Release Notes Generator

Live site: https://release-notes-generator-h2fe.onrender.com/

Generate polished release notes from GitHub PRs and Issues using Claude AI — two formats at once: App Store/Play Store and GitHub Releases.

Features

• Browse repos across your personal account and organizations
• Select individual PRs and Issues to include
• Choose between technical and non-technical tone
• Generates two formats simultaneously: App Store/Play Store and GitHub Releases markdown
• Search and filter PRs/Issues
• One-click copy to clipboard

Tech Stack

• Backend: Node.js, Express
• Frontend: Vanilla HTML/CSS/JS (no framework)
• AI: Anthropic Claude via @anthropic-ai/sdk
• Data: GitHub REST API

Setup

1. Clone the repo

git clone <repo-url>
cd release-notes-generator

2. Create your .env file

cp .env.example .env

Open .env and fill in your credentials:

GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_github_token_here
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-your_anthropic_key_here
PORT=3000

GitHub Token — create one at https://github.com/settings/tokens
Scopes needed: repo (for private repos) or public_repo (for public repos only)
If using a fine-grained token, enable Contents: Read-only under repository permissions.

Anthropic API Key — get one at https://console.anthropic.com

3. Install dependencies

npm install

4. Start the server

npm start

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

For development with auto-restart on file changes:

npm run dev

Requirements

• Node.js 18 or later (uses built-in fetch)
• A GitHub account with at least one repository
• An Anthropic API key with access to claude-sonnet-4-6

Project Structure

├── server.js        # Express server and GitHub/Anthropic API logic
├── public/
│   └── index.html   # Single-page frontend (HTML, CSS, JS)
├── .env.example     # Environment variable template
└── package.json

Deployment

Deploy to Render

The repo includes a render.yaml config for one-click deployment.

1. Push this repo to GitHub

2. Go to render.com → New → Web Service

3. Connect your GitHub repo — Render will detect render.yaml automatically

4. Add the following environment variables in the Render dashboard under Environment:

   Variable	Value
   GITHUB_TOKEN	Your GitHub personal access token
   ANTHROPIC_API_KEY	Your Anthropic API key

   PORT is injected by Render automatically — do not set it manually.

5. Click Deploy — Render runs npm install then npm start

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on reporting bugs, suggesting features, and submitting pull requests.

License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.