Release Notes MCP Server
# Release Notes Server
An MCP server that generates beautiful release notes from GitHub repositories. It efficiently fetches commits, organizes them by type, and presents them in a clean, readable format.
## Features
- 🎯 Smart commit filtering by date or SHA
- 📊 Groups commits by type (features, fixes, etc.)
- 🔍 Enriches commits with PR data
- 📈 Includes detailed statistics
- 🎨 Clean markdown formatting with emojis
- ⚡ Efficient API usage with GitHub's `since` parameter
## Installation
```bash
npm install
npm run build
```
## Usage
Add this server to your MCP configuration:
```json
{
"mcpServers": {
"release-notes": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["/path/to/release-notes-server/build/index.js"],
"env": {
"GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-github-token"
}
}
}
}
```
### Available Tools
#### generate_release_notes
Generates release notes for a GitHub repository.
Parameters:
```typescript
{
"owner": string, // Repository owner
"repo": string, // Repository name
"commitRange": {
"fromCommit"?: string, // Starting commit SHA
"toCommit"?: string // Ending commit SHA
},
"format": {
"type": "markdown", // Output format
"groupBy": "type", // How to group commits
"includeStats": boolean // Include commit statistics
}
}
```
Example:
```typescript
const result = await use_mcp_tool({
server_name: "release-notes",
tool_name: "generate_release_notes",
arguments: {
owner: "owner",
repo: "repo",
commitRange: {
fromCommit: "abc123" // Get commits from this SHA
},
format: {
type: "markdown",
groupBy: "type",
includeStats: true
}
}
});
```
## Output Format
The generated release notes include:
1. Header with generation date and statistics
2. Sections grouped by commit type:
- 🚀 Features
- 🐛 Fixes
- 📚 Documentation
- ⚡ Performance
- ♻️ Refactoring
- 🧪 Tests
- 🏗️ Build
- 🔧 Other
3. Detailed statistics including:
- Total commits
- Breaking changes
- Commits by type
- Commits by author
## Environment Variables
- `GITHUB_TOKEN`: GitHub personal access token with repo access
## Implementation Details
The server implements efficient commit fetching by:
1. Using GitHub's `since` parameter when possible to reduce API calls
2. Falling back to SHA-based filtering when needed
3. Properly handling pagination
4. Maintaining newest-first ordering for release notes
5. Enriching commits with PR data when available
## License
MIT