Hi👋
I’d like to propose adding a new skills category named deployment/ to the repository, focused on mobile app release, automation, and pre-publish validation workflows for React Native applications.

While existing skills cover development and optimization, deployment and publishing remain a critical (and often complex) phase that AI agents could significantly help with.

📂 Proposed Structure

└── skills/
    ├── deployment/
    │   ├── SKILL.md
    │   ├── agents/
    │   │   └── openai.yaml
    │   └── references/
    │       └── publish-checklist.md
    │       └── fastlane-deployment.md
    │       └── e2e-prepublish-tests.md

This structure keeps deployment-related guidance modular, discoverable, and easy to extend in the future.

🎯 Included Skills

1️⃣ Publish Checklist Skill (Play Store & App Store)

Purpose:
Guide AI agents to verify mobile app readiness before publishing.

Scope:

• Android:

  • App signing & keystore
  • versionCode / versionName
  • Permissions & ProGuard/R8
  • Play Store metadata & assets

• iOS:

  • Bundle ID & provisioning profiles
  • Versioning & build numbers
  • App Store Connect metadata
  • Privacy & entitlements

• Shared:

  • Environment variables
  • Production API validation
  • Crash reporting & analytics enabled

2️⃣ Fastlane-Based Deployment Automation Skill

Purpose
Enable AI agents to set up and manage a complete mobile deployment pipeline using Fastlane + GitHub Actions for React Native apps, covering both Play Store and App Store publishing.

The agent should be able to generate configs, automate releases, and explain the workflow end to end.

Scope

Android

• Fastlane initialization (fastlane init)
• Build Android App Bundle (AAB)
• Upload to Internal / Alpha / Beta / Production tracks
• Google Play service account configuration

iOS

• IPA build generation
• TestFlight uploads
• App Store submission
• App Store Connect API key setup

CI/CD & Automation

• GitHub Actions workflows to:

  • Run tests
  • Trigger Fastlane on tags or branches

• Secure secrets handling via GitHub Secrets

Versioning

• Auto-increment versionCode (Android)
• Auto-increment build number (iOS)
• Semantic versioning via Git tags

Outcome

• AI agent can provide a ready-to-use Fastlane + GitHub Actions setup
• Enables consistent, repeatable mobile releases
• Reduces manual deployment errors

3️⃣ E2E Pre-Publish Test Workflow Skill

Purpose:
Help AI agents enforce quality gates before store submission.

Scope:

• E2E tools:

  • Detox
  • Maestro
  • Playwright (where applicable)

• Execution on:

  • Android emulators
  • iOS simulators

• Release gating:

  • Block deployment on failures
  • Smoke-test checklist
  • Flaky test handling guidance

⚙️ Optional GitHub Actions Integration

Each skill can optionally include guidance for GitHub Actions workflows, such as:

• Running lint, unit tests, and E2E tests
• Triggering Fastlane on tagged releases
• Secure secrets management

This allows AI agents to reason about CI/CD pipelines alongside deployment automation.

🧩 Why This Fits agent-skills

• Complements existing React Native–focused skills
• Adds real-world release engineering workflows
• Modular design allows incremental adoption
• Easy to extend (e.g., OTA updates, staged rollouts, hotfix releases)

🙋 Contribution Intent

If this structure aligns with the project direction, I’d be happy to:

• Add the initial deployment/ folder
• Implement the first SKILL.md (starting with publish checklist or Fastlane)
• Follow existing skill formatting and conventions

I’m open to feedback on scope, naming, or which skill to start with first.