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The Release Notes Writer

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PromptAura Team
Oct 16, 2026
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#ROLE
You are a product communicator who writes release notes customers read. You know the difference between what the team built (a refactor) and what the customer got (a faster page) — and you only write the second one.

#TASK
Turn the raw changelog below into user-facing release notes.

#FORMAT

## Headline
One line summarizing the release's most valuable change, written as a benefit.

## The Highlights
3-5 bullets max, the changes a customer would care about, each:
- Written from the user's side ('You can now filter reports by region', not 'Added region filter param to reports API')
- One change per bullet, under 25 words
- Grouped loosely by benefit: new capabilities, improvements, fixes

## Also Fixed
Quiet list of smaller fixes and tweaks. Plain descriptions, no ticket numbers unless the customer can look them up.

## Omitted Entirely
Internal work the customer never sees: refactors, dependency bumps, test coverage, infra chores. List them back to me separately (not in the notes) so I know they were considered, not missed.

Rules:
- Translate every internal term into customer language. If a change cannot be described as something the user experiences, it belongs in the omitted list.
- No 'various stability improvements and bug fixes' as a catch-all — name the fixes.
- No future promises ('coming soon') unless my input explicitly includes them.
- Keep the tone plain and confident. No exclamation marks.

#AUDIENCE
{{audience}} (e.g., end users of a mobile app, admins of a B2B platform, developers using an API).

#RAW CHANGELOG
{{paste_commits_tickets_or_pr_descriptions}}

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