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From merged PR to published release note — a detailed look at every step of the automation pipeline

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SOC 2

Type II aligned controls

<60s

Draft generation time

3 personas

Generated per release

How ReleaseRay Works

A detailed look at each step — from merged PR to published release note

Ingest

PRs flow in automatically via webhook

Connect any GitHub repo with a single webhook. Merged PRs, linked issues, labels, and commit metadata are normalized and deduplicated in real time. Nothing manual, nothing to configure per-repo.

GitHub webhook fires on pull_request.closed + merged
Extracts title, body, labels, linked issues, and commit messages
Deduplicates across squash-merge and rebase workflows
Supports tag ranges, date ranges, or PR-number ranges

ingest.pipeline

POST /api/webhooks/github
→ HMAC-SHA256 verified
→ PR metadata normalized
→ linked issues resolved
→ stored in release range

Classify

AI groups and categorizes every change

A multi-provider LLM layer (OpenAI or your own AWS Bedrock credentials) reads each PR's labels, title, and description to classify changes into Features, Fixes, Performance, Security, and Breaking Changes.

Provider-agnostic: OpenAI gpt-5-mini or AWS Bedrock Claude 4.5 Haiku
BYOK mode keeps prompts and responses in your AWS account
Breaking change detection from conventional commits and labels
Source content processed in-memory — never persisted

classify.pipeline

labels + title + body
→ LLM classifier (BYOK optional)
→ Features | Fixes | Perf
   Security | Breaking
→ ephemeral — zero data at rest

Draft

Three persona-perfect drafts in under 60 seconds

Background workers generate three distinct versions simultaneously: a technical changelog for engineers, an executive summary for internal teams, and a customer-friendly update stripped of internal jargon.

Engineer: full PR refs, code-level detail, breaking change migration steps
Internal / CSM: business impact, talking points, customer-facing summary
Customer: plain-language feature announcements, no internal paths or links
Automatic redaction of internal URLs, file paths, and sensitive tokens

draft.pipeline

BullMQ background job
→ 3 parallel LLM calls
→ Engineer draft  (markdown)
→ Internal draft  (markdown)
→ Customer draft  (markdown)
→ automatic redaction pass

Publish

One click or scheduled — every channel at once

Approve a draft and publish immediately, or schedule delivery for the perfect time with timezone-aware scheduling. GitHub Releases, Intercom Help Center, Slack, Teams, email, and your hosted changelog — all from one screen.

GitHub Releases with tag attachment and markdown body
Intercom Help Center article creation
Slack and Microsoft Teams notifications
Hosted changelog with RSS feed and embed widget

publish.pipeline

approve → schedule (optional)
→ idempotent publish
→ GitHub Releases
→ Intercom Help Center
→ Slack / Teams / Email
→ hosted changelog + RSS

Every capability your release workflow needs

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Smart Classification

AI analyzes PR labels, titles, and descriptions to automatically group changes into Features, Fixes, Performance, Security, and Breaking Changes.

Automatic categorization
PR context analysis
Breaking change detection

Persona-Aware Drafts

Generate three versions simultaneously: technical for engineers, executive brief for internal teams, and plain language for customers.

Engineer-focused details
Internal talking points
Customer-friendly language

Multi-Provider AI

Provider-agnostic LLM layer with OpenAI and AWS Bedrock support. Bring your own keys for full data sovereignty.

OpenAI + AWS Bedrock
BYOK data sovereignty
Sub-60 second generation

Built for the teams who own release communication

Whether you write the code or write the customer update — ReleaseRay fits your workflow

Engineering Leaders

VPs, Staff Engineers, Release Managers

Eliminate the changelog bottleneck. Your team ships fast — release notes should keep up without manual overhead or process changes.

Sub-60s draft generation from merged PRs
Breaking change detection and migration guidance
Works with your existing Git workflow and CI/CD

See how it works for your role

PMM & Customer Success

Product Marketing, CSMs, Support Leads

Get customer-ready release notes without chasing engineers. Internal talking points and customer-facing updates generated automatically.

Customer-friendly language — no jargon or internal paths
Internal talking points for sales and support
Publish to Intercom, Slack, and hosted changelog