Monorepo Release Notes Coordinator for Platform Engineering Teams
Why This is an Opportunity
Monorepo tooling has matured for builds and deployments, but release communication across multiple packages within a monorepo is still chaotic. The core issue is that Git commits are repository-level but release notes need to be package-level, and no simple tool bridges that gap visually. The solution: paste a commit log with file paths, configure package-to-path mappings (e.g., packages/ui/* → @company/ui), and the app groups commits by package, letting the user draft per-package release notes in a side-by-side editor. Simple string matching on file paths plus a form-based editor. Entirely CRUD.
Key Pain Points
- •Commits in monorepos affect multiple packages but changelog tools operate at the repository level
- •Engineers manually scan file paths in each commit to determine which package's changelog it belongs to
- •Release coordination across 5-10 packages requires a spreadsheet to track which packages have been versioned and documented
- •Changesets and similar tools handle version bumps but don't help with writing or coordinating the actual release notes
- •Platform teams delay releases because the changelog coordination overhead makes frequent releases painful
Original Discovery
Platform engineering teams running monorepos with multiple packages or services face a unique changelog headache: a single merge commit can affect three different packages, each with its own versioning and its own audience. When it's time to cut a release, someone has to untangle which commits belong to which package, write separate changelogs for each, and ensure version bumps are consistent. Tools like Changesets help with versioning, but the actual release note writing and coordination across packages remains manual. A dashboard that lets teams view commits grouped by affected package path, draft per-package release notes, and track which packages are ready for release would streamline multi-package release workflows.
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