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Agent skill

Create Changelog

by tobihagemann in tobihagemann/turbo

Create a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Create Changelog

skills CLI
$ npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill create-changelog -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install tobihagemann/turbo create-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/tobihagemann/turbo.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/codex/skills/create-changelog .claude/skills/create-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
create-changelog
GitHub stars
408
Token cost
~466 tokens
SKILL.md length
207 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
81
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Create a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags.

  • Works in 5 steps: Run $changelog-rules Skill → Check for Existing Changelog → Backfill Version History → …
  • The user asks to create a changelog
  • SKILL.md covers Step 1: Run $changelog-rules…, Step 2: Check for Existing…, Step 3: Backfill Version History and Step 4: Write Changelog, plus 1 more section
  • Calls git and gh

What it does

Create Changelog is an agent skill from tobihagemann/turbo. Create a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags. Use when the user asks to "create a changelog", "add a changelog", "initialize changelog", "start a changelog", "set up changelog", "generate changelog", or "backfill changelog".

Its SKILL.md is about 470 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 and GitHub. The repository describes itself as: Reusable workflows for planning, building, reviewing, and shipping with Claude Code and Codex. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks to create a changelog
  • Add a changelog
  • Initialize changelog
  • Start a changelog

Example prompts

  • “create a changelog”
  • “add a changelog”
  • “initialize changelog”
  • “/create-changelog”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Run $changelog-rules Skill
  2. Check for Existing Changelog
  3. Backfill Version History
  4. Write Changelog
  5. Present the Result

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 931eda5. 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

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, 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

Create Changelog loads about 466 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 207 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~466

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 tobihagemann/turbo at commit 931eda5, republished under its MIT licence (© tobihagemann). 207 words, ~466 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/create-changelog/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
create-changelog
description
Create a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags. Use when the user asks to "create a changelog", "add a changelog", "initialize changelog", "start a changelog", "set up changelog", "generate changelog", or "backfill changelog".

Create Changelog

Create a changelog backfilled with version history.

Step 1: Run $changelog-rules Skill

Run the $changelog-rules skill to load shared changelog conventions.

Step 2: Check for Existing Changelog

Use git rev-parse --show-toplevel to find the repository root. Look for the changelog file per $changelog-rules. If it already exists, use request_user_input to confirm overwriting it. If the user declines (chooses the free-form "Other" option or asks to abort), stop without running the remaining steps.

Step 3: Backfill Version History

Collect release history from the most authoritative source available:

  1. GitHub releases (preferred): Run gh release list --limit 100 --json tagName,name,publishedAt to list releases. For each release, read its notes with gh release view <tag> --json body --jq .body and parse them into changelog entries.
  2. Git tags (fallback): If no GitHub releases exist, run git tag --sort=-v:refname to list tags. For each consecutive tag pair, run git log <older-tag>..<newer-tag> --oneline to collect commit summaries.

For each version, classify entries into the standard change types and apply the changelog-worthiness criteria per $changelog-rules.

Step 4: Write Changelog

Write the changelog following the $changelog-rules file structure and conventions.

Step 5: Present the Result

Briefly summarize how many versions were backfilled and which source was used (GitHub releases or git tags).

© tobihagemann, 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 codex/skills/create-changelog of tobihagemann/turbo.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 931eda5

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Questions about Create Changelog

What does Create Changelog do?

Create a CHANGELOG.md following keepachangelog.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags. Create Changelog is an agent skill from tobihagemann/turbo.com conventions with version history backfilled from GitHub releases or git tags.

When should I use Create Changelog?

Create Changelog fits situations like: the user asks to create a changelog; add a changelog; initialize changelog; start a changelog.

How do I install Create Changelog in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill create-changelog -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (codex/skills/create-changelog in tobihagemann/turbo) into .claude/skills/create-changelog in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Create Changelog in Codex?

Run `npx skills add tobihagemann/turbo --skill create-changelog -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (codex/skills/create-changelog in tobihagemann/turbo) into .agents/skills/create-changelog in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Create 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 tobihagemann/turbo --skill create-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/create-changelog, .gemini/skills/create-changelog, .github/skills/create-changelog and .opencode/skills/create-changelog in your project.

What does Create Changelog need to run?

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

Does Create Changelog access the network?

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

Is Create 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 Create Changelog use?

Create Changelog 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 Create Changelog use?

About 466 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Create Changelog?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Create Changelog: Draft Release Notes (jamiepine/voicebox, 57k stars), Mole Release Notes Publisher (tw93/Mole, 70k stars), Release Bump (jamiepine/voicebox, 57k stars) and Verdaccio Pull Request Workflow (verdaccio/verdaccio, 18k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Create Changelog?

tobihagemann (a GitHub user) maintains it in tobihagemann/turbo, which has 408 GitHub stars. The repository holds 81 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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