---
type: User Story
title: "US-006: Build, test, and release the plugin"
description: Give maintainers repeatable builds, automated verification, and versioned Gitea releases.
status: done
---

# US-006: Build, test, and release the plugin

As a **plugin maintainer**, I want automated builds and releases modeled on Spigot Tyrant so that tested, correctly versioned artifacts can be distributed consistently.

## Acceptance criteria

- [x] The Gradle Kotlin DSL project compiles against Spigot API `26.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT` using a Java 17 toolchain.
- [x] Compiler lint warnings fail the build.
- [x] Automated JUnit 5 and Mockito tests run as part of the Gradle check lifecycle.
- [x] Pushes and pull requests build and test the plugin in Gitea Actions.
- [x] Pull requests validate conventional commit messages.
- [x] CI stores a `spigot-stealth` development JAR as a workflow artifact.
- [x] Main-branch conventional commits drive semantic versioning.
- [x] A successful release builds a versioned JAR and attaches it to the corresponding Gitea release.
- [x] Build files, Gradle wrapper, workflows, and release behavior follow `../spigot-tyrant/` where applicable while using Spigot Stealth names and identifiers.
- [x] OKF validation using `okf-base.yaml` runs locally through the repository validation script and in CI.

## Validation

Verified with `./gradlew clean check jar`, a release-version `1.2.3` JAR with matching embedded plugin metadata, and `./scripts/validate-okf.sh`.

## Related

- [Configure and persist stealth progression](us-005-configure-and-persist-progression.md)