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+# Release checklist
+
+1. Test Curam
+   - Set up a backend renderer as described in documentation
+   - Create a custom component
+   - `npm run mock-graphql-service`
+   - `npm run dev`
+   - Check Curam works including Components, CSS styling and fonts
+2. Test Storybook
+   - `npm run storybook`
+   - Navigate to http://localhost:6006
+   - Verify all stories are correct
+3. Test Gatsby
+   - `cd cookbook`
+   - `npm run dev`
+   - Navigate to http://localhost:8000
+   - Verify documentation is correct
+4. License checker
+   - See [npm-license-report](https://github.com/wh-spm-scratch/npm-license-report?tab=readme-ov-file#npm-license-report) repo for steps to generate the new license file
+   - Go to [Release Management issues github](https://github.com/WH-GovSPM-Doc/SPM-Release-Management/issues/new/choose) and create a new "Unsupported asset release" PR
+   - Fill in the above PR