# claude-docs-changelog

Tracks documentation changes through Git history and turns them into an HTML report with course-generation buttons. Use it to review updates across a chosen time window.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 55
- Author: costiash
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/costiash/claude-code-docs/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/claude-docs-changelog

## What it does

The skill finds pages that were added, edited, or removed, sorts them into categories, and writes summaries. It reads current page content from a local cache, fetching a page with `fetch-docs.sh` when needed. Summaries describe the present page rather than line-by-line diffs.

The result is a standalone HTML file with change cards, documentation links, and buttons that copy a course-generation command. Reports go in `~/.claude-code-docs/courses/`. The default window is `7d`; change discovery relies on the manifest and Git history, so those documentation records need to be accessible. When more than 30 pages changed, the skill focuses on the most recent or notable ones and reports how many it left out.

## Requirements
- Works with: Obsidian

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add costiash/claude-code-docs --skill claude-docs-changelog -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/claude-docs-changelog/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add costiash/claude-code-docs --skill claude-docs-changelog -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add costiash/claude-code-docs --skill claude-docs-changelog -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install costiash/claude-code-docs claude-docs-changelog
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add costiash/claude-code-docs --skill claude-docs-changelog -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/costiash/claude-code-docs --path plugin/skills/claude-docs-changelog
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add costiash/claude-code-docs --skill claude-docs-changelog -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/costiash/claude-code-docs/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/claude-docs-changelog/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- report newly added documentation pages
- review page changes within a time window
- sort documentation updates by category
- create an HTML digest with course-generation commands

## Example prompts
- Create an HTML report of documentation changes from the past week: `/docs --report`.
- Show documentation updates from the last 24 hours: `/docs --report 24h`.
- Make a visual summary of documentation changes over 30 days: `/docs --report 30d`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: claude-docs-changelog
description: >
  Generate a self-contained HTML changelog report showing recent documentation
  changes with interactive course generation buttons. Use this skill when the
  user asks for a docs changelog, documentation report, what changed recently,
  recent doc updates as a report, or runs `/docs --report`. Discovers changes
  via git history, categorizes them, summarizes what's new, and produces a
  stunning Obsidian & Amber themed HTML report where each entry has a
  "Create Course" button that copies the course command to clipboard.
---

# Documentation Changelog Report

Generate a self-contained HTML report showing recent documentation changes. The report groups changes by category, summarizes what's new or updated, and includes a "Create Course" button on each card so the user can instantly generate an interactive course for any topic that caught their eye.

## When to Trigger

- User says "docs changelog", "docs report", "what changed in the docs", "recent doc updates report"
- User runs `/docs --report`, `/docs changelog`, or `/docs --report <timeframe>`
- User asks for a visual summary of documentation changes

## The Process (3 Phases)

### Phase 1: Discover Changes

**Find what changed, from the manifest's git history:**

```bash
~/.claude-code-docs/plugin/scripts/manifest-diff.sh --since <timeframe> --json
```

**Default timeframe:** Last 7 days. The user can specify a different window:
- `/docs --report` → `--since 7d`
- `/docs --report 24h` → `--since 24h`
- `/docs --report 30d` → `--since 30d`
- `/docs --report 2026-03-20` → `--since 2026-03-20`

**Parse the JSON** — three arrays, each element a full page entry:
- `added` = new pages
- `changed` = content changed (keyed off `sha256` deltas, so it catches every real update)
- `removed` = pages dropped from the manifest

Each entry already carries `.category`, `.title`, `.url`, `.filename` — no filename-pattern
categorization needed. Map `category` to a label via `manifest-reference.md`.

If all three arrays are empty, tell the user and suggest a wider window.

**Limit scope:** If there are more than 30 changed pages total, focus on the most recent/notable 30 and note how many were omitted.

### Phase 2: Analyze Changes

For each changed page (or the most significant ones if there are many):

1. **Read the page** to understand its current content — it's cached at
   `~/.claude-code-docs/cache/<filename>`; if missing, fetch it first with
   `~/.claude-code-docs/plugin/scripts/fetch-docs.sh get "<filename>"`.
2. v2 commits no prose history, so there is no line-level `git diff` — describe the page's
   **current** content and why it matters (it appeared in `added`/`changed` for this window).
3. **Extract key points:** What's new? What was updated? What are the highlights?
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