Overview
release-notes is an open-source productivity skill for Claude Code and compatible agents, published by phuryn. Its author describes it as: “Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, or changelogs. Creates clear, engaging summaries organized by category (new features, improvements, fixes). Use when writing release notes, creating changelogs, a…”. The project has 25k stars on GitHub and is available under the MIT license. Add it to your setup with `/plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills`.
What release-notes does
Transform technical tickets, PRDs, or internal changelogs into polished, user-facing release notes.
What’s inside
The SKILL.md for release-notes is organised into these sections:
- Release Notes Generator
- Context
- Instructions
Installation
Add release-notes to your agent with:
/plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skillsReview a skill’s source before installing it — skills can instruct your agent to run commands. This command comes from the skill’s public repository, which is the source of truth for setup steps. New to skills? Read how to install Claude Code skills.
Supported agents
- Claude Code — ships a claude code plugin marketplace
License
release-notes is published under the MIT license.
Strengths
- Clear MIT license — safe to read and adapt within its terms
- Ships in phuryn/pm-skills, an established project with 25,392 GitHub stars
- Works with Claude Code
- Actively maintained — repository updated in the last 90 days
Author
Topics
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Frequently asked questions
- What does release-notes do?
- Generate user-facing release notes from tickets, PRDs, or changelogs. Creates clear, engaging summaries organized by category (new features, improvements, fixes). Use when writing release notes, creating changelogs, announcing product updates, or summarizing what shipped.
- How do I install release-notes?
- Run /plugin marketplace add phuryn/pm-skills in your agent, then reload your skills. Review the source at https://github.com/phuryn/pm-skills before installing.
- Is release-notes free to use?
- Yes. release-notes is free and open source under the MIT license, so you can read, run, and adapt it within that license's terms.
- Which agents does release-notes work with?
- release-notes lists Claude Code — named in its SKILL.md, its plugin marketplace or its repository topics. Skills use the portable SKILL.md format, so other agents that read that format may load it too.
- Where does release-notes come from?
- release-notes ships inside phuryn/pm-skills, a repository that contains 41 catalogued skills in total. The repository's 25,392 GitHub stars apply to that whole collection, not to this skill on its own.
