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wiki-changelog

Analyzes git commit history and generates structured changelogs categorized by change type

Install / Use

npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog

Installs into whichever agent you are using.

About this skill
📄

SKILL.md

Installable skill definition

Quality Score

72/100

Supported Platforms

Zed

Our assessment of wiki-changelog

wiki-changelog scores 72/100 on our quality scale, 2898th of 3,841 Development & Engineering skills we index.

Its SKILL.md is 1.8 KB long, split into 5 sections and no code examples: moderately detailed.

With 3,051 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.

Substance
20/30
Structure
11/20
Description
12/15
Adoption
15/20
Freshness
15/15

Maintenance, license and trust

  • The repository was last updated 6 days ago, so wiki-changelog is actively maintained.
  • It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
  • Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install wiki-changelog?
Run npx skills add microsoft/skills --skill wiki-changelog. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent.
Which AI agents does wiki-changelog work with?
It is written for Zed, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
Is wiki-changelog safe to use?
It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
Is wiki-changelog still maintained?
The repository was last updated 6 days ago, so wiki-changelog is actively maintained.

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)

Related Skills

View on GitHub
GitHub Stars3.1k
CategoryDevelopment
Updated6d ago
Forks349

Languages

TypeScript

Trust signals

100/100

From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.

No cautions