Every week or month, a recap and a newsletter that write themselves.
DevRelay rounds up what went public: a What shipped post, an X thread, a LinkedIn post and a product update newsletter ready to paste into your email tool. You approve each draft, and DevRelay never emails your list.
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- Weekly + monthly
- your day, time and time zone
- 4 drafts
- post, thread, LinkedIn, newsletter
- 60-day look-back
- posts on day one
You shipped a lot this month. Your customers heard about some of it.
Release posts go out one at a time, on the day. People who weren't watching that day never find out, and the monthly update keeps slipping to next month.
The newsletter is a half-day job
Someone scrolls through a month of releases and pull requests, works out what users would care about, and writes it up in a voice that fits.
Changelogs aren't stories
A list of thirty lines doesn't tell anyone which three things matter, or what to try first.
New tools start with an empty feed
Most tools only write about what ships after you connect them, so the first weeks have nothing to post.
One period, told once, on every channel.
Releases and launches keep their own posts. The recap tells the whole period for people who missed them, and leaves out anything blocked, ignored, rejected or reverted.
What shipped
A post for your blog or changelog site: the biggest features with a section each (3 a week, 5 a month), then one line for everything else, grouped by product.
An X thread
The period's highlights as a thread, one feature a post.
A LinkedIn post
The same story told for LinkedIn, with the launch image.
A newsletter
Three subject lines, preview text, the highlights, What's new, one tip and your blog posts from the period. Copy it into Substack, Mailchimp, Beehiiv or Gmail.
From a period of releases to a newsletter you can send.
DevRelay drafts on your schedule. You review, copy and send.
Weekly, monthly, or both
Everything that went public, grouped
A recap whenever you need one
A newsletter you send yourself
Approved, then copied
Posts on day one, from what you already shipped.
Ten minutes after you pick your first repository, DevRelay reads its last 60 days. Nobody wants 60 days of changelog entries, so it researches every change, then drafts posts for the few features your users care about most and one recap of the period.
Those features shipped weeks ago, so the drafts are spotlights, never news. Admins can start another look-back from Recaps for any range up to a year.
- ReadsThe last 60 days of merged pull requests and releases
- ResearchesEach change, like a live one: who notices it, is it worth a post
- DraftsPosts for up to 5 features, an article for a headline one, and a recap
- ArchivesEverything else, marked shipped before the look-back, still draftable on request
Questions about recaps and the newsletter.
01Does DevRelay send the newsletter?
No. It drafts it and you copy the approved version into Substack, Mailchimp, Beehiiv, Gmail or whatever you use. Your list stays in your email tool.
02What goes in a recap?
Everything that went public in the period: each release's changes, the changes told in a launch, release notes lines and the changes of repositories that ship from a branch. Changes that were blocked, ignored, rejected or reverted are left out.
03Will it repeat posts we already made?
Releases and launches keep their own posts. The recap tells the period once for people who missed them, with one section for each of the biggest features and a line for the rest.
04What's the look-back?
When you connect your first repository, DevRelay reads the last 60 days, drafts posts for the few features users care most about as spotlights (never as news) and one recap of the period. The rest is archived and can still be drafted on request. Admins can run another look-back for any range up to a year.
05What if nothing shipped?
A week with fewer than 2 items or a month with fewer than 3 drafts nothing; the period is still marked done. For the quiet weeks, the weekly plan fills your calendar with posts about features you already have.
06Which plan do I need?
Recaps, the newsletter and look-backs are drafted on the free plan. Posting to X and LinkedIn, scheduling and rendered images are on the DevRelay plan.
Let the month write its own recap.
Connect a repository and get a look-back of the last 60 days, then a recap and newsletter every week or month.
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