As a research tool You can retrieve code changes from a repository and use AI to look at the changes and summarise them as release notes or change note or make recommendations on what needs to be amended within the user documentation. Reviewing content You can get AI to simulate different types of users and… Read more »
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AI for Technical Writers: Automating changelogs and release notes
If you’re a technical writer creating changelogs or release notes, AI can save you a huge amount of time. Traditionally, this work involves digging through repositories, reviewing code changes, checking JIRA tickets, and speaking with subject matter experts, just to understand what’s changed and what matters for documentation. This is the kind of task AI… Read more »
Automating changelogs using AI
Writing changelogs is one of those tasks in technical writing that’s important but nobody enjoys. So we automated it. This app connects to a private GitHub repository, lets you set a date range, and generates a polished, user-facing changelog from your recent commits. No manual sifting through git history required. The results are stored so… Read more »
Our next Managing and mastering documentation projects with AI course: April 2026
We’ve scheduled our next Managing and mastering documentation projects with AI course. It will be held on the mornings of 13th and 14th April 2026. We’ve extended the second day by half an hour. It’s now 3.5 hours long, so that we can fit in more content. It helps documentation project managers use AI for… Read more »
Automating workflows in technical writing
Summary This article examines what can be automated and argues that automation supports, but cannot replace, human expertise. Technical writing automation improves consistency, speed, and discoverability by handling repetitive tasks and enforcing standards. AI agents add adaptive decision‑making. However, these tools introduce risks such as fragility, hidden assumptions, security issues, and loss of institutional knowledge…. Read more »