🎮 The Next Input-#012

The AI That Writes Your Release Notes

Aaron Bost
July 17, 2025

⚡ The Briefing — 60 sec

OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry “reckless” safety culture at xAI. Rivals claim Musk’s shop ships first, patches later—spicy letters fly (16 Jul 2025).
Meta plans a data-center the size of Manhattan for AI workloads. Zuckerberg hunts desert land to house a city-scale compute cluster (16 Jul 2025).
200 King devs laid off, replaced by the AI they helped build. Critics ask why the C-suite isn’t up next (16 Jul 2025).

🛠️ The Playbook — Auto-Generate Release Press Notes

Mission When a GitHub release closes, draft a press-ready “What’s New” blog + PR email, push both to marketing—no human copywriting.
Difficulty Medium | Build time 45 min
ROI Marketing saves ≈ 90 min per release and ships notes same-day.

Step	Action
1	Trigger – GitHub → Release Published.
2	Get Commits – List commits between previous and current tag.
3	AI Action – Prompt: “Summarise commits for end-users. Output: blog_intro (≤60 w), 3 bulleted features, teaser subject line.”
4	Formatter – Split JSON into `blog.md` + `email.txt`.
5	Notion API – Create draft page in /Marketing/Blog Pipeline with `blog.md`.
6	HubSpot API – Create email draft “Product Update” with subject + bulleted body.
7	Fail-safe – On error, DM #ops-alerts with release tag.

Pro tip: Append a second AI step to localise the blog copy for non-English audiences before publishing.

🎯 The Arsenal — Tools & Prompts

Asset	What it does	Link
Bahamut AI	Natural-language security scanner for cloud configs.	https://bahamut.ai
Voyage AI APIs	Fast, low-cost embeddings fine-tuned for code & docs.	https://voyageai.com
SigmaOS Copilot	Mac browser that summarises tabs & automates form-filling.	https://sigmaos.com/copilot
Prompt: Two-Line Crisis Statement	Paste incident → get calm public statement.	prompt below ↓

Write a two-sentence public statement on {incident}. Tone: transparent, calm, next-step oriented.

💡 Free Office Hours

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🕹️ Game Over

Automate one release-note task tonight—tomorrow’s launch will thank you.
Share your win; you could headline Issue #013.

— Aaron
Automating the boring. Amplifying the brilliant.

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