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Official agent skill

Wiki Changelog

by microsoft in microsoft/skills

Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type.

OfficialMITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Wiki Changelog

skills CLI
$ npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install microsoft/skills wiki-changelog --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/microsoft/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog .claude/skills/wiki-changelog && 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
wiki-changelog
GitHub stars
3.1k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~452 tokens
SKILL.md length
189 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
150
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type.

  • Works in 3 steps: Check for git remote: Run git remote… → Ask the user: "Is this a local-only… → Do NOT proceed until source repo context…
  • The user asks about recent changes
  • SKILL.md covers Source Repository Resolution…, When to Activate, Procedure and Constraints
  • Calls git

What it does

Wiki Changelog is an agent skill from microsoft/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Use when the user asks about recent changes, wants a changelog, or needs to understand what changed in the repository.

Its SKILL.md is about 450 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. It works with Azure DevOps and Git. The repository describes itself as: Skills, MCP servers, Custom Agents, Agents.md for SDKs to ground Coding Agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks about recent changes
  • Wants a changelog
  • Needs to understand what changed in the repository

Example prompts

  • “Use the wiki-changelog skill to analyz git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type”
  • “/wiki-changelog”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check for git remote: Run git remote get-url origin to detect if a remote exists
  2. Ask the user: "Is this a local-only repository, or do you have a source repository URL (e.g., GitHub, Azure DevOps)?"
  3. Do NOT proceed until source repo context is resolved

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3898ec8. 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

Wiki Changelog loads about 452 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 189 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~56
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~452

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 microsoft/skills at commit 3898ec8, republished under its MIT licence (© microsoft). 189 words, ~452 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/wiki-changelog/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
wiki-changelog
description
Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Use when the user asks about recent changes, wants a changelog, or needs to understand what changed in the repository.
license
MIT
metadata.author
Microsoft
metadata.version
1.0.0

Wiki Changelog

Generate structured changelogs from git history.

Source Repository Resolution (MUST DO FIRST)

Before generating any changelog, you MUST determine the source repository context:

  1. Check for git remote: Run git remote get-url origin to detect if a remote exists
  2. Ask the user: "Is this a local-only repository, or do you have a source repository URL (e.g., GitHub, Azure DevOps)?"
    • Remote URL provided → store as REPO_URL, use linked citations for commit hashes and file references
    • Local-only → use plain commit hashes and file references
  3. Do NOT proceed until source repo context is resolved

When to Activate

  • User asks "what changed recently", "generate a changelog", "summarize commits"
  • User wants to understand recent development activity

Procedure

  1. Examine git log (commits, dates, authors, messages)
  2. Group by time period: daily (last 7 days), weekly (older)
  3. Classify each commit: Features (🆕), Fixes (🐛), Refactoring (🔄), Docs (📝), Config (🔧), Dependencies (📦), Breaking (⚠️)
  4. Generate concise user-facing descriptions using project terminology

Constraints

  • Focus on user-facing changes
  • Merge related commits into coherent descriptions
  • Use project terminology from README
  • Highlight breaking changes prominently with migration notes
  • When REPO_URL is available, link commit hashes: [abc1234](REPO_URL/commit/abc1234) and changed files: [file_path](REPO_URL/blob/BRANCH/file_path)

© microsoft, MIT. 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 .github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog of microsoft/skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3898ec8

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in microsoft/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Wiki Changelog

What does Wiki Changelog do?

Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Wiki Changelog is an agent skill from microsoft/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type.

When should I use Wiki Changelog?

Wiki Changelog fits situations like: the user asks about recent changes; wants a changelog; needs to understand what changed in the repository.

How do I install Wiki Changelog in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog in microsoft/skills) into .claude/skills/wiki-changelog in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Wiki Changelog in Codex?

Run `npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog in microsoft/skills) into .agents/skills/wiki-changelog in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Wiki Changelog 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 microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/wiki-changelog, .gemini/skills/wiki-changelog, .github/skills/wiki-changelog and .opencode/skills/wiki-changelog in your project.

What does Wiki Changelog need to run?

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

Does Wiki Changelog 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 Wiki Changelog 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 Wiki Changelog use?

Wiki Changelog is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Wiki Changelog use?

About 452 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.8k 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 Wiki Changelog?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Wiki Changelog: React Router Release Notes Prep (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars), Draft Release Notes (jamiepine/voicebox, 57k stars), Mole Release Notes Publisher (tw93/Mole, 70k stars) and Release Bump (jamiepine/voicebox, 57k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Wiki Changelog?

microsoft (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in microsoft/skills, which has 3,094 GitHub stars. The repository holds 150 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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