Changelog Orchestrator

Overview

This skill turns raw repo activity (merged PRs, issues, commits, optional Slack updates) into a publishable changelog draft and prepares a branch/PR for review.

Prerequisites

• A project config file at .changelog-config.json in the target repo.
• Required environment variables set (at minimum GITHUB_TOKEN for GitHub source).
• Git available in PATH; gh optional (used for PR creation if configured).

Instructions

1. Read .changelog-config.json from the repo root.
2. Validate it with ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/validate_config.py.
3. Decide date range:
4. Load the configured markdown template (or fall back to ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/assets/weekly-template.md).
5. Render the final markdown using ${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/render_template.py.
6. Ensure frontmatter contains at least date (ISO) and version (SemVer if known; otherwise 0.0.0).