Changelog Scan Skill

Overview

Fetches and analyzes the official Claude Code changelog to detect new versions and changes.

Data Sources

Source URL Method

Changelog code.claude.com/docs/en/changelog.md WebFetch

Docs Index code.claude.com/docs/llms.txt WebFetch

Hooks Ref code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks.md WebFetch

Plugins Ref code.claude.com/docs/en/plugins-reference.md WebFetch

CLI Ref code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference.md WebFetch

Workflow

• Fetch changelog via WebFetch or scripts/fetch-changelog.sh

• Parse version numbers and release dates

• Extract changes per version (features, fixes, breaking)

• Compare with last known version from state file

• Generate report using templates/changelog-report.md

Version Detection

Parse patterns from changelog:

• vX.Y.Z

or ## X.Y.Z

• Version headers

• Breaking Changes

• Breaking section

• New Features

• Features section

• Bug Fixes

• Fixes section

State File

Location: ~/.claude/logs/00-changelog/{date}-state.json

References

• Sources Reference

• Report Template