Buildnotes

Buildnotes is a skill for coding agents that turns pull requests into shareable posts, videos, and slides.

Buildnotes is a skill for coding agents designed to turn pull requests into posts, videos, and slides. It works by reading a feature's issues, PRs, commits, and reviews, then finding the key decisions that shaped it. Users can ask for content in plain words directly inside the repository, choosing between technical deep dives or release stories tailored for engineers or users. It produces published pages, short self-playing videos, slide decks with PDFs, and standalone figures such as images, GIFs, videos, or SVGs. The tool also supports side-by-side before-and-after screenshot comparisons in pull request comments. It runs with Node 22, git, and Chrome.

Buildnotes at a glance

Best for: Software engineer, Product manager
Runs on: CLI
Pricing: Free
Released: October 2026
Category: AI coding tool
Website: buildnotes.releases.sh

Key features

Reads issues, PRs, commits, and reviews
Picks key decisions worth chapters
Draws figures and writes content
Creates posts, videos, decks, and standalone figures
Generates side-by-side screenshot comparisons
Supports Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode

Use it for

Turn pull requests into shareable posts and videos
Create walkthrough videos and slide decks from code
Generate technical deep dives or release stories
Compare before and after screenshots in PR comments

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