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/release-notes

Generate formatted changelogs from git history since the last release tag. Use when preparing release notes that categorize changes into breaking changes, features, fixes, and other sections.

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Install
$ npx -y skills add openhands/extensions --skill release-notes --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/release-notes

Context preview

The summary Claude sees to decide when to auto-load this skill.

Generate formatted changelogs from git history since the last release tag. Use when preparing release notes that categorize changes into breaking changes, features, fixes, and other sections.

SKILL.md

release-notes.SKILL.md
name: release-notes
description: Generate formatted changelogs from git history since the last release tag. Use when preparing release notes that categorize changes into breaking changes, features, fixes, and other sections.
triggers:
- /release-notes

Generate a changelog for all changes from the most recent release until now.

Steps

1. Find the most recent release tag using `git tag --sort=-creatordate` 2. Get commits and merged PRs since that tag 3. Look at previous releases in this repo to match their format and style 4. Categorize changes into sections: Breaking Changes, Added, Changed, Fixed, Notes 5. Focus on user-facing changes (features, important bug fixes, breaking changes) 6. Include PR links and contributor attribution

Output

Present the changelog in a markdown code block, ready to copy-paste into a GitHub release.

Ships withextensions

This repository is the public extensions registry for OpenHands. It contains reusable, shareable skills, plugins, and Agent Canvas Apps that customize agent behavior and interfaces. Skills overview docs: SDK skill guide:

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