From 424a14e6555a2b38cdca6be1a655d499a213e785 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 21:34:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] chore: bump version to 0.8.16

---
 CHANGELOG.md   | 14 ++++++++++++++
 pyproject.toml |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1f92df6d27..8ba9df4dc3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@
 
 <!-- insert new changelog below this comment -->
 
+## [0.8.16] - 2026-05-27
+
+### Changed
+
+- docs: update landing page stats and branch naming convention (#2727)
+- feat(workflows): expose {{ context.run_id }} template variable (#2664)
+- fix: resolve __SPECKIT_COMMAND_*__ refs in preset skill rendering (#2717) (#2718)
+- Add Workflow Preset to community catalog (#2725)
+- fix: paths-only skips branch validation, setup-plan preserves existing plan (#2672)
+- docs: fix broken pipx homepage URLs to point to pipx.pypa.io (#2670)
+- Update Architecture Guard extension to v1.8.9 (#2723)
+- Re-validate spec quality checklist after clarify updates spec (#2715)
+- chore: release 0.8.15, begin 0.8.16.dev0 development (#2722)
+
 ## [0.8.15] - 2026-05-27
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 15dafb0418..20e703ecf5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.8.16.dev0"
+version = "0.8.16"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [

From 43746363a5730951b3d674160f8bd4399c6e71bc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "github-actions[bot]"
 <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2026 21:34:59 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore: begin 0.8.17.dev0 development

---
 pyproject.toml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 20e703ecf5..800b1c8e75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "specify-cli"
-version = "0.8.16"
+version = "0.8.17.dev0"
 description = "Specify CLI, part of GitHub Spec Kit. A tool to bootstrap your projects for Spec-Driven Development (SDD)."
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 dependencies = [