Releases CLI

The changelog & release-notes registry for developers and AI agents — a lean HTTP client for releases.sh. Search and browse release notes from GitHub, RSS/Atom/JSON feeds, and product changelog pages, with no local infrastructure.

The CLI talks to the hosted registry at api.releases.sh. Search and browse work out of the box — no account or config. Sign in with releases login to follow orgs and products and get a personalized feed; it mints a personal read-only API key (and earns you higher rate limits as those roll out). Write/admin access (releases admin …) is a separate, closed beta — open an issue for early access.

Install

brew install buildinternet/tap/releases          # Homebrew (macOS / Linux)
npm install -g @buildinternet/releases           # npm (macOS / Linux / Windows)
curl -fsSL https://releases.sh/install | bash    # shell installer (macOS / Linux)

Or run without installing: npx @buildinternet/releases@latest search react — always pin @latest, since bare npx @buildinternet/releases caches the first-fetched version forever. Signed, precompiled binaries for every platform are on the Releases page (with checksums) for air-gapped installs or version pinning.

Homebrew installs shell completions automatically. On every other path, enable them once with releases completion install (auto-detects $SHELL).

Usage

releases search "authentication"
releases search "slack integration" --since 90d   # bound release hits by publish date
releases tail next-js                              # latest releases; `tail -f` to follow
releases list --category ai
releases get vercel                                # org, product, or source
releases org overview vercel                       # full AI-generated org overview
releases stats
releases submit https://acme.dev/changelog         # suggest a source for the registry
releases feedback "great tool — here's an idea…"   # message the maintainers

Identifiers are interchangeable: every command accepts a slug, a typed ID (org_…, prod_…, src_…, rel_…), or an org/slug coordinate (e.g. vercel/next-js). IDs are stable across renames. search, tail/latest, and feed take --since / --until to bound releases by date — an ISO date (2026-01-01) or relative shorthand (90d, 4w, 6m, 2y).

Add --json to any reader command for machine-readable output — list commands emit a { items, pagination } envelope. Release readers return a slim shape by default (id, version, title, summary, excerpt, url, dates, plus any media with its r2Url); pass --full for the complete payload. tail/latest take --count (alias --limit, 1–100). Run releases <command> --help for per-command flags.

Following & personalized feed

Follow orgs and products to build a personalized feed. These act on your own account, so sign in first (releases login):

releases follow vercel              # org slug, org/product coordinate, or typed ID
releases following                  # list what you follow
releases feed                       # your release timeline (--json, --page, --limit)
releases unfollow vercel

Following an organization includes all of its products.

Contribute to the registry

Neither needs an account or API key:

releases submit https://acme.dev/changelog       # suggest a changelog / release-notes URL
releases feedback "tail -f reconnects slowly"     # report a bug or share an idea

Both prompt interactively when run with no argument, accept input on stdin, and take --dry-run --json to preview the payload without sending. feedback --type is bug / idea / other; submit --note carries extra context (product name, repo, feed quirks). Submissions feed the same review queue as the web submit form.

MCP & Claude Code

Point any MCP-compatible agent at the hosted server:

npx mcp-remote https://mcp.releases.sh/mcp

This repo is also a Claude Code marketplace with two plugins — releases (reader: hosted MCP tools, a /releases lookup command, and auto-trigger skills) and releases-admin (source onboarding + maintenance; needs admin access):

/plugin marketplace add buildinternet/releases-cli
/plugin install releases@releases          # reader
/plugin install releases-admin@releases    # admin

Or install just the skills into any agent (Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, …):

releases skills install        # or, without the CLI: npx skills add buildinternet/releases-cli

Authentication

Search and browse need no auth. Signing in is what powers the personal touches — following orgs/products and your customized feed — and mints a personal read-only key (it can't write or administer anything; it just identifies you, and unlocks higher rate limits as those land). The easiest way in is your browser — nothing to copy or paste:

releases login              # opens your browser to approve, then saves the key
releases login --no-browser # print the URL + code to open yourself (headless / SSH)

This uses the OAuth 2.0 Device Authorization Grant (RFC 8628): approve a short code at releases.sh/device in a signed-in browser, and a read-only key is saved to ~/.releases/credentials (0600). Manage keys with releases keys list / create / revoke.

Already issued a token (e.g. a write/admin key during the closed beta)? Store it without the browser flow via releases auth login (interactive, --token <token>, or --token - for stdin); it's verified before being saved. releases auth status shows the current state (whoami is an alias). RELEASES_API_KEY in the environment overrides any stored credential — handy for CI.

Environment

Reader access requires nothing. Useful overrides:

• RELEASES_API_KEY — Bearer token for write endpoints; overrides stored credentials.
• RELEASES_API_URL — override the default https://api.releases.sh (e.g. staging).
• RELEASES_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 — opt out of anonymous usage pings (DO_NOT_TRACK=1 also honored).

See .env.example for the full list.

Exit codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
1	Application error (network, API, unexpected state)
2	Usage / provider error (bad arguments or upstream rejection)
130	Cancellation (SIGINT)

Contributing

Build, test, and release instructions live in CONTRIBUTING.md.

License

MIT