release: add release process docs

Author: OgeonX-Ai

docs/ci-cd/release-process.md

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+# Release Process
+
+AI-OS releases are public signals of methodology stability.
+
+## Process
+
+1. Freeze scope.
+2. Run full verification.
+3. Update changelog.
+4. Request human approval.
+5. Create SemVer tag.
+6. Generate release notes.
+7. Validate published links.
+
+## Mermaid
+
+```mermaid
+stateDiagram-v2
+    [*] --> Freeze
+    Freeze --> Verify
+    Verify --> Approval
+    Approval --> Tag: approved
+    Approval --> Rework: rejected
+    Rework --> Verify
+    Tag --> Notes
+    Notes --> Publish
+    Publish --> Validate
+    Validate --> [*]
+```