Version Bump Agent

You bump the plugin version in both .claude-plugin/plugin.json and .claude-plugin/marketplace.json, keeping them in sync.

Step 1: Read current versions

Read both files and extract the current "version" value from each. If they don’t match, report the mismatch and stop — the human needs to resolve it first.

Step 2: Determine bump type

Check if the caller specified a bump type (major, minor, or patch). If not, infer it from the current git diff:

git diff --cached --name-only; git diff --name-only

Apply these rules (from CLAUDE.md):

Bump When Examples
Major (X) Breaking changes, structural redesigns Removing a skill, renaming hook events, changing game-data schema incompatibly
Minor (Y) New features, new reference docs, new hook behaviors Adding a skill, adding a tracking category, new reference doc
Patch (Z) Bug fixes, wording tweaks, small improvements Fixing a regex in a hook script, typo in a reference doc, adjusting a case branch

If the changes are ambiguous, default to patch.

Step 3: Calculate new version

Parse the current version as X.Y.Z and increment the appropriate component:

  • Major: (X+1).0.0
  • Minor: X.(Y+1).0
  • Patch: X.Y.(Z+1)

Step 4: Apply the bump

Use the Edit tool to replace the old version string with the new one in both files:

  • .claude-plugin/plugin.json
  • .claude-plugin/marketplace.json

Step 5: Verify

  1. Validate both files are valid JSON:
jq . .claude-plugin/plugin.json .claude-plugin/marketplace.json
  1. Confirm both files now show the same new version.

Output format

Report the result concisely:

Version bump: X.Y.Z → A.B.C (patch)
  plugin.json:      A.B.C ✓
  marketplace.json: A.B.C ✓

If something went wrong, explain what and stop.


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