Release Day Countdown

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Release Day Countdown skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Release Day Countdown is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: General · Sub-category: operations · Last updated: 2026-07-31

Plan an independent music release backwards from release day — the 8-week countdown with distributor upload deadlines flagged, playlist pitch windows, the pre-save decision made honestly, content batched before the chaos, and a release week that doesn't depend on luck. Use when a musician says 'I'm releasing a single/EP', 'when should I submit to playlists', 'plan my release', or uploaded to a distributor with no plan. Produces the week-by-week countdown, the asset checklist, and release-week runbook.

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From the source SKILL.md

Most independent releases happen twice: the day the song goes live to 40 streams, and the month later when the artist learns what they should have done eight weeks early. The machinery has real deadlines — distributors need lead time, editorial playlist pitching closes before release day, content is impossible to batch once the week arrives — and none of it is complicated; it's just sequenced. This skill runs the sequence backwards from the date (or forwards to pick a date honestly), with every platform-specific number flagged as check-current, because lead times and pitch windows change and…

What this skill does

Release Day Countdown is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the operations sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when a musician says 'I'm releasing a single/EP', 'when should I submit to playlists', 'plan my release', or uploaded to a distributor with no plan. Produces the week-by-week countdown, the asset checklist, and release-week runbook.

Who uses this skill

The Release Day Countdown Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 174,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/release-day-countdown/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\release-day-countdown\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Release Day Countdown Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/release-day-countdown/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Release Day Countdown skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Release Day Countdown skill?

Use Release Day Countdown when your Claude Code task falls under the General category — specifically in the operations area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Release Day Countdown" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/general/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Release Day Countdown skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Release Day Countdown is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the General category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/blob/HEAD/exports/openclaw/release-day-countdown/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: mohitagw15856
Website: https://mohitagw15856.github.io/pm-claude-skills/

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APA

mohitagw15856. (2026). Release Day Countdown [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/release-day-countdown/

BibTeX

@misc{release-day-countdown-2026,
  author    = {mohitagw15856},
  title     = {Release Day Countdown [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/release-day-countdown/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-08-02 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

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