Automated Release Notes Workflow

When to use this

Generate structured changelogs automatically whenever a new Git tag or release draft is created.

The template

name: Generate Release Notes

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Create Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          generate_release_notes: true

How to use

Save to .github/workflows/release-notes.yml.