# Changelog from git (/git--changelog)

/git--changelog is a Claude Code skill in the Code section. Generates a CHANGELOG.md from your git history using conventional commits, grouped by version and type of change.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/git--changelog
- Section: [Code](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/code.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/git/changelog.md
- Updated 26 Mar 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/git--changelog generate the CHANGELOG for this release`
- `/git--changelog I need a changelog since the last tag`
- `/git--changelog create the change history for the release`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install git-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `.git/**`, `CHANGELOG.md`
- Writes: `CHANGELOG.md`
- Runs: `git log`, `git describe`
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Generate a CHANGELOG from git history using conventional commits

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)