# om-auto-update-changelog

Drafts a CHANGELOG.md entry for every PR merged since the last release, then hands the edit to om-auto-create-pr. Built for release time.

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- Author: open-mercato
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-auto-update-changelog/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/om-auto-update-changelog

## What it does

The skill walks the merged PRs in the release window, sorts them into categories, and writes the entry into `CHANGELOG.md` with emoji section headings. Category comes from PR labels first, then from a conventional-commit prefix in the title (`feat:`, `fix:`, `docs:`), and falls back to `chore`. If the repo already has a `CHANGELOG.md`, the skill matches its existing format instead of imposing the default one.

Nothing gets committed in place. The file edit is delegated to `om-auto-create-pr`, which handles the branch, commit, docs-only gate and the PR against the configured base branch. That companion skill is required — the run stops if it is missing. Credits are verified against commit authorship, so carry-forwards and umbrella merges name the contributor rather than the merger.

Run it by hand. Scheduling it defeats the point, because the Highlights paragraph deserves a human read. `--dry-run` prints the drafted entry to stdout without touching the file, while `--version`, `--since`, `--release-ref`, `--date` and `--slug` control the heading, the window's lower bound, the release ref, the date and the slug.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-update-changelog -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-update-changelog -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-update-changelog -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install open-mercato/skills om-auto-update-changelog
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/om-auto-update-changelog/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-update-changelog -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/open-mercato/skills --path skills/om-auto-update-changelog
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add open-mercato/skills --skill om-auto-update-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/open-mercato/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/om-auto-update-changelog/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- draft a CHANGELOG.md entry from every PR merged since the last release
- sort merged PRs into Features, Fixes and Improvements sections
- credit the commit author instead of the person who merged the PR
- preview the drafted entry without editing the file via `--dry-run`
- land the changelog edit as a separate docs PR

## Example prompts
- draft the changelog for version 1.2.0 since the last release
- show me the CHANGELOG.md entry without editing the file
- build the changelog window from last-release and open the docs PR

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: om-auto-update-changelog
description: Draft a CHANGELOG.md release entry in an emoji-driven format for every PR merged since the last release, then delegate to om-auto-create-pr so it lands as a docs PR against the configured base branch. Honors the Supersede Credit Rule and verifies every credit against commit authorship, so carry-forwards and umbrella merges credit the contributor rather than the merger. Use at release time.
---

# Auto Update Changelog

Release-engineering skill. Compile a `CHANGELOG.md` entry for the unreleased window, then hand the file edit off to `om-auto-create-pr` so it lands as a normal docs PR against the configured base branch.

When the repo already has a `CHANGELOG.md`, match its existing format exactly — headings, line shape, emoji conventions. The emoji-driven format below is the default for repos starting fresh.

## When to use

- Preparing a release (`0.4.11`, `1.2.0`, a release candidate).
- After a batch of merges at the end of a sprint when the team wants a running changelog.
- Manually invoked by maintainers; NOT intended to run on a schedule — changelog entries benefit from human review of the Highlights paragraph.

## Arguments

- `--version <x.y.z>` (optional) — the release heading. Default: read the project's current version from its manifest (`package.json`, `Cargo.toml`, `pyproject.toml`, a `VERSION` file — whatever this repo uses); if it matches the topmost heading already in `CHANGELOG.md`, ask the user whether to use `major.minor.patch+1`, `major.minor+1.0`, or a custom value.
- `--since <value>` (optional) — lower bound for merged PRs. Accepts an ISO date, a git ref, or the literal `last-release` (default). `last-release` resolves to the date in the topmost `# X.Y.Z (YYYY-MM-DD)` heading in `CHANGELOG.md`.
- `--release-ref <ref>` (optional) — the branch or ref the release is actually cut from. Default: `$BASE_BRANCH`. Set it when releases are cut from a different branch than the one PRs target (an integration branch running ahead of the released one) — the window is built from what is reachable on this ref.
- `--date <YYYY-MM-DD>` (optional) — the date in the heading. Default: today.
- `--dry-run` (optional) — print the drafted entry to stdout; do **not** edit `CHANGELOG.md` and do **not** invoke `om-auto-create-pr`.
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