Add agent skills for release process#7168
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Move Get-LatestReleaseBranch.ps1 into the shared skills directory and update release skills to call the shared helper. Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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New Get-ReleaseBranches script output: # Release branches
Release branches follow the Windows release naming scheme.
Example: 2026-04B refers to the second week (B) of April 2026.
## Repo configuration
This repo is configured with the following remotes:
Source | Remote Name | Remote URL
--- | --- | ---
Public | upstream | https://github.com/dotnet/dotnet-docker
Internal | dnceng | https://dnceng@dev.azure.com/dnceng/internal/_git/dotnet-dotnet-docker
## 5 most recent public release branches
- upstream/release/2026-04B
- upstream/release/2026-03B
- upstream/release/2026-02B
- upstream/release/2026-01C
- upstream/release/2026-01B
## 5 most recent internal release branches
- dnceng/internal/release/2026-04C
- dnceng/internal/release/2026-04B
- dnceng/internal/release/2026-03B
- dnceng/internal/release/2026-02B
- dnceng/internal/release/2026-01C |
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This PR adds three skills which help in different parts of the release process. All three are intended to be used manually, not automatically invoked. Essentially custom prompts.
I have been testing/developing some form of these skills for the past ~3 .NET releases with good results. I offloaded a fair amount of work to scripts, intentionally. Copilot's main value-add here is intelligently resolving merge conflicts.
These skills also have the secondary benefit of moving more of the release process documentation closer to where the work takes place.