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release-note-generation Skill

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Toolkit for generating PowerToys stable or preview release notes from GitHub milestones, commit ranges, or Azure DevOps release-candidate builds. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare a draft preview release, calculate PR deltas across main and stable, update relea Published by microsoft in PowerToys.

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17 days ago · MIT license

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What is release-note-generation Skill?

Toolkit for generating PowerToys stable or preview release notes from GitHub milestones, commit ranges, or Azure DevOps release-candidate builds. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare a draft preview release, calculate PR deltas across main and stable, update relea Published by microsoft in PowerToys. This profile combines repository metadata with install, compatibility, and usage signals so developers can quickly decide whether it fits their agent workflow before opening the source repository.

Trust signal
95/100
Maintenance signal
90/100
Adoption signal
100/100

Automated repository signals based on public metadata such as recency, license, installation evidence, and adoption. These are not a security audit or endorsement. See how SkillIndex evaluates profiles.

Key capabilities

  • Includes SKILL.md support
  • Reusable instructions support
  • Deployment
  • Documentation
  • Data analysis
  • Deployment use cases
  • Documentation use cases

Declared skill metadata

  • Declared license: Complete terms in LICENSE.txt
  • Source file: .github/skills/release-note-generation/SKILL.md

These fields retain source and confidence evidence from the indexed SKILL.md.

Compatibility and setup

Copy skill directory
  • Install or run with Copy skill directory

When to use release-note-generation Skill

  • Use it for deployment.
  • Use it for documentation.
  • Use it for data analysis.

Built with

CCopy skill directory

Editorial notes

Source

  • Creator: microsoft
  • Repository: microsoft/PowerToys
  • Skill file: .github/skills/release-note-generation/SKILL.md

What it does

Toolkit for generating PowerToys stable or preview release notes from GitHub milestones, commit ranges, or Azure DevOps release-candidate builds. Use when asked to create release notes, summarize milestone PRs, generate changelog, prepare a draft preview release, calculate PR deltas across main and stable, update relea

Skill instructions

Release Note Generation Skill Generate professional PowerToys release notes by collecting merged PRs, summarizing each PR with the local CLI agent, grouping by label, and producing user-facing summaries. Stable and preview releases share the same PR metadata, attribution, grouping, and formatting rules. Output Directory All generated artifacts are placed under Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/ at the repository root (gitignored). Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/ ├── milestoneprs.json Raw PR data from GitHub ├── sortedprs.csv Sorted PR list with Copilot summaries ├── prswithmilestone.csv Milestone assignment tracking ├── groupedcsv/ PRs grouped by label (one CSV per label) ├── groupedmd/ Generated markdown summaries per label └── v{VERSION}-release-notes.md Final consolidated release notes Preview-release runs use an isolated subdirectory: text Generated Files/ReleaseNotes/preview-<buildId/ ├── release-context.json ├── delta-commits.json ├── delta-prs.json ├── removed-prs.json ├── unattributed

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Frequently asked questions

What is release-note-generation?

release-note-generation is a open-source AI agent skill with Copy skill directory. Toolkit for generating PowerToys stable or preview release notes from GitHub milestones, commit ranges, or Azure DevOps release-candidate builds.

Who is release-note-generation best for?

release-note-generation is best for reusing agent instructions, scripts, and references, deployment workflows, documentation workflows, data analysis workflows.

How do I install release-note-generation?

Install or run release-note-generation using Copy skill directory. Check release-note-generation for the latest setup command.

Is release-note-generation actively maintained?

release-note-generation may need a closer maintenance check before production use.

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