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Changelog Generation

Generate a changelog entry for a new release by analyzing merged PRs since the last tag.

Parameters

The user provides:

Version number -- e.g., 0.5.3
Additional PRs -- optionally, PRs not yet merged that should be included

Step 1: Gather Data

Find the previous release tag: git tag --sort=-version:refname | head -1
List all merge commits since that tag: git log <tag>..HEAD --merges --format='%s' | grep -v "Merge branch"
Get PR details with: gh pr list --state merged --base main --search "merged:><tag-date>" --json number,title,author --limit 50
List contributors: git log <tag>..HEAD --format='%an' --no-merges | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn

Step 2: Identify External Contributors

To determine if a contributor is external, check for an @entire.io email:

If they have an @entire.io email anywhere in git history, they are internal. Only list external contributors in the Thanks section.

Also check the memory file at memory/project_team_members.md for known internal/external mappings.

Step 3: Write the Entry

Insert the new version section at the top of CHANGELOG.md, after the header and before the previous version.

Format

Follow the existing style in CHANGELOG.md exactly:

Style Rules

Sections: Added, Changed, Fixed, Housekeeping, Thanks. Omit empty sections.
Each bullet: starts with a dash, concise description, PR link(s) at the end
Group related PRs into a single bullet when they're part of the same feature/fix
Work-in-progress features: call out explicitly, e.g., "Feature X (work in progress): ..."
Known limitations: note inline, e.g., "Note: subagent tracking is not yet supported due to..."
Thanks section: only external contributors. Name what they contributed specifically.
Dependency bumps: group into a single Housekeeping bullet unless a bump fixes a notable bug
PR links: always use full URL format [#N](https://github.com/entireio/cli/pull/N)
No trailing period on bullet items
Date: use the current date in YYYY-MM-DD format

Categorization Guide

Added: new features, new commands, new agent integrations, new CI workflows
Changed: behavior changes, API changes, UX changes, migrations
Fixed: bug fixes, E2E fixes, agent-specific fixes
Housekeeping: dependency bumps, docs, refactors, CI improvements, test improvements

I've added the 0.7.8 changelog entry (dated 2026-06-30). Summary of what I did:

Scope: 88 PRs merged since the v0.7.7 tag. I excluded the 26 PRs already documented in the 0.7.7 entry and the changelog PR itself (#1460), leaving ~60 PRs documented across the standard sections.

Highlights captured:

Added: entire import (6 agents), entire repo clone/visibility/mirror flags, control-plane CRUD, checkpoint policy, cross-repo session adoption, multi-agent review profiles, the OpenAI Privacy Filter (#1214), .worktreeinclude, and a batch of trail (WIP) subcommands.
Changed/Fixed: compact transcript metadata, versioned User-Agent + git telemetry, core-routing display fixes, the copilot phantom-session fix, ULID checkpoint IDs, and trail WIP fixes.
Housekeeping: the large pluggable-checkpoint-store refactor (9 PRs grouped), CI/E2E work, lint cleanup, and grouped dependency bumps.

Contributor classification: I verified emails via git history and GitHub. Newly confirmed external contributors went into the Thanks section — @SnowingFox, @suhaanthayyil, @Mohit-Katyal, @ronaldtebrake. matthiaswenz resolved to @entire.io (internal). I updated project_team_members.md with all five new classifications.

Two notes for your review:

I used 0.7.8 as the version (matches the existing nightly tags). Let me know if you intended a different number.
I left the changelog uncommitted, consistent with the prior changelog 0.7.7 PR flow (#1460) where the changelog lands in its own PR.