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PM-Skills v2.6.1 Release Notes

Date: 2026-03-04
Status: Released (tag v2.6.1 published)

Summary

v2.6.1 is a recovery-and-packaging patch release for pm-skills.

This lane restores and normalizes the sample-output library, captures coverage metadata in tracked release-governance artifacts, and fixes release packaging so sample outputs are actually included in shipped ZIP artifacts.

Scope

In scope: 1. Sample library path and naming normalization 2. Sample-library standards and release-coverage metadata alignment 3. Release packaging inclusion checks for library/skill-output-samples/ 4. Release metadata roll-forward in README/CHANGELOG

Out of scope: 1. New PM skills, slash commands, or workflow behavior changes 2. pm-skills-mcp deployment changes

Added

  1. Release note artifact: docs/releases/Release_v2.6.1.md

Changed

  1. Canonical sample-library path is now library/skill-output-samples/.
  2. Sample standards doc is now library/skill-output-samples/SAMPLE_CREATION.md.
  3. Sample README standards links updated to SAMPLE_CREATION.md.
  4. Coverage manifest is tracked at docs/internal/release-plans/v2.6.1/skill-output-samples_manifest.v2.6.1.json.
  5. scripts/build-release.sh now stages library/ (including library/skill-output-samples/) and fails if canonical sample files are missing from stage.
  6. scripts/build-release.ps1 now stages library/ (including library/skill-output-samples/) and fails if canonical sample files are missing from stage.
  7. .github/workflows/release.yml generated release notes now explicitly list sample-library inclusion.
  8. README.md and CHANGELOG.md updated for v2.6.1 roll-forward.

Validation

  1. pwsh -File scripts/validate-commands.ps1
  2. pwsh -File scripts/lint-skills-frontmatter.ps1
  3. pwsh -File scripts/build-release.ps1 -Version 2.6.1
  4. Verify ZIP contains library/skill-output-samples/ sample files and README_SAMPLES.md
  5. Verify README_SAMPLES.md links resolve and tracked manifest paths exist

Canonical References

  1. CHANGELOG.md
  2. README.md
  3. docs/releases/Release_v2.6.1.md
  4. .github/workflows/release.yml
  5. scripts/build-release.sh
  6. scripts/build-release.ps1
  7. library/skill-output-samples/README_SAMPLES.md
  8. library/skill-output-samples/SAMPLE_CREATION.md
  9. docs/internal/release-plans/v2.6.1/README.md
  10. docs/internal/release-plans/v2.6.1/skill-output-samples_manifest.v2.6.1.json