Summary I followed the release skill's Step 1 process: 1. ✅ Read the current version from

package.json

— found

1.0.0-alpha.8

2. ✅ Suggested the next logical version:

1.0.0-alpha.9

(per the pre-release bump convention) 3. ✅ Stopped and asked the user to confirm the desired version before making any changes No changes have been made to the codebase. The release process is currently paused at the checkpoint between Step 1 and Step 2, waiting for the user to confirm which version they want to release before proceeding to create the release branch, bump the version, and open the PR.