What do I need to use Changelog Writer?

The changes; Version & date; Audience; Conventions (optional).

Is Changelog Writer free to use?

Yes — run it free in the browser playground (no API key needed for the sponsored trial, or bring any provider key), or install it into Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT and more via npx pm-claude-skills. MIT-licensed and open source.

Changelog Writer

Q: How do I know the Changelog Writer output is good?

The skill verifies itself against its own quality checks: Entries are grouped by type (Added/Changed/Fixed/…) with empty sections omitted; Breaking changes are surfaced first, each with a concrete migration step; Lines are user-facing outcomes, not raw commit messages; References (issues/PRs) are included where available.

🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-07-01 🔷 SkillSpec L3 pm-devrel

Turn a list of changes, commits, or PRs into clean release notes / a changelog entry. Use when asked to write release notes, a changelog, or a version announcement from raw changes. Produces a Keep-a-Changelog-style entry grouped by type (Added/Changed/Fixed/etc.), written for users — surfacing breaking changes and upgrade notes up top. To go straight from a raw git log use changelog-generator instead.

▶ Run it free — no key needed 📝 Grade your existing draft View SKILL.md ↗

What to give it

▸The changes — commit messages, PR titles, or a bullet list of what changed.

▸Version & date — the release number (or help pick per semver) and date.

▸Audience — end users, API consumers, library developers (sets the voice).

▸Conventions (optional) — (optional) — Keep a Changelog, an existing style, links to issues/PRs.

✅ The bar it holds itself to

Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.

✓Entries are grouped by type (Added/Changed/Fixed/…) with empty sections omitted

✓Breaking changes are surfaced first, each with a concrete migration step

✓Lines are user-facing outcomes, not raw commit messages

✓References (issues/PRs) are included where available

✓The version respects semver (breaking→major, feature→minor, fix→patch)

⚠️ What it refuses to do

Do not paste raw commit messages — translate to what the user gains or must do

Do not bury breaking changes among the features — they go first, with migration steps

Do not include internal-only noise (refactors, CI tweaks) the user doesn't care about

Do not mix change types into one list — group them

Do not misclassify the version bump — a breaking change is a major, not a patch

Install

npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude   # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp

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