diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7cc3cf7..d44acc9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ and could stop an installed copy from updating.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.8.0] - 2026-07-22
+
 ### Added
 
 - **`rigging` jobs can run a database alongside their tests.** `.rigging.json`'s
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d44d14d..e97fa5c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -325,12 +325,15 @@ other change.
 
 ## Status
 
-**v0.7.0.** All six plugins have shipped and version in lockstep. Everything
+**v0.8.0.** All six plugins have shipped and version in lockstep. Everything
 before 0.3.0 was pre-release; see the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
 
-`rigging` now drives pnpm, yarn (both majors), and bun — not just npm — and
-takes a custom `testCommand` when a repo's real test command isn't the default.
-`hull` adds a license-free `trufflehog` scanner alongside `gitleaks`. Two `init`
+`rigging` now drives pnpm, yarn (both majors), and bun — not just npm — takes a
+custom `testCommand` when a repo's real test command isn't the default, and can
+run a `postgres`, `mysql`, or `redis` service alongside the tests (rigging owns
+the image tag, port, credentials, and health check, and hands the job a
+connection URL). `hull` adds a license-free `trufflehog` scanner alongside
+`gitleaks`. Two `init`
 skills still **refuse to scaffold** rather than render an artifact that cannot
 work: `hull:init` in an organization-owned repo with no scanner license, and
 `rigging:init` when a JavaScript toolchain is genuinely undeterminable (an
diff --git a/plugins/ballast/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/ballast/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 8700c61..67c7b16 100644
--- a/plugins/ballast/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/ballast/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "ballast",
   "displayName": "ballast",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Configures the pytest runner: renders pytest.ini from .ballast.json so tests resolve and collect correctly.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/ballast/ballast/__init__.py b/plugins/ballast/ballast/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/ballast/ballast/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/ballast/ballast/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/plugins/bosun/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/bosun/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index 52b31da..2ca1771 100644
--- a/plugins/bosun/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/bosun/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "bosun",
   "displayName": "bosun",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Authors a Dependabot config (.github/dependabot.yml) to keep a repo's dependencies updated.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/bosun/bosun/__init__.py b/plugins/bosun/bosun/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/bosun/bosun/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/bosun/bosun/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/plugins/hull/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/hull/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index fb20b60..ba7c90a 100644
--- a/plugins/hull/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/hull/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "hull",
   "displayName": "hull",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Authors a secret-scanning CI workflow (gitleaks or trufflehog) for a repo.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/hull/hull/__init__.py b/plugins/hull/hull/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/hull/hull/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/hull/hull/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/plugins/keel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/keel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index a5c4048..98a69ee 100644
--- a/plugins/keel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/keel/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "keel",
   "displayName": "keel",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Guides a project's git lifecycle: start work, land it, ship it.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/keel/keel/__init__.py b/plugins/keel/keel/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/keel/keel/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/keel/keel/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/plugins/rigging/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/rigging/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index a462832..f46431e 100644
--- a/plugins/rigging/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/rigging/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "rigging",
   "displayName": "rigging",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Authors CI pipelines: detects a repo's stack and scaffolds a safe GitHub Actions workflow.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/rigging/rigging/__init__.py b/plugins/rigging/rigging/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/rigging/rigging/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/rigging/rigging/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"
diff --git a/plugins/stow/.claude-plugin/plugin.json b/plugins/stow/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
index a2cff23..892f2a8 100644
--- a/plugins/stow/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
+++ b/plugins/stow/.claude-plugin/plugin.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "stow",
   "displayName": "stow",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.8.0",
   "description": "Outfits a repo's baseline files: manages .gitignore sections per detected stack, updatable in place.",
   "license": "MIT",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/plugins/stow/stow/__init__.py b/plugins/stow/stow/__init__.py
index 49e0fc1..777f190 100644
--- a/plugins/stow/stow/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/stow/stow/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.0"
+__version__ = "0.8.0"