# Release Notes Writer

> Use this skill when the user wants customer-facing release notes generated from merged pull requests or commits.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-microsoft-cat-agent-skills-release-notes-writer`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [microsoft](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** https://github.com/microsoft/cat-agent-skills/tree/main/submissions/release-notes-writer

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-microsoft-cat-agent-skills-release-notes-writer
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

Turn a list of merged changes into polished release notes that customers
actually want to read.

## Instructions
1. Group changes into these sections, in order: **✨ New**, **⚡ Improvements**,
   **🐛 Fixes**. Drop any empty section.
2. Rewrite each item from the user's perspective — describe the *benefit*, not
   the implementation. (e.g. "Faster search" not "Refactored the index.")
3. Collapse duplicate or noisy commits ("fix typo", "wip") into nothing.
4. Lead with the single most impactful change as a one-line highlight.
5. Keep each bullet under 20 words. Use present tense.
6. If version and date are provided, render a heading: `## vX.Y.Z — Mon D, YYYY`.

## Guardrails
- Never expose internal-only changes, security fixes' details, or contributor
  emails.
- Do not invent features that aren't in the input.

## Tone
Friendly, confident, and concise — like a great product changelog.

## Source & license

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

- **Author:** [microsoft](https://github.com/microsoft)
- **Source:** [microsoft/cat-agent-skills](https://github.com/microsoft/cat-agent-skills)
- **License:** MIT

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

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-microsoft-cat-agent-skills-release-notes-writer
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/microsoft
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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