actions-marketplace-validations/Beast Changelog

Generate a social-first markdown changelog using GitHub APIs

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Maintenance Recency: Activelast commit Feb 13, 2026
License: Apache 2.0

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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/jimschubert_beast-changelog-action@a689f9d3a367bfcdb2bb8c35b6decd6b7a97722a # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-13

tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?

Inputs

name	description	required	default
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub token used to access the repository defined in the GITHUB_REPOSITORY input. It is recommended to [create a new personal access token](https://github.com/settings/tokens/new) with the least permissions (e.g. public_repo). Using a service account for the GitHub Token is also highly recommended. [Learn more about using secrets](https://help.github.com/en/actions/automating-your-workflow-with-github-actions/creating-and-using-encrypted-secrets)	yes	${{github.token}}
GITHUB_REPOSITORY	The target github repo in the format owner/repo	yes	${{github.repository}}
CONFIG_LOCATION	The file location to the changelog configuration. See [jimschubert/changelog](https://github.com/jimschubert/changelog) for schema and further details.	yes	.github/changelog.json
OUTPUT	The output file where the changelog will be written. The file is created and appended, but _not_ committed back to the repository. It is recommended to add a post-processing step in your workflow to prepend to an existing changelog.	yes	.github/CHANGELOG.md
FROM	The beginning tag from which to generate the changelog. This can be queried on an unshallow-ed repository with: ``` git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*' HEAD~ ``` See also [jimschubert/query-tag-action](https://github.com/jimschubert/query-tag-action).	yes	—
TO	The ending tag until which the changelog should be generated. This can be queried on an unshallow-ed repository with: ``` git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*' HEAD ``` See also [jimschubert/query-tag-action](https://github.com/jimschubert/query-tag-action).	yes	—

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