# Release It

Apply Michael T.

- Repository: https://github.com/ciembor/agent-rules-books (3164 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-10
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add ciembor/agent-rules-books --skill release-it -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add ciembor/agent-rules-books --skill release-it -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add ciembor/agent-rules-books --skill release-it -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add ciembor/agent-rules-books --skill release-it -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

Apply Michael T. Nygard-inspired production reliability rules when designing failure handling, timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, observability, or deployment behavior.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Release It! Skill

Use this skill when a task involves production reliability, integration failure, timeouts, retries, circuit breakers, bulkheads, backpressure, observability, capacity, deployment, or operational readiness.

Before making design or code decisions, read and apply [release-it.mini.md](release-it.mini.md). Use [release-it.md](release-it.md) only as a deeper reference when the mini rules are not enough for the current production-reliability tradeoff.