wiki-changelog
microsoft/skills
Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type.
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Generate structured changelogs from git history.
Source Repository Resolution (MUST DO FIRST)
Before generating any changelog, you MUST determine the source repository context:
- Check for git remote: Run
git remote get-url originto detect if a remote exists - 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
- Remote URL provided → store as
- 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
- Examine git log (commits, dates, authors, messages)
- Group by time period: daily (last 7 days), weekly (older)
- Classify each commit: Features (🆕), Fixes (🐛), Refactoring (🔄), Docs (📝), Config (🔧), Dependencies (📦), Breaking (⚠️)
- 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_URLis available, link commit hashes:[abc1234](REPO_URL/commit/abc1234)and changed files:[file_path](REPO_URL/blob/BRANCH/file_path)
---
name: wiki-changelog
description: Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type.
license: MIT
---
# 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)`
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Download and extract the skill files to your .claude/skills/ directory.
Download ZIPClone the repository and copy the skill files to your project.
git clone https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/main/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog # Copy SKILL.md to your .claude/skills/ directory
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