# git-cliff Customizable Changelog Generator for Git Repositories

> git-cliff generates changelog files from Git history using conventional commits and regex-powered custom parsers. Written in Rust, it provides highly customizable templates via a TOML configuration file, with integrations for GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/git-cliff-customizable-changelog-generator-for-git-repositor` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/git-cliff-customizable-changelog-generator-for-git-repositor`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/git-cliff-customizable-changelog-generator-for-git-repositor/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: DevOps & Infra
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/git-cliff-customizable-changelog-generator-for-git-repositor

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# git-cliff Customizable Changelog Generator for Git Repositories

git-cliff generates changelog files from Git history using conventional commits and regex-powered custom parsers. Written in Rust, it provides highly customizable templates via a TOML configuration file, with integrations for GitHub Actions, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.

## Installation

Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- <a href="https://hub.docker.com/r/orhunp/git-cliff">
- <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/orhun/git-cliff/docker.yml?style=flat&labelColor=1C2C2E&color=BEC5C9&label=docker&logo=Docker&logoColor=BEC5C9"></a>

Basic usage or getting-started notes:
- [Usage](https://git-cliff.org/docs/usage/examples)

- Source: https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff
- Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/orhun/git-cliff/HEAD/README.md

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/git-cliff-changelog-generator/)