Summary

Closes #168. Fixes the contradiction between the /release skill's prescribed branch name + PR title and the framework's own validators. Surfaced cutting v1.2.0 — the first release under the dev/main model (AgDR-0007).

Three small changes:

1. .claude/hooks/validate-branch-name.sh — added an early-out clause that accepts ^release/v\d+\.\d+\.\d+(-rcN)?$ as a valid branch name. Narrow, intentional exception for the framework's release-cut convention; release branches don't carry a ticket-id because the release itself IS the ticket.

2. .claude/project-config.defaults.json — added release to pr.title_type_whitelist so a title like release(#160): v1.2.0 passes validate-pr-create.sh's existing regex unchanged.

3. .claude/skills/release/SKILL.md step 4 — corrected the prescribed PR title to release(#<release-ticket>): vA.B.C so future /release invocations produce a title that satisfies the validators by construction.

Why now

Cutting v1.2.0 is blocked on this. The release-cut convention exists; the validators don't recognise it; the contradiction was invisible until the first release tried to land. Tiny scope (3 file edits), but blocks the v1.2.0 release.

Testing

• Branch validator probes against all relevant patterns:

  release/v1.2.0           → rc=0  (allowed, release-special-case)
  release/v1.2.0-rc1       → rc=0  (allowed, RC variant)
  release/v9.9.9           → rc=0  (allowed)
  release/foo              → rc=2  (correctly blocked)
  release/v1               → rc=2  (correctly blocked — no minor.patch)
  chore/GH-168-fix         → rc=0  (allowed, standard pattern)
  feature/GH-1-x           → rc=0  (allowed, standard pattern)
  

• Full hook test suite — for t in .claude/hooks/tests/test_*.sh; do bash "$t"; done → 196/196 across 12 test files. No regression.

• PR-title regex unchanged — validate-pr-create.sh is untouched; only the type whitelist gets a new entry.

• Live integration — confirmed by the act of opening this PR (title chore(#168): ... passes the same regex it always did).

Glossary

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