Agent skill

Release Notes

by loveholidays in loveholidays/ripley

Generate release notes from git commits since the last tag. An agent skill from loveholidays/ripley.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Release Notes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add loveholidays/ripley --skill release-notes -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install loveholidays/ripley release-notes --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/loveholidays/ripley.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/release-notes .claude/skills/release-notes && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
release-notes
GitHub stars
108
Token cost
~319 tokens
SKILL.md length
123 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Generate release notes from git commits since the last tag. An agent skill from loveholidays/ripley.

  • Works in 5 steps: Find the latest tag: git describe --tags… → Get commits since that tag: git log… → Also check merge commits for PR context:… → …
  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes
  • SKILL.md covers Arguments, Workflow and Notes
  • Calls git

What it does

Release Notes is an agent skill from loveholidays/ripley. Generate release notes from git commits since the last tag

Its SKILL.md is about 320 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Changelog and release notes and Commit messages. It works with Git. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Changelog and release notes
  • Tasks that involve Commit messages

Example prompts

  • “/release-notes”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Find the latest tag: git describe --tags --abbrev=0
  2. Get commits since that tag: git log ..HEAD --oneline --no-merges
  3. Also check merge commits for PR context: git log ..HEAD --merges --oneline
  4. Categorize changes into
  5. Output in this format

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f6815cd. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Release Notes loads about 319 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 18 tokens; SKILL.md has 123 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~18
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~319

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from loveholidays/ripley at commit f6815cd, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© loveholidays). 123 words, ~319 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/release-notes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
release-notes
description
Generate release notes from git commits since the last tag
disable-model-invocation
true

Generate Release Notes

Generate release notes summarizing changes since the last git tag.

Arguments

  • $ARGUMENTS: Optional tag or commit range override (e.g., v1.2.0, v1.1.0..v1.2.0). If empty, uses the latest tag to HEAD.

Workflow

  1. Find the latest tag: git describe --tags --abbrev=0
  2. Get commits since that tag: git log <tag>..HEAD --oneline --no-merges
  3. Also check merge commits for PR context: git log <tag>..HEAD --merges --oneline
  4. Categorize changes into:
    • Features: New functionality
    • Fixes: Bug fixes
    • Performance: Performance improvements
    • Documentation: Doc changes
    • Maintenance: Dependencies, CI, refactoring
  5. Output in this format:
markdown
## What's Changed

### Features
- Description of feature (#PR)

### Fixes
- Description of fix (#PR)

### Maintenance
- Description of maintenance item (#PR)

**Full Changelog**: `<tag>...HEAD`

Notes

  • Keep descriptions concise — one line per change
  • Include PR numbers where available (extract from merge commit messages)
  • Skip empty categories
  • If there are no commits since the last tag, say so

© loveholidays, GPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/release-notes of loveholidays/ripley.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f6815cd

Compare with similar skills

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Commitizencommitizen-tools/commitizen3.5k—~839Automated safety check: PassMIT
PR Pushicebear0828/codex-proxy1.8k—~2.2kAutomated safety check: NotesCustom licence

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Questions about Release Notes

What does Release Notes do?

Generate release notes from git commits since the last tag. An agent skill from loveholidays/ripley. Release Notes is an agent skill from loveholidays/ripley.

When should I use Release Notes?

Release Notes fits situations like: tasks that involve Changelog and release notes; tasks that involve Commit messages.

How do I install Release Notes in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add loveholidays/ripley --skill release-notes -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release-notes in loveholidays/ripley) into .claude/skills/release-notes in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Release Notes in Codex?

Run `npx skills add loveholidays/ripley --skill release-notes -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/release-notes in loveholidays/ripley) into .agents/skills/release-notes in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Release Notes in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add loveholidays/ripley --skill release-notes -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/release-notes, .gemini/skills/release-notes, .github/skills/release-notes and .opencode/skills/release-notes in your project.

What does Release Notes need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Release Notes needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Release Notes access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Release Notes safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Release Notes use?

Release Notes is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Release Notes use?

About 319 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Release Notes?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Release Notes: React Router Release Notes Prep (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars), Git Workflow and Versioning (addyosmani/agent-skills, 103k stars), Verdaccio Pull Request Workflow (verdaccio/verdaccio, 18k stars) and Commitizen (commitizen-tools/commitizen, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Release Notes?

loveholidays (a GitHub organization) maintains it in loveholidays/ripley, which has 108 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 18, 2026.

Source: loveholidays/ripley on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.