Release Notes
One Horizon generates release notes from your team's actual work. The AI pulls from commits, issues, and tasks to create summaries tailored for different audiences, eliminating manual tracking and rewriting.
Release notes are generated at the team level, pulling from all team member activity (except private tasks) during the selected time range.
Accessing Release Notes
Press the Release Notes menu option for one of your teams to create new release notes or review previously generated ones. Each release note retains its audience type and date range for reference.
Creating Release Notes
Open the New Release Notes modal and configure the time range & audience.
Time Range Selection
Pick from preset ranges or set custom dates to define what work should be included. The AI analyzes completed tasks, merged pull requests, and resolved issues from all team members within that window.
Audience
Choose who will read the release note:
External
Clear updates about features and improvements, written for end users without technical terminology.
Internal
Technical depth including implementation decisions, resolved blockers, and next steps.
Executives
Business impact and outcomes focused on strategic progress rather than implementation details.
Next, it generates a release note tailored specifically for the selected time range and audience. Generate separate release notes for different audiences whenever needed.
Structured output
Release notes are generated in Markdown with sections for what shipped, what changed, and relevant context. The AI maintains concision and readability while preserving technical accuracy.
Editing and Sharing
Once generated, you can edit the content directly or copy and paste it into other tools. The Markdown format makes it easy to share in Slack, documentation sites, email, or anywhere else you communicate with your team and stakeholders.
Best Practices
Generate release notes regularly to maintain consistent communication patterns. Use team notes for sprint reviews, executive notes for quarterly updates, and stakeholder notes for release announcements.
Private Tasks
To ensure privacy, activities from private tasks are not included in the release notes.