changelog-observer
Skill80 starsChanged 8 months agoMITView on GitHub
Track development session events in a daily markdown changelog, including file changes, test results, and key decisions.
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
7 rules. About 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 3 are very specific to this project.
≈0
Common · estimate
Many files like this have a rule of this kind.
≈4
Distinctive · estimate
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
3
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 18
Use .changelog/session-YYYY-MM-DD.md for the current local date.
- Very specific: line 19
Create .changelog/ and the session file if they do not exist.
- Distinctive: line 20
If the session file is new, initialize it from template.md.
- Distinctive: line 31
Keep each description short and specific.
- Very specific: line 33
Use none when no files were changed.
- Distinctive: line 34
Do not rewrite earlier entries unless they are incorrect.
- Distinctive: line 38
Use the markdown structure in template.md for each appended entry.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 308,232 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Changelog Observer
Track session context in .changelog/session-YYYY-MM-DD.md.
Log target
- Use
.changelog/session-YYYY-MM-DD.mdfor the current local date. - Create
.changelog/and the session file if they do not exist. - If the session file is new, initialize it from template.md.
- Append new entries in chronological order.
What to log
file-change: after creating, editing, or deleting project files.test-result: after running tests, checks, or validation commands.decision: after making an implementation or architecture decision worth preserving.
Entry rules
- Keep each description short and specific.
- List only directly affected files.
- Use
nonewhen no files were changed. - Do not rewrite earlier entries unless they are incorrect.
Template
Use the markdown structure in template.md for each appended entry.
In this repository36 other files it gives its agents.
- .github/copilot-instructions.mdCopilot instructions
- agent-checkSkill
- agentsSkill
- agent-templateSkill
- auto-loopSkill
- changelogSkill
- check-environmentSkill
- claude-md-checkSkill
- claude-md-templateSkill
- code-reviewerSkill
- debuggerSkill
- director-modeSkill
- doc-writerSkill
- evolving-loopSkill
- evolving-statusSkill
- focus-problemSkill
- getting-startedSkill
- handoff-claudeSkill
- handoff-codexSkill
- handoff-geminiSkill
- handoff-grokSkill
- hooks-checkSkill
- hook-templateSkill
- interop-routerSkill
- mcp-checkSkill
- planSkill
- project-health-checkSkill
- project-initSkill
- session-relaySkill
- skill-checkSkill
- skillsSkill
- skill-templateSkill
- smart-commitSkill
- test-firstSkill
- test-runnerSkill
- workflowSkill
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