finding-changelogs SKILL.md skillA

finding-changelogs from buildinternet/releases is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add buildinternet/releases/finding-changelogs@git:20260923.01c07bc

Pins git:20260923.01c07bc in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
buildinternet/releases
Path
.claude/skills/finding-changelogs/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20260923.01c07bc, committed Sep 23, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 14, 2026
Size
19,624 bytes
Repository stars
14
License
Apache-2.0

How to find, evaluate, and recommend the best ingestion method for changelog URLs — covers feed discovery, provider detection, GitHub API, markdown sources, and scraping fallback.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Finding Changelogs

Determine the best way to get structured release data from a changelog or release notes page.

Many pages have better-structured data sources behind them — RSS feeds, raw markdown files, or API endpoints. Finding those avoids the complexity of parsing rendered HTML.

## Content Verification

After discovering a feed or structured source, always spot-check the entries before accepting it. Sample a few entries and verify they are actual changelog or release content — not blog posts, marketing articles, tutorials, or unrelated editorial content.

Red flags that a feed is wrong:

- Entry URLs point to `/blog/` paths rather than `/changelog/` or `/releases/` paths
- Titles read like articles or tutorials (e.g., "Choosing a logging library: The definitive guide")
- No version numbers, semver patterns, or feature/fix language anywhere in the entries
- The feed URL is site-wide (e.g., `/feed.xml`) rather than section-specific (e.g., `/changelog/feed.xml`)
- Entry content discusses opinions, comparisons, or industry trends rather than product changes
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add buildinternet/releases/finding-changelogs@sha256:87d2cba7aa25a455

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260923.01c07bc, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Jun 14, 2026 and Sep 23, 2026, about one every 34 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
git:20260923.01c07bc latest2026-09-23 01c07bc 19,624 BA view · diff
git:20260713.6e6c15b2026-07-13 6e6c15b 20,014 BA view · diff
git:20260709.53bc1862026-07-09 53bc186 19,725 BA view · diff
git:20260614.38bc9532026-06-14 38bc953 19,019 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (19624 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

buildinternet/releases · 14 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zann253tqoyzwthd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=buildinternet/releases/finding-changelogs
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/87d2cba7aa25a45544a21092d1a6deb862e6fd9769feb193527cb5e22e6045b7

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

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