/release
Tag and release a new gcx version. Use when the user wants to cut a release, tag a version, run the release process, or says "release patch/minor/major".
$ npx -y skills add grafana/gcx --skill release --agent claude-codeHow it fires
How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.
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- You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
- Slash command
/release
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Tag and release a new gcx version. Use when the user wants to cut a release, tag a version, run the release process, or says "release patch/minor/major".
SKILL.md
release.SKILL.mdname: release description: Tag and release a new gcx version. Use when the user wants to cut a release, tag a version, run the release process, or says "release patch/minor/major".
Releasing gcx
Automated via `mise run tag`. Requires `claude` CLI and [`svu`](https://github.com/caarlos0/svu).
mise run tag -- patch # or minor, major
This generates a changelog entry (via Claude), updates `CHANGELOG.md` and `.release-notes.md`, commits on a `release/vX.Y.Z` branch, and pushes the branch. Then:
1. Open a PR and merge it (the script prints the exact command) 2. After merge, tag the commit on main and push the tag:
git checkout main && git pull git tag v0.X.Y git push origin v0.X.Y
The tag push triggers the GoReleaser workflow.
Grafana — in your terminal and your agentic coding environment. gcx works with Grafana Cloud, Enterprise, and OSS (Grafana 12+). See the compatibility matrix for details. Query production. Investigate alerts. Let the Assistant root-cause issues.
Repo: grafana/gcx
Other skills on gcx.
- /add-datasource
Use when adding a new datasource type to gcx (e.g., Elasticsearch, CloudWatch, InfluxDB), or when the user says "add datasource", "new datasource type", or "integrate [datasource]".
Open skill - /add-provider
Use when adding a new Grafana Cloud product provider to gcx (SLO, OnCall, Synthetic Monitoring, k6, ML, etc.), or when the user says "add provider", "new provider", or "integrate [product]".
Open skill - /generate-slide
Regenerate the gcx marketing bento-box slide (slide.html) with verified commands from the current codebase. Builds a fresh binary and reflects against the actual command tree. Use when the user says "regenerate slide", "update slide", "generate slide", or "/generate-slide".
Open skill - /migrate-provider
Use when porting a Grafana Cloud product from grafana-cloud-cli (gcx) to gcx, when a bead task references gcx provider migration, or when user says "migrate provider", "port from gcx", "port oncall", "port k6". Not for building providers from scratch — use /add-provider for that.
Open skill - /agento11y-instrument
Sets up and instruments a developer's own LLM app or agent to send generations and agentic workflow to Grafana Agent Observability (the Agent Observability SDKs) — greenfield setup, fixing broken instrumentation, or filling gaps in existing instrumentation. Uses gcx for the
Open skill - /agento11y-prod-setup
Sets up production evaluation and guardrails for a DEPLOYED AI agent in Grafana Agent Observability, grounded in the agent's own code and its real ingested traffic. The judgment layer on top of the `agento11y` skill: it reads the agent's source (system prompt, tools, entrypoint)
Open skill