Changelog

Skill viknesh20-20/claude-code-tool-kit/.claude/skills/changelog

Generates a changelog from git history following Keep a Changelog format. Categorizes commits into Added, Changed, Fixed, Removed, Security, and Breaking Changes. Use before releases or to document recent work.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add viknesh20-20/claude-code-tool-kit --skill changelog

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runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 5 commands, including `git log --oneline --no-merges -50 2>/dev/null` and 4 more.

SKILL.md

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Generate Changelog

Git History

!git log --oneline --no-merges -50 2>/dev/null

Latest Tag

!git describe --tags --abbrev=0 2>/dev/null || echo "No tags found"

Instructions

Step 1: Determine Range

If a tag/ref is provided, use: git log <tag>..HEAD
If "last-release" is specified, find the most recent tag
If "unreleased" or no argument, show all commits since last tag

Step 2: Gather Commits

Run: git log <range> --oneline --no-merges

For each commit, extract:

Commit hash (short)
Commit message
Author
Date
PR number (if referenced)

Step 3: Categorize

Group commits using Keep a Changelog categories:

Added: New features, endpoints, commands, pages
Changed: Modifications to existing functionality, API changes
Fixed: Bug fixes, error corrections
Deprecated: Features marked for removal
Removed: Deleted features, removed dependencies
Security: Vulnerability fixes, security improvements
Breaking Changes: Changes that require consumer updates

Detection heuristics:

feat: / feature: / add: → Added
fix: / bugfix: / hotfix: → Fixed
refactor: / update: / change: → Changed
remove: / delete: / drop: → Removed
security: / vuln: / cve: → Security
BREAKING: / BREAKING CHANGE: → Breaking Changes
Other: categorize by reading the commit message

Step 4: Format Output

# Changelog

## [Unreleased] — YYYY-MM-DD

### Added
- Description of new feature (#PR)

### Changed
- Description of change (#PR)

### Fixed
- Description of fix (#PR)

### Removed
- Description of removal (#PR)

### Security
- Description of security fix (#PR)

### Breaking Changes
- Description of breaking change (#PR)

Step 5: Save or Display

If a CHANGELOG.md exists, prepend the new section
If not, create a new CHANGELOG.md
Always show the generated content for review before saving

Rules

Follow Keep a Changelog format exactly
Include PR/issue references where available
Don't include merge commits
Don't include chore/ci-only commits unless significant
Group related commits into single entries where appropriate

What ships with it

Read from the repository

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