PM-Skills v2.2.0 Release Notes

Date: 2026-02-13
Status: Shipped

Big Idea

v2.2.0 is a guardrails-and-governance release.
It does not add new PM skills. It improves trust, drift detection, and execution clarity across pm-skills and pm-skills-mcp.

What Was Delivered

1. Observe-first cross-repo drift validation:
2. .github/workflows/validate-mcp-sync.yml
3. .github/scripts/validate-mcp-sync.js

4. docs/guides/validate-mcp-sync.md

5. Planning persistence governance:

6. docs/internal/planning-persistence-policy.md
7. docs/internal/planning-artifact-tier-map.md

8. .gitignore alignment to the policy

9. Canonical backlog governance:

10. docs/internal/backlog-canonical.md

11. Backlog supersession guidance captured in tracked governance docs

12. Release sequencing documentation:

13. docs/internal/release-planning/Release_v2.2_to_v2.5_execution-plan.md
14. docs/internal/release-planning/checklist_v2.2.0.md through docs/internal/release-planning/checklist_v2.5.0.md

What This Means

• v2.2.0 establishes drift visibility and governance baseline.
• v2.3.0 targets MCP alignment closure and blocking sync defaults.
• v2.4.0 targets output/config contract lock.
• v2.5.0 targets foundation/persona decision closure.

Validation Performed

• validate-mcp-sync script run in local observe and block modes (pass in local parity simulation).
• Existing repo checks passed:
• scripts/validate-commands.ps1
• scripts/lint-skills-frontmatter.ps1

Non-Goals for v2.2.0

• No new PM skills added.
• No output/config contract finalization.
• No foundation/persona decision closure.