chore: add "One Entry Per Feature" rule to changelog-writer skill, folding in-window follow-up fixes into feature entries and reserving fix: for pre-existing bugs

[Pratham-Mishra04]

Summary

Improves the changelog-writer skill to enforce a "one entry per feature" rule, preventing duplicate or misleading entries when a release window contains follow-up fixes and additions to features introduced in the same window.

Changes

• Added a new "One Entry Per Feature (Collapse Follow-Ups)" section that explains how to group commits by feature before writing entries, fold in-window follow-up fixes and additions into the originating feature entry, and reserve fix: / ## 🐞 Fixed exclusively for bugs that existed in a previously released version
• Includes a git grep command to verify whether a symbol existed at the previous release tag, helping distinguish true bug fixes from in-window follow-ups
• Extends the rule to roll-up changelogs (e.g. GA releases consolidating prereleases)
• Provides a worked example showing how multiple feat: and fix: commits for a batch accounting feature collapse into a single changelog entry
• Updated the quick-reference bullet in the per-module changelog.md format section to reference the new rule
• Updated the transports/changelog.md grouping rule to explicitly state that ## 🐞 Fixed is reserved for pre-existing bugs and that all contributing PRs should be cited in the folded entry

Type of change

• Bug fix
• Feature
• Refactor
• Documentation
• Chore/CI

Affected areas

• Core (Go)
• Transports (HTTP)
• Providers/Integrations
• Plugins
• UI (React)
• Docs

How to test

Review the updated SKILL.md and verify the new section is clear, the worked example is accurate, and the cross-references in the quick-reference bullets point to the correct section heading.

Breaking changes

• Yes
• No

Related issues

N/A

Security considerations

None.

Checklist

• I read docs/contributing/README.md and followed the guidelines
• I added/updated tests where appropriate
• I updated documentation where needed
• I verified builds succeed (Go and UI)
• I verified the CI pipeline passes locally if applicable

[Pratham-Mishra04]

• chore: add "One Entry Per Feature" rule to changelog-writer skill, folding in-window follow-up fixes into feature entries and reserving fix: for pre-existing bugs #6527 👈 (View in Graphite)
• chore: release v2.0.0  #6526
• fix: replace fixed 500ms sleep with 5s polling loop in Redis vector search test to avoid flakiness under parallel test runs #6524 : 1 other dependent PR (#6525 )
• dev

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Improved changelog guidance for grouping related feature work, follow-up fixes, additions, and contribution updates into unified entries.
  • Clarified when bug-fix entries should be used, helping ensure release notes accurately distinguish newly introduced issues from existing bugs.
  • Applied the guidance consistently across module and transport changelog formats.

Walkthrough

The changelog-writer guidance groups related feature work into one release entry and reserves fixed sections for bugs that existed in the previous release.

Changes

Changelog guidance

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Feature entry grouping and bug classification .claude/skills/changelog-writer/SKILL.md	The guidance groups feature commits, follow-ups, additions, and contributing PRs into one entry. It applies the rule to per-module and transports changelogs and reserves fix: entries for previous-release bugs.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Merge Risk: 🔵 Low · up to 17ea8

The changelog guidance could occasionally classify a previously released bug as an in-window feature follow-up when the referenced symbol or path is absent at the prior release tag. The PR is otherwise mergeable, with explicit owner awareness needed for this bounded documentation correctness issue.

Suggested reviewers: akshaydeo

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In @.claude/skills/changelog-writer/SKILL.md:
- Around line 213-216: Update the previous-tag git grep check in the
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- Around line 213-216: Update the changelog guidance around the git grep count
for ConnectionCheckerManager to preserve and inspect git grep’s exit status
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