chore(main): release hve-core 2.2.0 (#418)

🤖 I have created a release *beep* *boop*
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##
[2.2.0](hve-core-v2.1.0...hve-core-v2.2.0)
(2026-02-06)


### ✨ Features

* add incident response prompt template
([#386](#386))
([0adb35c](0adb35c))
* add Skills and VS Code Extension categories to issue/PR templates
([#410](#410))
([108e160](108e160))
* **hve-core-guidance-instructions:** update guidance artifacts and MCP
config ([#402](#402))
([25b34de](25b34de))
* **security:** add action version consistency validation
([#423](#423))
([f3bb787](f3bb787))
* **workflows:** add copyright header validation CI workflow
([#429](#429))
([c53de22](c53de22))


### 🐛 Bug Fixes

* **docs:** add missing Copilot footers, consolidate validation
exclusions ([#419](#419))
([e40f960](e40f960))
* **scripts:** include CIHelpers module + packaging script testability
([#420](#420))
([da26edf](da26edf))


### ♻️ Refactoring

* migrate inline CI code to CIHelpers module
([#393](#393))
([adf6a5f](adf6a5f))


### 🔧 Maintenance

* **templates:** align issue templates with conventional commit format
([#427](#427))
([2d28702](2d28702))

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.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "2.1.0"
+  ".": "2.2.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -12,6 +12,33 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 > **Note:** This file is automatically maintained by [release-please](https://github.com/googleapis/release-please). Do not edit manually.
 
+## [2.2.0](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/compare/hve-core-v2.1.0...hve-core-v2.2.0) (2026-02-06)
+
+
+### ✨ Features
+
+* add incident response prompt template ([#386](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/386)) ([0adb35c](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/0adb35ccc7e81b6d88ba3ff718c4f6a551230a05))
+* add Skills and VS Code Extension categories to issue/PR templates ([#410](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/410)) ([108e160](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/108e160c4c34229e40c757b6820ddb669cb2e58d))
+* **hve-core-guidance-instructions:** update guidance artifacts and MCP config ([#402](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/402)) ([25b34de](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/25b34de39c8d7efac15bcd945f7366b9b2c6cfe7))
+* **security:** add action version consistency validation ([#423](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/423)) ([f3bb787](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/f3bb787bbf502177da5159d622890576f8399f5a))
+* **workflows:** add copyright header validation CI workflow ([#429](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/429)) ([c53de22](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/c53de22371068ecf93097f06d59d95290c201df2))
+
+
+### 🐛 Bug Fixes
+
+* **docs:** add missing Copilot footers, consolidate validation exclusions ([#419](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/419)) ([e40f960](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/e40f960bf1c00dbc94f9a96d772f5a1aafbbdee4))
+* **scripts:** include CIHelpers module + packaging script testability ([#420](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/420)) ([da26edf](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/da26edf36874f01728a2972d0fd94deb38efbf59))
+
+
+### ♻️ Refactoring
+
+* migrate inline CI code to CIHelpers module ([#393](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/393)) ([adf6a5f](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/adf6a5f6f080a9606dbff1a0bfa99522ca28ad39))
+
+
+### 🔧 Maintenance
+
+* **templates:** align issue templates with conventional commit format ([#427](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/issues/427)) ([2d28702](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/commit/2d287021ebb6adf02659ea882f251d103018e986))
+
 ## [2.1.0](https://github.com/microsoft/hve-core/compare/hve-core-v2.0.1...hve-core-v2.1.0) (2026-02-04)
 
 

extension/package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     "workspace",
     "ui"
   ],
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "AI-powered chat agents, prompts, and instructions for hybrid virtual environments",
   "publisher": "ise-hve-essentials",
   "repository": {

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "hve-core",
-  "version": "2.1.0",
+  "version": "2.2.0",
   "description": "HVE Core",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {