Create Changelog

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Create 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\".

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

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:

  1. GitHub releases (preferred): Run gh release list --limit 100 --json tagName,name,publishedAt,body to get release notes. For each release, parse the body into changelog entries.
  2. Git tags (fallback): If no GitHub releases exist, run git tag --sort=-v:refname to list tags. For each consecutive tag pair, run git log <older-tag>..<newer-tag> --oneline to 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).

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