# wiki-changelog

Turns Git commit history into a categorized changelog. Use it to review recent repository activity or explain what changed across a project.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, GitHub Copilot · 5 installs · ★ 3149
- Author: Microsoft
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/wiki-changelog

## What it does

wiki-changelog reads commit dates, authors, messages, and other details from Git history. It sorts the last 7 days by day and older commits by week, then assigns entries to feature, fix, refactoring, documentation, configuration, dependency, or breaking-change groups.

The skill checks `git remote get-url origin` before it writes a changelog and asks whether the project is local-only or tied to a source repository. With a repository URL, commit hashes and changed files can point to linked references; otherwise the output keeps plain hashes and paths. Its summaries focus on changes visible to users, follow terminology from the README, and call out migration notes for breaking changes. It runs in Claude Code and GitHub Copilot.

## Requirements
- Works with: Azure

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

### Cursor

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install microsoft/skills wiki-changelog
```

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

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/microsoft/skills --path .github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### 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/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- build a changelog from Git history
- sort recent commits by change type
- group repository activity by day and week
- flag breaking changes with migration notes

## Example prompts
- Create a changelog from the recent repository history.
- Summarize what changed in the last 7 days of Git commits.
- Group the commits by type and highlight breaking changes.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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BEGIN THIRD-PARTY FILE 653ab700b5928b82
```text
---
name: wiki-changelog
description: Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type. Use when the user asks about recent changes, wants a changelog, or needs to understand what changed in the repository.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Microsoft
  version: "1.0.0"
---

# 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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© Microsoft · MIT · https://github.com/microsoft/skills/tree/HEAD/.github/plugins/deep-wiki/skills/wiki-changelog/SKILL.md

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