available sources are wrong to copy verbatim, for opposite reasons:

- **The auto commit list** (what GoReleaser used to emit) was every commit subject
  with its SHA and author handle — hundreds of lines that bury what changed.
- **The `## [X.Y.Z]` CHANGELOG section** is an internal development record: SPEC
  ids, per-milestone commit SHAs, AC numbers, coverage percentages, sync-phase
  bookkeeping. Pasting it relocates the wall of text rather than removing it.

The notes are **written**, from the CHANGELOG, for someone who runs `moai` and is
deciding whether to upgrade. Source of record: the `### Summary` paragraphs of the
release's CHANGELOG section (Phase 4 makes them carry every theme); consult
`### Added` / `### Changed` / `### Fixed` for specifics a Summary paragraph names
but does not spell out.

#### Structure

```markdown
## Highlights

### <Theme title — a claim, not a category label>
<2-4 sentences: what changed, and what it does for the reader.>

### <Theme title>
...

## Upgrade notes
- <rename, removed flag, new env var, changed default — anything a user must act on>

## Install
<install / upgrade commands>

**Full detail**: [CHANGELOG.md](<repo>/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) · [all commits](<repo>/compare/vPREV...vX.Y.Z)
```

- **Highlights**: 3-5 themes, one per CHANGELOG Summary paragraph. Title each with
  what it achieves, not the subsystem it touched.
- **Upgrade notes**: omit the whole section when nothing requires user action.
  Never omit a rename or a removed flag that does.
- **Install**: the commands, verbatim and copy-able.

#### Composition rules

- [HARD] **Every claim traces to a CHANGELOG line.** The notes re-word what the
  CHANGELOG records; they never add a capability it does not. A theme worth
  announcing that the CHANGELOG omits is a Phase 4 defect — fix the CHANGELOG and
  re-cross-check, do not paper over it here.
- [HARD] **No internal identifiers in the body**: no SPEC ids, AC numbers, commit
  SHAs, coverage figures, milestone labels, or `progress.md` references. Those are
  one link away in `CHANGELOG.md`, which is where they belong.
- **Target ≤ 6,000 characters.** Past that, the reader stops. Cut detail, not
  themes — a theme dropped for length is a theme nobody learns about.
- **Reader test, applied per theme**: does it say what someone can now do, or what
  now breaks? A theme that survives only as a restatement of a commit subject has
  not been composed yet.

#### Apply and verify

1. Write the composed body to a temp file (scratchpad, not the repo).
2. `gh release edit vX.Y.Z --notes-file <file>`.
3. Read it back — `gh release view vX.Y.Z --json body -q .body` — and confirm the
   body is the composed text, the length is under the ceiling, and no internal
   identifier survived. Verify assets are still attached (the edit m

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