Mercury Toolbox Release Notes Template

Use this template when publishing a release on Gitea. Keep it short, concrete, and oriented around what changed for someone installing or upgrading the toolbox.

Title

Mercury Toolbox vX.Y.Z

Summary

One short paragraph:

What kind of release this is.
Who should care.
Whether there are any rename, install, or compatibility notes.

Example:

Mercury Toolbox vX.Y.Z focuses on local inspection and packaging polish. This release updates the hashing command surface to mhash, refreshes the packaged Codex skill and AI prompt assets, and keeps the Windows + PowerShell install path aligned with the current release bundle.

Highlights

Command / feature: what changed and why it matters.
Command / feature: what changed and why it matters.
Packaging / docs / skills: what changed and why it matters.

Breaking Changes

Old name or behavior -> new name or behavior
Migration note

If none:

None.

Install Or Upgrade

Fresh install:

pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\install-toolbox.ps1

Portable package install:

pwsh -NoProfile -File .\dist\MercuryToolbox-<host-target>-ReleaseFast\scripts\install-package-toolbox.ps1

Verification

Built with: ReleaseFast | ReleaseSize | Debug
Key verification commands:
- cargo nextest run -p <crate> --all-features
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\check-powershell.ps1
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\generate-ai-prompt.ps1
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\generate-ai-skill.ps1
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\check-ai-prompt.ps1 -Configuration ReleaseFast -SkipBuild
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\check-ai-skill.ps1 -Configuration ReleaseFast -SkipBuild
- pwsh -NoProfile -File .\scripts\package-toolbox.ps1

Assets

MercuryToolbox-<host-target>-ReleaseFast.zip
Optional extra artifacts

Notes For Upgraders

PATH reload or shell restart note if relevant.
Config, skill, or naming migration note if relevant.
Any intentionally removed compatibility surface.

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