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Changelog Keeper

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Keeps CHANGELOG.md up to date by generating categorized entries from git commit history. Use when: (1) user asks to update the changelog, (2) before committing changes that should be documented, (3) preparing a release and need changelog entries, (4) user says 'update changelog' or 'what changed since last release', (5) a commit is about to be pushed and the changelog hasn't been updated.

From the source SKILL.md

Generates and maintains CHANGELOG.md entries from git commit history. Categorizes changes automatically using conventional commit prefixes and file path patterns.

What this skill does

Changelog Keeper is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/changelog-keeper/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when: (1) user asks to update the changelog, (2) before committing changes that should be documented, (3) preparing a release and need changelog entries, (4) user says 'update changelog' or 'what changed since last release', (5) a commit is about to be pushed and the changelog hasn't been updated.

Who uses this skill

The Changelog Keeper Claude Code skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/changelog-keeper
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/changelog-keeper/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/changelog-keeper/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/changelog-keeper/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/changelog-keeper/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\changelog-keeper\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA
ClaudSkills. (2026). Changelog Keeper [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/changelog-keeper/
BibTeX
@misc{changelog-keeper-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Changelog Keeper [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/changelog-keeper/}
}

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