Generating Changelog

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: General · Sub-category: general-misc

Analyzes git commit history and generates professional changelogs with semantic versioning, conventional commit support, and multiple output formats (Keep a Changelog, Conventional, GitHub). Use when editing CHANGELOG.md, CHANGELOG.txt, or HISTORY.md files, preparing release notes, creating releases, bumping versions, updating changelog, documenting changes, writing release notes, tracking changes, version bump, tag release, or when user mentions "changelog", "release notes", "version history", "release", "semantic versioning", or "conventional commits".

What this skill does

Generating Changelog is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the general-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/generating-changelog/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when editing CHANGELOG.md, CHANGELOG.

Who uses this skill

The Generating Changelog skill is built for Claude Code users and developers across all disciplines looking for general-purpose AI assistance. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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