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changelog-release-notes

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Maintain Con's CHANGELOG.md and release notes. Use when updating changelog entries, preparing a beta/dev release, reviewing PR release-note coverage, or ensuring contributor PR credit is present.

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Changelog Release Notes

Use this skill whenever CHANGELOG.md, PR release notes, or release summaries are touched.

Workflow

  1. Verify the latest released beta before choosing a heading:
    • git fetch --tags origin
    • git tag --sort=-v:refname | rg '^v[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+-beta\\.' | head
    • gh release view <tag> when GitHub release state matters
  2. Put pending work under the next unreleased beta only. If the latest shipped beta is v0.1.0-beta.63, the top unreleased heading is v0.1.0-beta.64; do not create beta.65 until beta.64 is tagged and released.
  3. Gather PR and author context for every entry:
    • gh pr view <number> --json number,title,author,url,mergedAt
    • for merged work, git log <latest-tag>..HEAD --merges --oneline helps find the included PRs
  4. Every PR-derived changelog bullet must end with PR and author credit:
    • _(PR [#149](https://github.com/nowledge-co/con-terminal/pull/149) by [@sundy-li](https://github.com/sundy-li))_
  5. Credit contributors exactly by GitHub login. Preserve external contributor credit even when follow-up commits refine the same feature.
  6. Keep shipped historical sections stable. Only edit old sections to correct a factual mistake, missing credit, or broken link.

Writing Rules

  • Write for users first: describe the visible behavior or benefit, not the internal implementation unless it explains a risk or platform boundary.
  • Use Added, Changed, and Fixed sections. Group bullets under concise audience/platform labels such as macOS, Windows, Linux, Panes, or Developer Experience.
  • Do not mention "workspace restore" or other baseline continuity as novelty unless the user-facing behavior truly changed. Default expected behavior should read as polish or reliability, not marketing.
  • Add release dates only when a version is actually tagged/released.
  • If a bullet combines multiple PRs, include all relevant PR/author credits.

Validation

  • Confirm the heading matches the latest shipped beta plus one.
  • Confirm every new PR-derived bullet has PR [#...] and by [@...].
  • Run python3 scripts/docs/validate-manifest.py when docs routing may be affected.
  • Run git diff --check before committing.