Use when writing a changelog entry, release notes, or a "what shipped" summary after completing work. Encodes the entry shape, the handover template, and the honesty conventions. Use after shipping meaningful work, even if the user just says "summarize what we did".
Install
npx skills add riekelt/technical-writer --skill writing-changelogsnpx skills add riekelt/technical-writer --skill writing-changelogs -a claude-code -gnpx skills add riekelt/technical-writer --skill writing-changelogs -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/riekelt/technical-writer.git --path plugins/technical-writer/skills/writing-changelogsgh skill install riekelt/technical-writer writing-changelogsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/riekelt/technical-writer /tmp/riekelt__technical-writer
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/riekelt__technical-writer/plugins/technical-writer/skills/writing-changelogs ~/.claude/skills/writing-changelogs # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/riekelt__technical-writer/plugins/technical-writer/skills/writing-changelogs ~/.agents/skills/writing-changelogs # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode