The plan has been fully developed through my codebase analysis. Here's the complete implementation plan:

Add shipwright release command that batches merged PRs into releases with auto-generated changelogs, semantic versioning, and GitHub Release creation. Integrates with the daemon patrol loop for scheduled releases and with fleet for downstream notifications.

Standard Shipwright structure (VERSION, set -euo pipefail, colors, emit_event).

Subcommands: status, plan, create, schedule, history, check-ready

Core functions:

1. release_get_last_tag() — git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*', defaults to v0.0.0

2. release_collect_prs() — gh pr list --state merged --base main --search "merged:>=$date" → newline-delimited JSON

3. release_classify_pr() — Classify by conventional commit prefix + labels:

   • feat: / feature label → feature (minor)
   • fix: / bug label → fix (patch)
   • BREAKING CHANGE in body or feat!: → breaking (major)
   • docs:, refactor:, ci:, chore: → patch
   • Unclassified → other (patch)

4. release_determine_version() — Highest bump wins: breaking→major, feature→minor, else→patch. Parse current version from package.json.

5. release_generate_changelog() — Markdown grouped by category (Breaking Changes, Features, Bug Fixes, Documentation, Other). Each entry: **PR #N**: title (@author).

6. release_create() — Full orchestration:

   • Collect + classify PRs → determine version → generate changelog
   • Call existing scripts/update-version.sh $new_version
   • Prepend to CHANGELOG.md
   • Git commit + tag + push
   • gh release create with changelog body
   • emit_event "release.created"

7. release_check_ready() — Daemon-compatible readiness check based on config mode (pr_count threshold, schedule interval, manual). Returns exit code 0/1.

Config (.claude/daemon-config.json):

{
 "release_train": {
 "enabled": false,
 "mode": "pr_count",
 "pr_count_threshold": 5,
 "schedule_interval": "weekly",
 "auto_create": false,
 "changelog_file": "CHANGELOG.md",
 "exclude_labels": ["skip-release", "wip"]
 }
}

Add release) case to dispatch to sw-release.sh, plus help text line.

• Load RELEASE_TRAIN_ENABLED, RELEASE_TRAIN_MODE, RELEASE_TRAIN_AUTO_CREATE in load_config()
• Add release check block after patrol in the quiet-period section (~line 4914): calls sw-release.sh check-ready, then either auto-creates or emits release.ready event

Add fleet_notify_release() that emits fleet.release_notification events for each fleet repo.

Add workflow_dispatch trigger with bump_type input (auto/major/minor/patch). Add release-train job that runs sw-release.sh create.

Mock git, gh, jq in temp PATH. Test: version determination (patch/minor/major), PR classification (all prefix variants + labels + breaking), changelog formatting, readiness check (all modes), full release flow (mocked), edge cases (no tags, excluded labels).

• Task 1: Create sw-release.sh boilerplate + subcommand router + config loading
• Task 2: Implement release_get_last_tag() and release_collect_prs()
• Task 3: Implement release_classify_pr() — conventional commit + label classification
• Task 4: Implement release_determine_version() — semver bump calculation
• Task 5: Implement release_generate_changelog() — grouped markdown
• Task 6: Implement release_create() — full orchestration
• Task 7: Implement release_check_ready() — daemon-compatible readiness
• Task 8: Implement status, plan, history subcommands
• Task 9: Add release route to CLI router + help text
• Task 10: Integrate release train into daemon patrol loop
• Task 11: Add fleet_notify_release() to fleet script
• Task 12: Add workflow_dispatch trigger to release workflow
• Task 13: Create sw-release-test.sh test suite
• Task 14: Register test in package.json + run full suite

1. Unit tests (sw-release-test.sh): Mocked binaries, isolated temp dirs, PASS/FAIL counters
2. Manual validation: shipwright release status and plan on this repo
3. CI: npm test — all 23 existing suites + new release suite pass

• shipwright release status/plan/create all functional
• Semantic version auto-determined from PR content (major/minor/patch)
• Changelog grouped by category with PR references
• GitHub Release created with tag and notes
• Daemon patrol triggers release check when enabled
• Configurable schedule (pr_count, schedule, manual)
• Fleet notification on release
• Test suite with full coverage
• All existing tests pass
• Bash 3.2 compatible, set -euo pipefail, emit_event telemetry