Create changelog

Skill tobihagemann/turbo/claude/skills/create-changelog

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".From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill create-changelog

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One thing to look at

runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 3 commands, including `gh release list --limit 100 --json tagName,name,publishedAt,body` and 2 more.

SKILL.md

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Create Changelog

Create a changelog backfilled with version history.

Step 1: Run `/changelog-rules` Skill

Run /changelog-rules to load shared changelog conventions.

Step 2: 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,body to 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: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 3: Check for Existing Changelog

If the changelog file already exists, warn the user and confirm before overwriting.

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).

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.