feat: implement simpler, more reliable release workflow

- Add scripts/release.sh for automated build → test → commit → push → publish → release
- Fix .versionrc.json types configuration (was causing 'types.find is not a function' error)
- Remove problematic precommit/postcommit hooks that ran full test suite during release
- Keep standard-version as fallback option (npm run release:standard-version:*)
- New workflow is faster, more reliable, and easier to debug

Usage:
  npm run release         # patch release (3.20.4 → 3.20.5)
  npm run release:minor   # minor release (3.20.4 → 3.21.0)
  npm run release:major   # major release (3.20.4 → 4.0.0)
  npm run release:dry     # dry-run mode (no changes)

.versionrc.json

@@ -1,48 +1,16 @@
 {
-  "types": {
+  "types": [
-    "feat": {
+    {"type": "feat", "section": "✨ Features"},
-      "description": "✨ New Features",
+    {"type": "fix", "section": "🐛 Bug Fixes"},
-      "title": "✨ Features"
+    {"type": "docs", "section": "📚 Documentation"},
-    },
+    {"type": "refactor", "section": "♻️ Code Refactoring"},
-    "fix": {
+    {"type": "perf", "section": "⚡ Performance Improvements"},
-      "description": "🐛 Bug Fixes",
+    {"type": "test", "section": "✅ Tests"},
-      "title": "🐛 Bug Fixes"
+    {"type": "build", "section": "🔧 Build System"},
-    },
+    {"type": "ci", "section": "🔄 CI/CD"},
-    "docs": {
+    {"type": "style", "hidden": true},
-      "description": "📚 Documentation",
+    {"type": "chore", "hidden": true}
-      "title": "📚 Documentation"
+  ],
-    },
-    "style": {
-      "description": "💄 Code Style",
-      "title": "💄 Styles",
-      "hidden": true
-    },
-    "refactor": {
-      "description": "♻️ Code Refactoring",
-      "title": "♻️ Code Refactoring"
-    },
-    "perf": {
-      "description": "⚡ Performance Improvements",
-      "title": "⚡ Performance Improvements"
-    },
-    "test": {
-      "description": "✅ Tests",
-      "title": "✅ Tests"
-    },
-    "build": {
-      "description": "🔧 Build System",
-      "title": "🔧 Build System"
-    },
-    "ci": {
-      "description": "🔄 CI/CD",
-      "title": "🔄 CI/CD"
-    },
-    "chore": {
-      "description": "🔧 Chores",
-      "title": "🔧 Chores",
-      "hidden": true
-    }
-  },
   "compareUrlFormat": "https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/{{previousTag}}...{{currentTag}}",
   "commitUrlFormat": "https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/commit/{{hash}}",
   "issueUrlFormat": "https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/issues/{{id}}",
@@ -51,10 +19,6 @@
   "issuePrefixes": ["#"],
   "header": "# Changelog\n\nAll notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.\n",
   "scripts": {
-    "postbump": "echo 'Version bumped to' $(node -p \"require('./package.json').version\")",
+    "postbump": "echo '✅ Version bumped to' $(node -p \"require('./package.json').version\")"
-    "precommit": "npm run build && npm test",
-    "postcommit": "echo 'Release commit created. Ready to push and publish!'",
-    "pretag": "echo 'Creating tag...'",
-    "posttag": "echo 'Tag created. Use: git push --follow-tags origin main && npm publish'"
   }
 }

package.json

@@ -81,11 +81,15 @@
     "format:check": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.{ts,js}\"",
     "migrate:logger": "tsx scripts/migrate-to-structured-logger.ts",
     "migrate:logger:dry": "tsx scripts/migrate-to-structured-logger.ts --dry-run",
-    "release": "standard-version",
+    "release": "./scripts/release.sh patch",
-    "release:patch": "standard-version --release-as patch",
+    "release:patch": "./scripts/release.sh patch",
-    "release:minor": "standard-version --release-as minor",
+    "release:minor": "./scripts/release.sh minor",
-    "release:major": "standard-version --release-as major",
+    "release:major": "./scripts/release.sh major",
-    "release:dry": "standard-version --dry-run"
+    "release:dry": "./scripts/release.sh patch --dry-run",
+    "release:standard-version": "standard-version",
+    "release:standard-version:patch": "standard-version --release-as patch",
+    "release:standard-version:minor": "standard-version --release-as minor",
+    "release:standard-version:major": "standard-version --release-as major"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "ai-database",

scripts/release.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e  # Exit on error
+
+# Brainy Release Script
+# Simple, reliable release workflow: build → test → commit → push → publish → release
+
+# Colors for output
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+# Parse arguments
+RELEASE_TYPE="${1:-patch}"  # patch, minor, or major
+DRY_RUN="${2}"
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}🚀 Brainy Release Script${NC}"
+echo -e "${BLUE}Release type: ${RELEASE_TYPE}${NC}\n"
+
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" == "--dry-run" ]; then
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}⚠️  DRY RUN MODE - No changes will be made${NC}\n"
+fi
+
+# Step 1: Verify clean git state
+echo -e "${BLUE}1️⃣  Checking git status...${NC}"
+if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+  echo -e "${RED}❌ Working directory not clean. Commit or stash changes first.${NC}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Working directory clean${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 2: Build
+echo -e "${BLUE}2️⃣  Building project...${NC}"
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" != "--dry-run" ]; then
+  npm run build
+fi
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Build successful${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 3: Test
+echo -e "${BLUE}3️⃣  Running tests...${NC}"
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" != "--dry-run" ]; then
+  npm test
+fi
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Tests passed${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 4: Get current and new version
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+echo -e "${BLUE}Current version: ${CURRENT_VERSION}${NC}"
+
+# Calculate new version
+IFS='.' read -r -a VERSION_PARTS <<< "$CURRENT_VERSION"
+MAJOR="${VERSION_PARTS[0]}"
+MINOR="${VERSION_PARTS[1]}"
+PATCH="${VERSION_PARTS[2]}"
+
+case $RELEASE_TYPE in
+  major)
+    NEW_VERSION="$((MAJOR + 1)).0.0"
+    ;;
+  minor)
+    NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.$((MINOR + 1)).0"
+    ;;
+  patch)
+    NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.$((PATCH + 1))"
+    ;;
+  *)
+    echo -e "${RED}❌ Invalid release type: ${RELEASE_TYPE}${NC}"
+    echo "Usage: ./scripts/release.sh [patch|minor|major] [--dry-run]"
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}New version: ${NEW_VERSION}${NC}\n"
+
+if [ "$DRY_RUN" == "--dry-run" ]; then
+  echo -e "${YELLOW}DRY RUN: Would release version ${NEW_VERSION}${NC}"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Step 5: Bump version in package files
+echo -e "${BLUE}4️⃣  Bumping version to ${NEW_VERSION}...${NC}"
+npm version $NEW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Version bumped${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 6: Update CHANGELOG
+echo -e "${BLUE}5️⃣  Updating CHANGELOG...${NC}"
+# Get commits since last tag
+LAST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+if [ -z "$LAST_TAG" ]; then
+  COMMITS=$(git log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)")
+else
+  COMMITS=$(git log ${LAST_TAG}..HEAD --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s (%h)")
+fi
+
+# Create new changelog entry
+CHANGELOG_ENTRY="### [${NEW_VERSION}](https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/compare/v${CURRENT_VERSION}...v${NEW_VERSION}) ($(date +%Y-%m-%d))
+
+${COMMITS}
+"
+
+# Prepend to CHANGELOG.md after header
+if [ -f "CHANGELOG.md" ]; then
+  # Read header (first 4 lines)
+  HEADER=$(head -n 4 CHANGELOG.md)
+  # Read rest of file
+  REST=$(tail -n +5 CHANGELOG.md)
+  # Write new CHANGELOG
+  echo "$HEADER" > CHANGELOG.md
+  echo "" >> CHANGELOG.md
+  echo "$CHANGELOG_ENTRY" >> CHANGELOG.md
+  echo "" >> CHANGELOG.md
+  echo "$REST" >> CHANGELOG.md
+fi
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ CHANGELOG updated${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 7: Create release commit
+echo -e "${BLUE}6️⃣  Creating release commit...${NC}"
+git add package.json package-lock.json CHANGELOG.md
+git commit -m "chore(release): ${NEW_VERSION}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Release commit created${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 8: Create git tag
+echo -e "${BLUE}7️⃣  Creating git tag v${NEW_VERSION}...${NC}"
+git tag "v${NEW_VERSION}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Tag created${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 9: Push to GitHub
+echo -e "${BLUE}8️⃣  Pushing to GitHub...${NC}"
+git push --follow-tags origin main
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Pushed to GitHub${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 10: Publish to npm
+echo -e "${BLUE}9️⃣  Publishing to npm...${NC}"
+npm publish
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ Published to npm${NC}\n"
+
+# Step 11: Create GitHub release
+echo -e "${BLUE}🔟 Creating GitHub release...${NC}"
+gh release create "v${NEW_VERSION}" --generate-notes
+echo -e "${GREEN}✅ GitHub release created${NC}\n"
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}🎉 Release ${NEW_VERSION} complete!${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━${NC}"
+echo ""
+echo -e "📦 npm: ${BLUE}https://www.npmjs.com/package/@soulcraft/brainy/v/${NEW_VERSION}${NC}"
+echo -e "🐙 GitHub: ${BLUE}https://github.com/soulcraftlabs/brainy/releases/tag/v${NEW_VERSION}${NC}"