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+---
+name: verify-release
+description: "Verify an OpenClaw release is fully published across GitHub, npm, plugins, ClawHub, package smoke, and live Gateway agent turns."
+---
+
+# Verify Release
+
+Use this when asked whether an OpenClaw release is fully released, published,
+promoted, smoke-tested, or live-verified. This is a verification skill, not a
+publish skill; use `$release-openclaw-maintainer` before changing release state.
+
+## Rules
+
+- Resolve short suffixes like `.27` to the concrete CalVer version from the
+  current date/context, then say the resolved version.
+- Verify live state. Do not trust local checkout state, release notes, or old
+  memory as current truth.
+- If the checkout is dirty or divergent, use it only for scripts/reference.
+  For version metadata, fetch from GitHub release/tag or unpack the tag tarball
+  under `/tmp`.
+- Never print secrets. Use inherited live keys only for scoped smoke commands.
+- Keep the final terse: `yes/no`, evidence bullets, caveats, cleanup.
+
+## Core Checks
+
+1. GitHub release:
+   - `gh release view v<VERSION> --repo openclaw/openclaw --json tagName,name,publishedAt,isDraft,isPrerelease,targetCommitish,url,body,assets`
+   - Confirm stable releases are not draft/prerelease.
+   - Confirm release body has npm, CI, plugin npm, ClawHub, mac/appcast evidence
+     links when expected.
+   - Confirm assets expected for stable mac releases are uploaded: zip, dmg,
+     dSYM, dependency evidence when present.
+2. Root npm:
+   - `npm view openclaw@<VERSION> version dist-tags.latest dist.tarball dist.integrity time.<VERSION> --json`
+   - `latest` must equal `<VERSION>` for stable.
+   - Record tarball, integrity, publish time.
+3. Plugin publish set:
+   - Get exact tag metadata from GitHub, not the local checkout when dirty:
+     download `https://api.github.com/repos/openclaw/openclaw/tarball/v<VERSION>`
+     into `/tmp/openclaw-v<VERSION>-src`.
+   - Count `extensions/*/package.json` with
+     `openclaw.release.publishToNpm === true` and
+     `openclaw.release.publishToClawHub === true`.
+   - Compare expected counts to workflow job counts:
+     `gh api repos/openclaw/openclaw/actions/runs/<RUN>/jobs --paginate`.
+   - Each expected npm plugin must have version `<VERSION>` and
+     `dist-tags.latest === <VERSION>`.
+4. ClawHub:
+   - Check the Plugin ClawHub Release workflow conclusion and publish job count.
+   - Use OpenClaw itself for live registry proof:
+     `openclaw plugins search <known-plugin> --json`.
+   - Install one official plugin from ClawHub in an isolated HOME:
+     `openclaw plugins install clawhub:@openclaw/matrix --pin`.
+     Prefer `matrix` unless that plugin is not in the expected set.
+5. Release workflows:
+   - Verify conclusions for release notes evidence links:
+     Full Release Validation, OpenClaw Release Checks, OpenClaw NPM Release,
+     Plugin NPM Release, Plugin ClawHub Release, mac preflight/validation/publish
+     when stable mac assets are expected.
+   - Summarize only relevant successful/failed jobs; ignore routine skipped
+     optional lanes unless the release body promised them.
+6. Published package smoke:
+   - In `/tmp`, isolated HOME:
+     `npm exec --yes --package openclaw@<VERSION> -- openclaw --version`.
+   - Run at least one harmless command that touches the published CLI surface,
+     for example `plugins --help` or `gateway --help`.
+7. Dev Gateway live model smoke:
+   - Use temp HOME/workspace, not the user's normal state:
+     `HOME=/tmp/openclaw-release-smoke/home OPENCLAW_WORKSPACE=/tmp/openclaw-release-smoke/work pnpm openclaw --dev gateway run --auth none --force --verbose`.
+   - Health check via CLI: `openclaw --dev gateway health --json`.
+   - Run one Gateway-backed agent turn with inherited `OPENAI_API_KEY`, short
+     prompt, explicit session key, JSON output, and a known-available model.
+   - If the configured default model fails as unavailable, record that caveat
+     and retry with the newest known-good OpenAI model instead of declaring the
+     release failed.
+   - Stop the gateway and verify the port is not listening.
+
+## Caveats To Report
+
+- Dist-tag caveat: stable `latest` is release truth; if optional `beta` mirrors
+  still point at a beta version, report it as a caveat, not a stable-release
+  blocker, unless the user asked to verify beta promotion.
+- Divergent checkout caveat: say when local source SHA differs from release tag
+  or origin and which live sources were used instead.
+- Smoke caveat: distinguish Gateway-backed agent success from local embedded
+  fallback. A valid Gateway smoke has health OK plus gateway log/run id for the
+  agent call.