Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, git logs, or internal changelogs. Use when writing release notes, creating a changelog, announcing a product update, or summarizing what shipped.
Scanned 9/24/2026
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---
name: release-notes
description: "Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, git logs, or internal changelogs. Use when writing release notes, creating a changelog, announcing a product update, or summarizing what shipped."
argument-hint: "A version, a path to tickets/PRDs/changelogs, or a product URL"
---
# Release Notes Generator
Write user-facing release notes for **$ARGUMENTS**. Read every file the user provides
first. A product URL means web search for the product and its audience.
Lead every entry with the **benefit**, not the change:
- "Implemented Redis caching layer for dashboard API endpoints" → "Dashboards now load
faster, so you spend less time waiting and more time analyzing." Quote a speedup only
when the source gives the number.
- "Fixed race condition in concurrent checkout flow" → "Fixed an issue where some orders
could fail during high-traffic periods."
Write in plain language. Keep ticket numbers, internal codenames, class names, and module
names off the notes. One to three sentences per entry.
Done when every user-facing change in the source material appears under a heading below,
and every non-user-facing one is dropped.
```
# [Product Name] — [Version / Date]
## New Features
- **[Feature name]**: [what it does and why it matters]
## Improvements
- **[Area]**: [what got better and how it helps]
## Bug Fixes
- Fixed [issue, in user terms]
## Breaking Changes
- **Action required**: [what users need to do]
## Deprecations
- **[Feature]**: [what replaces it, and by when]
```
Drop a heading with no entries.
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