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release-generate-release-notes

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Generate Yaak release notes from git history and PR metadata, including feedback links and full changelog compare links. Use when asked to run or replace the old Claude generate-release-notes command.

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  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Generate Release Notes

Generate formatted markdown release notes for a Yaak tag.

Workflow

  1. Determine target tag.
  2. Determine previous comparable tag:
    • Beta tag: compare against previous beta (if the root version is the same) or stable tag.
    • Stable tag: compare against previous stable tag.
  3. Collect commits in range:
    • git log --oneline <prev_tag>..<target_tag>
  4. For linked PRs, fetch metadata:
    • gh pr view <PR_NUMBER> --json number,title,body,author,url
  5. Extract useful details:
    • Feedback URLs (feedback.yaak.app)
    • Contributor GitHub handles from author.login
    • Plugin install links or other notable context
  6. Format notes using Yaak style:
    • Changelog badge at top
    • Bulleted items with PR links where available
    • Contributor handles for external PRs
    • Feedback links where available
    • Full changelog compare link at bottom

Formatting Rules

  • Wrap final notes in a markdown code fence.
  • Keep a blank line before and after the code fence.
  • Output the markdown code block last.
  • Append contributor attribution to PR-backed bullets for non-@gschier authors, using by [@handle](https://github.com/handle).
  • Do not append by @gschier for PRs authored by @gschier.
  • These are app release notes. Exclude CLI-only changes (commits prefixed with cli: or only touching crates-cli/) since the CLI has its own release process.

Release Creation Prompt

After producing notes, ask whether to create a draft GitHub release.

If confirmed and release does not yet exist, run:

gh release create <tag> --draft --prerelease --title "Release <version_without_v>" --notes '<release notes>'

If a draft release for the tag already exists, update it instead:

gh release edit <tag> --title "Release <version_without_v>" --notes-file <path_to_notes>

Use title format Release <version_without_v>, e.g. v2026.2.1-beta.1 -> Release 2026.2.1-beta.1.