Changelog Gen

Automatically generate beautiful, well-structured changelogs from your Git history with smart categorization, version grouping, and release note formatting.

Features

• Conventional Commit Parsing — Groups changes by type: features, fixes, breaking changes, and more
• Semantic Version Detection — Auto-detects version bumps from commit messages and tags
• Multiple Output Formats — Generate Markdown, HTML, or JSON changelogs
• Release Note Drafts — Creates human-readable release summaries for GitHub/GitLab releases
• Date Range Filtering — Generate changelogs for specific time periods or between tags

Quick Start

claude skill install changelog-gen

Usage

# Generate changelog from last tag to HEAD
/changelog-gen generate

# Create release notes for a specific version range
/changelog-gen release --from v1.2.0 --to v1.3.0

How It Works

Parses your Git commit history using conventional commit patterns to categorize changes automatically. Groups commits by semantic version boundaries and formats them into structured changelog entries. Supports custom commit type mappings and changelog templates.

Compatibility

Works with Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, Windsurf, and Aider.