release-announcement

Topics in the source

• Release Announcement
• When to use
• When not to use
• Paperclip Cases output
• Determine the audience and channel first
• Universal structure
• Channel templates
• Changelog entry (terse)

Write the channel-appropriate announcement for a release without churn. Different surfaces need different shapes: a changelog entry is not a blog post is not a social card. The bar is: a reader of the chosen surface can decide in under 30 seconds whether this release affects them, and if so what to do. A version, feature, or fix is shipping and needs writeup for at least one surface. A previously private feature is going GA. A breaking change needs broadcast before users hit it. An internal-only change with no user impact. Update internal docs; do not announce. The release is incomplete (still in active development). Wait until it ships, even if marketing wants the post. When this skill runs inside Paperclip and experimental.enableCases is enabled, emit durable release-content cases before handing off the copy. Cases preserve the inspectable output; the issue coordinates the work. Use skills/paperclip/references/cases.md for the API contract. Include X-Paperclip-Run-Id on writes when PAPERCLIPRUNID is set. If the API returns 403 Cases are disabled, report that limitation and continue with the requested copy artifact. Upsert the parent release case first when it does not already exi

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