release-notes

name	release-notes
description	Draft user-facing release notes from a git log range. Trigger when the user asks for "release notes", "changelog entry", or "what shipped this week" with a git ref range. Output is markdown sections grouped by Features / Fixes / Breaking with PR links.

Release Notes Drafter

Generate clear, user-facing release notes from git log between two refs.

When to fire

• User mentions: "release notes", "changelog", "what shipped", "summarize this milestone"
• A git ref range or version tag is in scope (e.g. v1.2.0..HEAD, last-tag..main)

Inputs you should gather

1. The two refs (default: <latest tag>..HEAD if user didn't specify)
2. Audience: end users (default), API consumers, internal team
3. Output format: markdown (default), JSON, or plain text

Steps

1. Run git log <from>..<to> --pretty=format:'%h%x09%s%x09%an' --no-merges
2. For each commit, classify:
   • feat: / add: → Features
   • fix: / bugfix: → Fixes
   • BREAKING CHANGE: (in body) → Breaking (top of doc, explicit migration note)
   • everything else (chore:, docs:, refactor:, test:) → omit unless user-visible
3. For each entry, rewrite the commit message in user-facing language (no feat(api): prefix; no internal jargon)
4. If there's a PR number in the commit ((#1234)), link it
5. Group by category, sort by impact (breaking > features > fixes > minor)

Output template

## <version> — <date>

### ⚠️ Breaking changes
- <one-sentence summary>. **Migration:** <what to do>. ([#PR])

### ✨ Features
- <user-visible benefit>. ([#PR])

### 🐛 Fixes
- <symptom that's now fixed>. ([#PR])

Gotchas

• Don't dump raw commit messages — rewrite from the user's perspective
• Squash-merged repos: each merge commit covers many internal commits; read the PR description for context
• Conventional Commit chore: and docs: rarely belong in user-facing notes
• If BREAKING CHANGE: is in the body of a feat:, the entry must surface as Breaking, not Feature
• For monorepos, prefix entries with the affected package name ([@org/auth])

References

• See references/conventional-commits.md for the full type list
• See examples/v1.2.0.md for a polished sample