version-bump-advisor

# Version Bump Advisor ## Before you begin: verify references Before doing anything else, confirm that every file listed in this skill's frontmatter `references:` field exists at its relative path from this SKILL.md. If any are missing, stop — the install is incomplete. This usually means a third-party installer (for example `npx skills install`) flattened the skill into a standalone folder and dropped the repo-root `knowledge-notes/` directory this skill depends on. Tell the user to reinstall using a supported method from `1-INSTALL.md` (git clone, or the `.plugin` bundle in Cowork) and to run `verify-install.sh` from the install root to confirm the fix. Only proceed without the references if the user explicitly says to — and if they do, state clearly in your output that it was produced in degraded mode without the pack's reference material. ## Context Design system versioning is a persistent source of team friction. Breaking changes are called minor because they "just affect two components." Minor improvements trigger unnecessary major bumps because someone worries about change. And the reasoning is never written down, so every release prompts the same debate. This skill removes the subjectivity by applying a consistent classification framework to every change, then generating a changelog entry and reasoning that the team can trust. When the next release ships, there's a record of why it was a major and what consumers need to change. This is the pack's single source f...