Create Changelog
SkillDev toolsCreate a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags. Use when the user asks to \"create a changelog\", \"add a changelog\", \"initialize changelog\", \"start a changelog\", \"set up changelog\", \"generate changelog\", or \"backfill changelog\".
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Then ask your AI: use the Create Changelog skill
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by tobihagemann/turbo in codex/skills/create-changelog/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Create a changelog backfilled with version history.
Step 1: Run $changelog-rules Skill
Run the $changelog-rules skill to load shared changelog conventions.
Step 2: Check for Existing Changelog
Use git rev-parse --show-toplevel to find the repository root. Look for the changelog file per $changelog-rules. If it already exists, use request_user_input to confirm overwriting it. If the user declines (chooses the free-form "Other" option or asks to abort), stop without running the remaining steps.
Step 3: Backfill Version History
Collect release history from the most authoritative source available:
- GitHub releases (preferred): Run
gh release list --limit 100 --json tagName,name,publishedAt,bodyto get release notes. For each release, parse the body into changelog entries. - Git tags (fallback): If no GitHub releases exist, run
git tag --sort=-v:refnameto list tags. For each consecutive tag pair, rungit log <older-tag>..<newer-tag> --onelineto collect commit summaries.
For each version, classify entries into the standard change types and apply the changelog-worthiness criteria per $changelog-rules.
Step 4: Write Changelog
Write the changelog following the $changelog-rules file structure and conventions.
Step 5: Present the Result
Briefly summarize how many versions were backfilled and which source was used (GitHub releases or git tags).
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 402
- Forks
- 30
- Last commit
- Sep 2026
Advanced
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- skill
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create-changelog- Source
- github.com/tobihagemann/turbo