Changelog Generator

by decebals

Changelog Generator is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by decebals in claude-code-java.

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Install Changelog Generator

Copy Changelog Generator into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java/tree/main/.claude/skills/changelog-generator ~/.claude/skills/changelog-generator

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .claude/skills/changelog-generator/SKILL.md in decebals/claude-code-java
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/changelog-generator
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Changelog Generator does

Changelog Generator creates changelog entries from conventional git commits for Java projects. Use it when preparing a release, updating release notes, or summarizing what changed since the last version.

Changelog Generator is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Changelog Generator comes from a repository tagged ai-assisted-development, claude-code, claude-code-skills, developer-tools and java.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Changelog Generator Skill

Generate changelogs from conventional commits for Java projects.

When to Use

Before a release
User says "generate changelog" / "update changelog" / "what changed since last release"
After completing a milestone

Versioning Convention Detection

Detect versioning style using this priority order:

1. Check CLAUDE.md (if exists)

grep -A5 "## Versioning" CLAUDE.md 2>/dev/null

Look for explicit convention:

## Versioning
This project uses Semantic Versioning (x.y.z).
Tag format: `release-x.y.z`

2. Fallback: Detect from git tags

git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -10

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Changelog Generator

What else does decebals publish alongside Changelog Generator?
Changelog Generator is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from decebals/claude-code-java, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include API Contract Review, Architecture Review and Clean Code. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Changelog Generator does, and is maintained by decebals in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the decebals/claude-code-java page.
How does Changelog Generator compare to other Writing skills?
Changelog Generator ranks #595 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Changelog Generator against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.