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How to automate “write release notes and launch announcements”

Here is the best way to spend less time on this, best first. Each comes with steps you can follow today and, for AI fixes, a prompt to copy.

45 min
typically, once a week
70%
of the time can be automated
Easy
to set up

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AI

Generate release notes from merged tickets and PRs with AI

The facts are already in the tickets and PRs. AI can turn them into customer-friendly release notes and a launch post in your voice.

Typically saves about 55% of the time10 min to set up
  1. 1Export the tickets or PRs in the release (title, description, labels).
  2. 2Run the prompt below with one past release note as the style example.
  3. 3Check every item with the PM or engineer who shipped it.
  4. 4Publish, and reuse the output for the changelog, in-app message and email.
Prompt to copy
Write customer-facing release notes for [PRODUCT] version [VERSION] from the tickets below. Match the style of the example. Group into New, Improved and Fixed. Explain each item by the benefit to the user in one or two sentences, without internal jargon or ticket numbers. Skip purely internal changes. Then write a 100-word announcement for [CHANNEL].

Example:
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Tickets:
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Tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Microsoft Copilot · GitHub release notes · Linear or Jira exports

Quick wins

Have you tried…

Have you had AI write release notes from the list of tickets or PRs that shipped?
You export what shipped and give AI one past release note as a style example. It writes customer-friendly notes you check with the team.

Who does this task

Roles in our library that list this as one of their common tasks. Each guide covers the rest of that role’s week.

Product managerTechnical writer

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