Add Changelog

Add Changelog (for Data Repositories)

Maintain a CHANGELOG.md focused on dataset evolution rather than code.

When to invoke

• Data repository has no changelog and the user wants one.
• After any skill that changes dataset content or schema (enrichment, cleaning, synthetic overlay, republication) and the user wants a log entry added.

Format

Adapted from Keep a Changelog, with dataset-specific sections:

# Changelog

All notable changes to this dataset are documented here.
This format is adapted from Keep a Changelog; versions follow SemVer-ish rules:
- MAJOR: breaking schema or semantic changes (column removed/renamed, unit change).
- MINOR: new columns, new rows, compatible enrichments.
- PATCH: fixes to existing values, documentation updates, no schema change.

## [Unreleased]

## [1.2.0] — 2026-04-23
### Added
- `currency_code`, `currency_symbol` columns via `enrich-with-currency` (ISO 4217).
- 1,204 new rows from 2026-Q1 source pull.

### Changed
- `revenue` column parsed from text to numeric; original preserved as `revenue_raw`.
- Country names standardised to ISO 3166 short names.

### Fixed
- 17 rows with `country = "USA"` corrected to "United States".

### Provenance
- Skills used: `standardise-country-names`, `add-iso3166`, `enrich-with-currency`, `text-to-numeric`.
- Data dictionary updated: 2026-04-23.

## [1.1.0] — 2026-03-15
...

Procedure

1. Find or create CHANGELOG.md in the data repository root.
2. Determine the current version — from the most recent versioned heading, or from a VERSION file if present. If none, start at 1.0.0.
3. Classify the change — Added / Changed / Fixed / Removed / Deprecated / Security.
4. Infer the version bump:

• Schema breaking → MAJOR.
• New columns / new rows / enrichments → MINOR.
• Value fixes / doc updates → PATCH.

Confirm with the user before applying.

1. Draft the entry — pull context from the data dictionary provenance log if available, and the git diff if the repository is under version control.
2. Insert at the top under ## [Unreleased], or promote Unreleased to a new version with today's date.
3. Write back the updated changelog.
4. Optionally tag — offer to create a git tag (v1.2.0) and push it if the repo has a remote.

Dependencies

Standard library only.

Edge cases

• First-time changelog — produce a reasonable [1.0.0] baseline entry describing the dataset's initial state.
• Concurrent edits — if an [Unreleased] section already has pending entries, append rather than overwrite.
• Non-git repo — skip the tag step silently; just write the file.
• Multi-dataset repo — if the repo holds multiple datasets, scope entries per dataset name (e.g. ### [customers] Added). Ask the user which dataset the change applies to.

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: danielrosehill
• Source: danielrosehill/Claude-Data-Wrangler-plugin
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.