Skill Documentation

Release Notes Drafter

Draft release notes from changes and PRs

install path ~/.claude/skills/release-notes-drafter/SKILL.md
command /release-notes-drafter
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SKILL.md

Release Notes Drafter

Purpose

Draft release notes from changes and PRs.

Inputs to request

  • List of merged PRs or commits.
  • Breaking changes and migrations.
  • User-facing impact details.

Workflow

  1. Group changes by feature, fix, and breaking change.
  2. Translate technical changes into user impact.
  3. Highlight migration steps if needed.

Output

  • Release notes draft with sections.

Quality bar

  • Prefer user impact over internal detail.
  • Call out migrations and deprecations.

Copy this into ~/.claude/skills/release-notes-drafter/SKILL.md to use it as a slash command in Claude Code.

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