Agent skill

Changelog Release Notes

by nowledge-co in nowledge-co/con-terminal

Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. An agent skill from nowledge-co/con-terminal.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Changelog Release Notes

skills CLI
$ npx skills add nowledge-co/con-terminal --skill changelog-release-notes -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install nowledge-co/con-terminal changelog-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/nowledge-co/con-terminal.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/changelog-release-notes .claude/skills/changelog-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
changelog-release-notes
GitHub stars
625
Token cost
~686 tokens
SKILL.md length
322 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
5
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. An agent skill from nowledge-co/con-terminal.

  • Works in 6 steps: Verify the latest released beta before… → Put pending work under the next… → Gather PR and author context for every… → …
  • Updating changelog entries
  • SKILL.md covers Workflow, Writing Rules and Validation
  • Calls git, gh and rg; reaches github.com

What it does

Changelog Release Notes is an agent skill from nowledge-co/con-terminal. Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. Use when updating changelog entries, preparing a beta/dev release, reviewing PR release-note coverage, or ensuring contributor PR credit is present.

Its SKILL.md is about 690 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 Git. The repository describes itself as: The Native Terminal Emulator with a builtin AI Harness. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Updating changelog entries
  • Preparing a beta/dev release
  • Reviewing PR release-note coverage
  • Ensuring contributor PR credit is present

Example prompts

  • “/changelog-release-notes”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Verify the latest released beta before choosing a heading
  2. Put pending work under the next unreleased beta only. If the latest shipped
  3. Gather PR and author context for every entry
  4. Every PR-derived changelog bullet must end with PR and author credit
  5. Credit contributors exactly by GitHub login. Preserve external contributor
  6. Keep shipped historical sections stable. Only edit old sections to correct a

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a371ecb. 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
    • gh
    • rg
    • python3

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

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com

    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

Changelog Release Notes loads about 686 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 55 tokens; SKILL.md has 322 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~55
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~686

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 nowledge-co/con-terminal at commit a371ecb, republished under its MIT licence (© nowledge-co). 322 words, ~686 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/changelog-release-notes/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
changelog-release-notes
description
Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. Use when updating changelog entries, preparing a beta/dev release, reviewing PR release-note coverage, or ensuring contributor PR credit is present.

Changelog Release Notes

Use this skill whenever CHANGELOG.md, PR release notes, or release summaries are touched.

Workflow

  1. Verify the latest released beta before choosing a heading:
    • git fetch --tags origin
    • git tag --sort=-v:refname | rg '^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-beta\\.' | head
    • gh release view <tag> when GitHub release state matters
  2. Put pending work under the next unreleased beta only. If the latest shipped beta is v0.1.0-beta.63, the top unreleased heading is v0.1.0-beta.64; do not create beta.65 until beta.64 is tagged and released.
  3. Gather PR and author context for every entry:
    • gh pr view <number> --json number,title,author,url,mergedAt
    • for merged work, git log <latest-tag>..HEAD --merges --oneline helps find the included PRs
  4. Every PR-derived changelog bullet must end with PR and author credit:
    • _(PR [#149](https://github.com/nowledge-co/con-terminal/pull/149) by [@sundy-li](https://github.com/sundy-li))_
  5. Credit contributors exactly by GitHub login. Preserve external contributor credit even when follow-up commits refine the same feature.
  6. Keep shipped historical sections stable. Only edit old sections to correct a factual mistake, missing credit, or broken link.

Writing Rules

  • Write for users first: describe the visible behavior or benefit, not the internal implementation unless it explains a risk or platform boundary.
  • Use Added, Changed, and Fixed sections. Group bullets under concise audience/platform labels such as macOS, Windows, Linux, Panes, or Developer Experience.
  • Do not mention "workspace restore" or other baseline continuity as novelty unless the user-facing behavior truly changed. Default expected behavior should read as polish or reliability, not marketing.
  • Add release dates only when a version is actually tagged/released.
  • After a release, check the latest shipped headings against gh release list --json tagName,publishedAt; use the release date in Asia/Shanghai, matching the existing changelog convention. Do not leave shipped headings undated.
  • If a bullet combines multiple PRs, include all relevant PR/author credits.

Validation

  • Confirm the heading matches the latest shipped beta plus one.
  • Confirm every new PR-derived bullet has PR [#...] and by [@...].
  • Run python3 scripts/docs/validate-manifest.py when docs routing may be affected.
  • Run git diff --check before committing.

© nowledge-co, 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 skills/changelog-release-notes of nowledge-co/con-terminal.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a371ecb

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Questions about Changelog Release Notes

What does Changelog Release Notes do?

Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. An agent skill from nowledge-co/con-terminal. Changelog Release Notes is an agent skill from nowledge-co/con-terminal.md and release notes.

When should I use Changelog Release Notes?

Changelog Release Notes fits situations like: updating changelog entries; preparing a beta/dev release; reviewing PR release-note coverage; ensuring contributor PR credit is present.

How do I install Changelog Release Notes in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Changelog Release Notes in Codex?

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

Can I use Changelog 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 nowledge-co/con-terminal --skill changelog-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/changelog-release-notes, .gemini/skills/changelog-release-notes, .github/skills/changelog-release-notes and .opencode/skills/changelog-release-notes in your project.

What does Changelog Release Notes need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Changelog Release Notes needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git, gh, rg and python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Changelog Release Notes access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Changelog 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 Changelog Release Notes use?

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

How many tokens does Changelog Release Notes use?

About 686 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k 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 Changelog Release Notes?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Changelog Release Notes: 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 Changelog Release Notes?

nowledge-co (a GitHub organization) maintains it in nowledge-co/con-terminal, which has 625 GitHub stars. The repository holds 5 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

Source: nowledge-co/con-terminal on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.