HELM Publishing

docs/specs/RELEASE_CHANNEL_TRUTH.md is the authoritative shipping matrix for HELM OSS.

This document explains how public install claims map to release automation.

Rules

• A channel may be publicly documented only if the release workflow publishes it.
• A published channel must appear in the release truth matrix.
• Package identity is not the same as public availability. In-repo package metadata alone is not enough.
• When a channel changes, update the truth matrix, this document, and the release workflow in the same PR.

Current public channels

• GitHub Releases: core binaries and release assets
• GHCR: container images
• npm: @mindburn/helm, @mindburn/helm-cli, and the TypeScript adapters
• PyPI: helm
• crates.io: helm
• Maven Central: ai.mindburn.helm:helm
• Go module proxy: git tag based distribution

Install claims allowed today

npm install @mindburn/helm
npx @mindburn/helm-cli
pip install helm
cargo add helm

<dependency>
  <groupId>ai.mindburn.helm</groupId>
  <artifactId>helm</artifactId>
</dependency>

Not yet public

• NuGet / .NET distribution
• Homebrew formula

CI enforcement

CI runs scripts/ci/release_truth_check.sh to validate:

• release workflow publish jobs match the truth matrix
• adapter publish steps are present when adapters are claimed as public
• install docs and integration docs do not drift from the published matrix