starcat-update-changelog

starcat-update-changelog is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from starcat-app/Starcat. It costs 98 tokens per session (3,356 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A changelog workflow for turning all commits since the last version tag into release notes in English and Chinese. A changelog is the document that records what changed in each software version.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to update Starcat's English and Chinese changelog files after providing a valid version number. It reads the main project's Git history and groups the changes into release notes.
Why use it?
It avoids missing changes or guessing which version the notes belong to. It also keeps the two language versions of the Starcat changelog in sync with the source repository.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Needs its repository: it runs a file that does not travel with it, so clone the repository first. The line is STARCAT_NOTARIZE=1 STARCAT_RELEASE_SKIP_TAG=1 ./scripts/release-direct.sh <version>.

Good fit Use it to update Starcat's English and Chinese changelog files after providing a valid version number. It reads the main project's Git history and groups the changes into release notes.

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Install

Getting it into your agent

It runs from inside its repository, so the clone comes first — what it calls does not travel with the file alone.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/starcat-app/Starcat
agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/starcat-app/starcat/starcat-update-changelog

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 98 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 3,356 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 1 finding. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00098 $0.03356
Opus 5.5 $0.00039 $0.01342
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00020 $0.00671
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00336

Measured 23d ago against content hash 8c41107d509b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

starcat-update-changelog scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 23d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

- Requires: `git`, `python3`, `rsync`, `ssh`, `curl`
skills/starcat-update-changelog/SKILL.md · 345 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 345 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Update Starcat Changelog

Read ALL git commits from the main Starcat project since the last version tag, then update CHANGELOG.md (English) and CHANGELOG-ZH.md (Chinese) in supports/starcat-pro/.

File Locations

File Path
Changelog (EN) supports/starcat-pro/CHANGELOG.md
Changelog (ZH) supports/starcat-pro/CHANGELOG-ZH.md
Git repo (source) Starcat root (the Xcode project)

Step 0: Ask for Version Number (MANDATORY — Do This FIRST)

This is a blocking step. Before reading any git log or touching any file, you MUST know the target version number. If the user did not provide one in their invocation, immediately ask:

"Which version number should I use for this changelog entry? (e.g., 1.2.0, 1.1.1)"

Do NOT proceed to Step 1 until the user answers. Do NOT guess or assume a version number.

If the user's invocation already includes a version number (e.g., "update changelog for 1.2.0"), validate that it matches X.Y.Z format. If it doesn't, ask the user to provide a valid format.

The version number must be in X.Y.Z format (semantic versioning) because release-direct.sh requires this format.


Step 1: Determine Commit Range

# Latest tag
git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -1

# All commits since that tag (NO filtering, NO skip)
git log <latest-tag>..HEAD --oneline --no-merges

# Count
git log <latest-tag>..HEAD --oneline --no-merges | wc -l

If no tag exists, start from the first commit.

If there are 0 commits since the latest tag, stop and tell the user: "No new commits since . There's nothing to add to the changelog."


Step 2: Read EVERY Commit Message (Do NOT Skip Any)

# Full messages for ALL non-merge commits — every single one
git log <latest-tag>..HEAD --format="---COMMIT---%n%h%n%s%n%b" --no-merges

Critical rule: Read EVERY commit first. Then in Step 3a, filter out non-user-facing changes. Don't skip commits at read time — some commits with non-standard prefixes may still describe user-visible changes. The filtering happens AFTER reading, based on content.

Read the full file on GitHub · 345 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 23d ago First seen · 345 lines · 98 tokens per session scan A 8c41107d509b

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starcat-update-changelog is a skill published in the GitHub repository starcat-app/Starcat (201 stars, last pushed 4d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 98 tokens to every session and 3,356 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-09-23.

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