finding-changelogs

What problem does it solve?

Helps you avoid brittle HTML scraping by finding structured, reliable sources for release data such as feeds, raw markdown files, or API endpoints and recommends the safest ingestion method for a given changelog URL.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Well-known manifests & link relations: Detects /.well-known manifests, root changelog files, and HTML <link rel="changelog|releases|release-notes"> tags to find publisher-declared changelogs.
• Feed discovery & evaluation: Probes RSS/Atom/JSON feeds, checks scope and content quality, and flags summary-only or site-wide feeds that are poor matches.
• GitHub & raw markdown handling: Recognizes GitHub repositories and canonical changelog files (CHANGELOG.md, etc.) and recommends the GitHub adapter when appropriate.
• Provider fingerprinting & rendering guidance: Identifies common providers, their feed/markdown paths, and whether a fast non-rendered fetch is safe or a headless render is required.
• Decision outputs for ingestion: Produces a recommended method, recommended URL, confidence score, page structure classification, and alternatives to feed into automated ingestion pipelines.

Quick Start

Evaluate a changelog URL and return the recommended ingestion method, canonical URL, feed details, confidence level, and suggested next steps for ingestion.