Ship Structured release pipeline that guides code from working branch to a published release through 7 gated phases: pre-flight checks, automated code review, version bump, changelog generation, PR creation, platform publish (npm/PyPI/etc.), and GitHub release. Phases 5 (PR) and 6 (Publish) are conditionally skippable — trunk-based workflows that commit directly to skip Phase 5; private packages skip Phase 6. Phase 7 (GitHub release) is the terminal phase and always runs unless the publish step failed. Key Design Principles 1. Phase Gates : Each phase must pass before the next begins — no shi…