## Summary
Clarifies when to add a changeset or a `.server-changes/` file. The
friction that keeps coming up is treating these as "I touched a public
package or a server app, so I owe a note." They are user-facing release
notes that go straight into the changelog customers read, not a catalog
of every change.
The guidance now leads with the real test: would a user or customer care
about this change? Add a note when the change is something they would
notice, act on, or want to hear about. Skip it otherwise, even when a
public package or server app is touched, for example:
- internal-only or admin-only changes, refactors, test-only changes,
chores
- performance or query tuning with no user-visible behavior change
- public packages that are not consumed independently (e.g.
`@trigger.dev/redis-worker`), where a version bump means nothing to a
user
Anyone who wants the exact history reads the commits.
Updates every place that encoded the old "touched a package or app, so
add a note" rule so they agree: `AGENTS.md`,
`.server-changes/README.md`, `CONTRIBUTING.md`, `CHANGESETS.md`,
`.claude/rules/server-apps.md`, and `.claude/REVIEW.md` (the last drives
automated review flagging, so it stops flagging exactly the changes the
new guidance says to skip). Also handles the mixed-PR case where the
package change needs no changeset but the server change is user-facing.
Eric Allam
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