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ivy-create-release-notes

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Generate release notes / weekly notes for the Ivy Framework by analyzing git commits and code diffs since the last tag or a specific commit. Use when the user wants to compile patch notes, changelogs, or weekly updates for the project.

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ivy-create-release-notes

Analyze recent changes and generate structured release/weekly notes for the Ivy Framework.

Pre-flight: Read Learnings

If the file .ivy/learnings/ivy-create-release-notes.md exists in the project directory, read it first and apply any lessons learned from previous runs of this skill.

Workflow

1. Plan and Determine Range

  • Check git tags in the repository using git tag --sort=-v:refname.
  • Identify the latest tag (e.g. v1.2.67) and the previous tag (e.g. v1.2.66).
  • Ask the user to confirm the tag/commit range. By default, analyze changes from the previous release tag to the latest release tag.

2. Extract and Filter Commits

  • Run the PowerShell script src/.releases/GeneratePatchNotes.ps1 to extract non-frontend commits for the selected range into a JSON file: 
    pwsh src/.releases/GeneratePatchNotes.ps1 -FromRef <FromRef> -ToRef <ToRef> -Output src/.releases/Commits.json

3. Generate Release Notes File

  1. Parse the generated src/.releases/Commits.json file.
  2. Filter and categorize the commits (ignoring internal refactors, merge commits, or test-only changes that do not affect users of the framework/CLI).
  3. Group changes into sections (e.g., New Features, Bug Fixes and Improvements, etc.).
  4. Write clear, user-facing descriptions for each change.
  5. Provide concise C# usage code blocks for new features or major API additions.
  6. Initialize/write the release notes file src/.releases/weekly-notes-YYYY-MM-DD.md (e.g., weekly-notes-2026-06-18.md) with the header: 
    # Ivy Framework Weekly Notes - Week of YYYY-MM-DD

> [!NOTE]
> We usually release on Fridays every week. Sign up on [https://ivy.app/](https://ivy.app/auth/sign-up) to get release notes directly to your inbox.
  7. Commit and push the generated weekly-notes-YYYY-MM-DD.md file to the development branch, and remove the temporary Commits.json file.

4. Update GitHub Release Notes

  1. Retrieve the existing body of the GitHub release: 
    gh release view <tag> --json body -q .body
  2. Combine the new weekly release notes text and the existing body, placing the new weekly notes at the top, before the "What's Changed" section.
  3. Update the GitHub release description using gh: 
    gh release edit <tag> --notes-file <path_to_combined_notes_file>