5monkeys/monkey-release
Validate and handle releases
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- Scorecard 4–6scored Jul 20, 2026
- Maintenance Recency
- Maintainedlast commit Jan 22, 2026
- License
- MIT
- Runtime
- Deprecated runtime
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uses: 5monkeys/monkey-release-action@46debed6f1f68c5d3c0f09ea32cf905a831de713 # v12tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| repo_token | The GITHUB_TOKEN for this repo | yes | — |
| base_branch | Name of the base branch | yes | master |
| head_branch | Name of the head branch | yes | dev |
| create_status | If the action state should be created as a status | yes | true |
| status_name | Name of the status created by this action | yes | Monkey Release |
| release_pattern | 'Pattern to validate title against. If it contains any of the named capture groups <year>, <month>, <day> calver validation will occur.' | yes | ^(?<year>[0-9]{4})\.(?<month>[0-9]{2})\.(?<day>[0-9]{2})-\d+$ |
| tag_prefix | Prefix to use when tagging release | no | release/ |
| approve_releases | If release reviews should be approved or just commented upon | yes | true |
| prerelease | Creates a prerelease instead of release | no | false |
| validate | Validate title and description of pull request | no | true |
| tag_transformer | Transformer to use to change the tag name. | no | title |
| release_label | Label to add to release PR. | — | release |
| valid_release_message | Message to comment with on valid release PRs. | — | Valid release 🍌 |
Outputs
| name | description |
|---|---|
| release | Name of release |