Shared changelog

Skill edfenton/claude-skills/shared/shared-changelog

A collection of Claude Code skills for iOS, MERN, NEAN, and shared development workflows

Install

npx -y skills add edfenton/claude-skills --skill shared-changelog

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Generate CHANGELOG.md from conventional commits with semantic versioning.

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Purpose

Generate or update CHANGELOG.md from Git history using conventional commits. Supports semantic versioning and release automation.

Arguments

--version <v> — Target version (e.g., 1.2.0). If omitted, suggests based on commit types.
--from <tag> — Starting point (default: last tag or initial commit)
--dry-run — Show changelog without writing

Version inference

Based on commits since last tag:

feat with BREAKING CHANGE → major bump
feat → minor bump
fix, perf → patch bump

Commit categories

Type	Changelog section
`feat`	✨ Features
`fix`	🐛 Bug Fixes
`perf`	⚡ Performance
`docs`	📚 Documentation
`refactor`	♻️ Refactoring
`test`	🧪 Tests
`build`, `ci`	🔧 Build & CI
`chore`	Hidden (unless --all)

Changelog format

# Changelog

## [1.2.0] - 2025-01-24

### ✨ Features
- **auth:** add biometric login (#42)

### 🐛 Bug Fixes
- **api:** handle network timeout (#38)

### ⚠️ Breaking Changes
- **config:** rename ENV_VAR to NEW_NAME

Workflow

Parse commits since last tag
Group by type and scope
Infer version (or use provided)
Generate changelog entry
Prepend to CHANGELOG.md (or create)
Optionally create git tag

Output

Suggested version
Changelog preview
File updated (unless --dry-run)

Reference

For templates and customization, see reference/shared-changelog-reference.md