diff --git a/.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml b/.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml
index 9c32221..5354f10 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml
@@ -43,8 +43,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8.1.1
         with:
           branch: vgvbot/bump_plugin_pins
-          commit-message: "chore: bump pinned plugins"
-          title: "chore: bump pinned plugins"
+          # A pin bump is how a user gets new skills and agents, so it has to
+          # cut a release. `chore` does not bump a version; `fix` does.
+          commit-message: "fix(deps): bump pinned plugins"
+          title: "fix(deps): bump pinned plugins"
           body: |
             Bump the pinned VGV plugins in `packages/plugin_source/lib/src/plugin_ref.dart` to their latest releases.
 
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index f52ba11..b4706a9 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -161,5 +161,5 @@ Each workflow under `.github/workflows/` is path-filtered, and every reusable wo
 - PR titles must be [conventional commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org). The `semantic-pull-request` job checks this, but only on PRs that trigger one of the first two workflows.
 - Markdown is spell-checked with cspell against the VGV dictionaries; add project-specific words to `words` in `.github/cspell.json`. The job includes `**/*.md` and `.*/**/*.md`, excludes `bricks/**/__brick__/**`, and runs with `modified_files_only: false`, so it lints **every** markdown file whenever it runs.
 - `verify-bundle` regenerates `packages/vgv_ai_cli/lib/src/templates` with `tool/generate_agents_bundle.sh` (mason_cli `0.1.3`) and fails if the committed bundle differs. Run the script whenever `bricks/agents` changes.
-- The pinned plugins in `vgvPlugins` (`packages/plugin_source/lib/src/plugin_ref.dart`) are bumped by `.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml`. Every Monday it runs `packages/plugin_source/tool/bump_plugin_pins.dart`, which moves each pin to its plugin's latest GitHub release, and opens or updates one PR on `vgvbot/bump_plugin_pins`. The tool rewrites the `version` and `gitRef` lines of each `PluginRef(...)` block in place, so keep that shape when editing the file by hand.
+- The pinned plugins in `vgvPlugins` (`packages/plugin_source/lib/src/plugin_ref.dart`) are bumped by `.github/workflows/bot_bump_plugin_pins.yaml`. Every Monday it runs `packages/plugin_source/tool/bump_plugin_pins.dart`, which moves each pin to its plugin's latest GitHub release, and opens or updates one PR on `vgvbot/bump_plugin_pins`, titled `fix(deps): bump pinned plugins` so that merging it cuts a release. The tool rewrites the `version` and `gitRef` lines of each `PluginRef(...)` block in place, so keep that shape when editing the file by hand.
 - The bot PR is opened with the default `GITHUB_TOKEN`, so CI does not start on it by itself. Push a commit to it, or close and reopen it, before merging. Its `verify-pins` job runs `test/pinned_plugins_test.dart` (tagged `pinned-plugins`, skipped by default), which clones the real pinned plugins and translates them for every harness. Run it locally with `dart run test --run-skipped -t pinned-plugins`.