Notable changes to the Datum Cloud Claude Code plugins.
- GitHub conventions skill (
pr-conventions, datum-platform) — Added a rule forbidding hard-wrapped prose in PR descriptions, issues, and comments. GitHub reflows Markdown, so manual fixed-column wrapping (e.g. 80 characters) produces ragged, hard-to-edit text; hard-wrapping belongs only in commit messages. Added as a Core Principle and a row in the PR "What to Avoid" table.
- Changelog entry skill (
changelog-entry, datum-gtm) — Guides the gtm-comms agent through turning raw engineering notes, PR/issue links, or a feature description into a hand-off-ready draft for Datum's GitHub Discussions Changelog. Covers benefit-led titling, a fixed post structure (lead → hero feature → New/Improved/Fixed, plus a breaking-changes heads-up and security wording → docs links → single CTA), a voice pass that strips Kubernetes jargon and internal implementation detail, an anti-fabrication rule with a[VERIFY]convention, a public-vs-private community credit gate, a scope gate with a stakeholder-override path, and a required pre-publish handoff block. Ships a fill-intemplate.md, a workedexample.md, and a self-review checklist that mirrors every rule. Complements the Keep-a-Changelog release-file template ingtm-templates.
- Release skill (
release) — Generates GitHub releases for any datum-cloud service repository. Gates releases on a green CI status for the release commit and refreshes the third-partyNOTICEfile (license compliance) before tagging. Auto-detects project type (CRD-based operator or aggregated API server), collects merged PRs since the last release, diffs schema/type files to determine compatibility, drafts release notes in the established style, and publishes viagh release create. Supports--patch,--minor,--major, and--draftflags.
- GitHub conventions skill (
pr-conventions) — Expanded from PR-only guidance to cover issues and comments. PRs must now link to an issue. Avoid usingCloses/Closed— useFixesorResolvesonly when intentionally closing. Issue descriptions focus on goals and desired outcomes; technical discussion belongs in comments. Adds GitHub callout syntax guidance and a rule to always use descriptive link text.
- Operational review skill (
operational-review) — Guides the SRE agent through producing weekly traffic and latency ops review reports for the global Envoy edge ingress. Covers VictoriaMetrics queries for RPS and latency (P50/P90/P95) globally and per-POP, anomaly detection thresholds, and publishing structured reports as pull requests todatum-cloud/engineering.
- PR conventions skill (
pr-conventions) — Standardized pull request description guidelines covering structure, required sections, and content guidance. Defines Summary, Test plan, and Breaking changes sections. Agents prompt for context when PR purpose is unclear.
- Commit conventions skill (
commit-conventions) — Standardized commit message guidelines based on the seven rules from cbea.ms/git-commit. Provides format, structure, and content guidance for consistent commit history across repositories. Agents prompt for clarification when commit purpose is unclear.
- Feature gates pattern (
k8s-apiserver-patterns) — Guidance for safely introducing experimental features with Alpha/Beta/GA lifecycle stages. Helps API developers ship new capabilities incrementally while giving operators runtime control via--feature-gatesflags.