release-it 21.x

Practical guidance for release-it ^21.0.0, including its ESM programmatic API, Config and Plugin classes, CLI-oriented workflow, v21 changes, and standalone examples.

For

release-it@21.0.2

Verified

2026-09-08, 3 examples executed

Package

@modootoday/pmcp-release-it@21.0.0

What it covers

• Runtime and module format
• Normal usage is CLI-first
• Programmatic runner
• `Config`
• `Plugin`
• Configuration shape
• Hooks are shell commands
• v21 CLI changes
• What this skill does not cover

One example from this skill

This is the skill's own text, not a summary of it. It runs: that is what verifying means here.

import assert from 'node:assert/strict';
import releaseIt from 'release-it';

const result = await releaseIt({
  config: false,
  ci: true,
  'dry-run': true,
  increment: 'patch'
});

for (const key of ['name', 'changelog', 'latestVersion', 'version']) {
  assert.ok(Object.hasOwn(result, key), `missing result key: ${key}`);
}

What it did in the sandbox

Verifying this skill meant installing the package and running code against it with no route out. Nothing was observed. The full ledger lists every package examined, including the ones that never became a skill.

Nothing observed is not a finding of safety. It means one run, under one policy, produced nothing to report.

Getting it

With a subscription:

npx -y @modootoday/pmcp login
npx -y @modootoday/pmcp install @modootoday/pmcp-release-it

It installs as a dev dependency of your project, and the MCP server finds it there like any other skill.