Claude-skill-registry changelog-orchestrator

Draft changelog PRs by collecting GitHub/Slack/Git changes, formatting with templates, running quality gates, and preparing a branch/PR. Use when generating weekly/monthly release notes or when the user asks to create a changelog from recent merges. Trigger with "changelog weekly", "generate release notes", "draft changelog", "create changelog PR".

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/data/changelog-orchestrator" ~/.claude/skills/majiayu000-claude-skill-registry-changelog-orchestrator && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/data/changelog-orchestrator/SKILL.md

Changelog Orchestrator

Overview

This skill turns raw repo activity (merged PRs, issues, commits, optional Slack updates) into a publishable changelog draft and prepares a branch/PR for review.

Prerequisites

A project config file at
```
.changelog-config.json
```
in the target repo.
Required environment variables set (at minimum
```
GITHUB_TOKEN
```
for GitHub source).
Git available in PATH;
```
gh
```
optional (used for PR creation if configured).

Instructions

Read
```
.changelog-config.json
```
from the repo root.
Validate it with
```
{baseDir}/scripts/validate_config.py
```
.
Decide date range:
Load the configured markdown template (or fall back to
```
{baseDir}/assets/weekly-template.md
```
).
Render the final markdown using
```
{baseDir}/scripts/render_template.py
```
.
Ensure frontmatter contains at least
```
date
```
(ISO) and
```
version
```
(SemVer if known; otherwise
```
0.0.0
```
).
Run deterministic checks using
```
{baseDir}/scripts/quality_score.py
```
.
If score is below threshold:
Write the changelog file to the configured
```
output_path
```
.

Create a branch

changelog-YYYY-MM-DD

, commit with

docs: add changelog for YYYY-MM-DD

If
```
gh
```
is configured, open a PR; otherwise, print the exact commands the user should run.

See

{baseDir}/references/implementation.md

for detailed implementation guide.

Output

A markdown changelog draft (usually
```
CHANGELOG.md
```
), plus an optional PR URL.
A quality report (score + findings) from
```
{baseDir}/scripts/quality_score.py
```
.

Error Handling

See

{baseDir}/references/errors.md

for comprehensive error handling.

Examples

See

{baseDir}/references/examples.md

for detailed examples.

Resources

Validate config:
```
{baseDir}/scripts/validate_config.py
```
Render template:
```
{baseDir}/scripts/render_template.py
```
Quality scoring:
```
{baseDir}/scripts/quality_score.py
```

Default templates:

```
{baseDir}/assets/default-changelog.md
```
```
{baseDir}/assets/weekly-template.md
```
```
{baseDir}/assets/release-template.md
```