diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..133cbd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: Release + Publish
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      versionChange:
+        type: choice
+        description: Select the version change
+        requried: true
+        options:
+          - major
+          - minor
+          - patch
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      VERSION_CHANGE: ${{ github.event.inputs.versionChange }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Node.js ⚙️
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: 'lts/*'
+      - name: Install node_modules 📦
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm install --global vsce
+      - name: Update version ↗
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name 'Philipp Kief'
+          git config --global user.email 'PKief@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git config --global push.followTags true
+          npm version ${{ env.VERSION_CHANGE }}
+      - name: Get meta data 🔍
+        run: |
+          NODE_VERSION=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').version")
+          echo VERSION=$NODE_VERSION >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          NODE_NAME=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').name")
+          echo NAME=$NODE_NAME >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          NODE_DISPLAY_NAME=$(node -p -e "require('./package.json').displayName")
+          echo DISPLAY_NAME=$NODE_DISPLAY_NAME >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build ⚒️
+        run: vsce package
+      - name: Push tags 📌
+        run: git push
+      - name: Release ${{ env.VERSION }} 🔆
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: ${{ env.NAME }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.vsix
+          tag_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          name: ${{ env.DISPLAY_NAME }} v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+      - name: Publish to Open VSX Registry 🌐
+        uses: HaaLeo/publish-vscode-extension@v1
+        with:
+          pat: ${{ secrets.OPEN_VSX_TOKEN }}
+          extensionFile: ${{ env.NAME }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.vsix
+      - name: Publish to Visual Studio Marketplace 🌐
+        uses: HaaLeo/publish-vscode-extension@v1
+        with:
+          pat: ${{ secrets.VS_MARKETPLACE_TOKEN }}
+          registryUrl: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com
+          extensionFile: ${{ env.NAME }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.vsix
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 538015f..2297801 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,116 +1,151 @@
-# Change Log
+### Changelog
 
-## 1.7.2 (2021-08-17)
+All notable changes to this project are documented in this file. Dates are displayed in UTC.
 
-### Refactoring
+#### [Unreleased](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.7.2...HEAD)
 
-- Enable extension for GitHub Codespaces ([0b26388](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/0b26388cdc57874224ce5c76911fcadfa6870b56))
 
-## 1.7.1 (2021-02-14)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+- Reafctor/strict type checking [`#34`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/34)
+- Implement Toggle create checkbox [`#33`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/33)
+- Add support for creating checkboxes on selected lines [`#31`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/31)
+- Bump path-parse from 1.0.6 to 1.0.7 [`#29`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/29)
+- Use ESLint and Prettier for better Code Quality [`7f47fd5`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/7f47fd59267886b6eff5429f2cc596425cd65a01)
+- Fix linting errors [`9e59451`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/9e59451373424d39cc5fc5f6c7924e3662bd83d5)
+- Add unit test for removal of already existing checkboxes (Related to #22) [`408a66f`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/408a66ff1f4518e8bd3d01cccf7573c05b587800)
+- Rename master branch to main [`58adea0`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/58adea0125f1c32e36fb9d88457a3e2364bfe466)
+- Update build workflow [`9aee5a1`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/9aee5a18b4f62efddfe3f65b5ff2074da5923a9c)
 
-- Date string regex matches to-do item description in certain scenarios ([issue #25](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/issues/25))
+#### [v1.7.2](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.7.1...v1.7.2)
 
-## 1.7.0 (2020-04-29)
+> 17 August 2021
 
-### Features
 
-- Configurable date format ([@PKief](https://github.com/PKief) in [#19](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/19))
+- Bump glob-parent from 5.1.1 to 5.1.2 [`#27`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/27)
+- Bump browserslist from 4.16.3 to 4.16.6 [`#26`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/26)
+- Enable extension for GitHub codespaces [`0b26388`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/0b26388cdc57874224ce5c76911fcadfa6870b56)
 
-### Refactoring
+#### [v1.7.1](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1)
 
-- Improve code quality ([f8086fc](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/f8086fce5bc99f0a2a4d06ea9758282d2efd5674))
-- Fix launch configuration to run npm script compile:dev ([a45ad01](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/a45ad01c7718bd08770f85997260ab3ea1f83710))
+> 14 February 2021
 
-## 1.6.0 (2019-04-24)
 
-### Features
+- Bump ini from 1.3.5 to 1.3.7 [`#24`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/24)
+- Bump elliptic from 6.5.2 to 6.5.3 [`#21`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/21)
+- Bump lodash from 4.17.15 to 4.17.19 [`#20`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/20)
+- Fix issue with toggling lines that contains brackets (except the date brackets) Fixes #25 [`#25`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/25)
+- Update test setup [`1a95134`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/1a95134f82b6cff091fd13a99c4236f8cfee32ff)
+- Update readme [`0077a25`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/0077a2508307fbdb3c9023cfa0052d5dfbbd7bef)
+- Fix tests [`59b8152`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/59b8152e1521f8ae91b6c00d9c7ff2bfe5526594)
+- Update CI pipeline [`5288504`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/5288504f544947cf4b78c9ccf08b27fb476bfa98)
+- Update build yml [`364234d`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/364234dee9c8a002931b0574ce66527f81007d4e)
+- Fix security vulnerability [`0aa3960`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/0aa396090146f10110774f2f54d6d96962233237)
+- Update workflow file [`918ecf5`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/918ecf5785ef647a133867f3a3df528e2d468890)
+- Update CI pipeline [`617bd75`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/617bd75e8e93f6a25a3be797d9a7ca0a90e3dfca)
+- Update CI pipeline [`135245c`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/135245cee7bbb8839f8cd6ff833cd903eec2ac45)
+- Add name to step in workflow [`bdc4121`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/bdc41211704e8c3b93ab6571d682fa368166b07f)
+- Fix build yml [`49103e5`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/49103e57f4b769c5f1e7f45b9e848492877e359f)
+- Update build.yml [`c8d0af1`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/c8d0af1751093639210c0ef85abf601229297f7d)
 
-- Configurable checkmark ([@PKief](https://github.com/PKief) in [#14](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/14))
+#### [v1.7.0](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.6.0...v1.7.0)
 
-## 1.5.0 (2019-03-16)
+> 29 April 2020
 
-### Refactoring
 
-- Bundle extension with webpack ([@PKief](https://github.com/PKief) in [#12](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/12))
-  - Reduces extension size by 35 %
-  - Faster extension startup activation
-- CI Improvements
+- Make date format configurable [`#19`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/19)
+- Make date format configurable (Closes #15) [`#15`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/15)
+- Fix security vulnerabilities [`b0936b7`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/b0936b7130ba4e05e05b7e9e2ea1eb134d344d58)
+- Refactor code [`f8086fc`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/f8086fce5bc99f0a2a4d06ea9758282d2efd5674)
+- Refactor code [`e0a66fc`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/e0a66fce933678fc0860a1a2a4655164e5834c45)
+- Add documentation for date format (References #19 and #15) [`c0ee58b`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/c0ee58b3665bac6035fb12c7fb404faf83ecfdb1)
+- Update launch configuration [`a45ad01`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/a45ad01c7718bd08770f85997260ab3ea1f83710)
+- Add missing import [`333d0c7`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/333d0c70454c4f74e519f2979f82147cdb424158)
 
-## 1.4.3 (2019-03-04)
+#### [v1.6.0](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.5.0...v1.6.0)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+> 24 April 2019
 
-- Respect trailing whitespace on toggle ([issue #11](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/issues/11))
 
-## 1.4.2 (2019-01-28)
+- Added configurable checkbox marker (Closes #13) [`#14`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/14)
+- Merge pull request #14 from PKief/configurableCheckboxMarker [`#13`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/13)
+- Added configurable checkbox marker (Closes #13) [`#13`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/13)
+- Improved toggling of checkboxes [`ebcdcde`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/ebcdcdee71d11fe28e39b117013bf4d7d30a2ab6)
+- Refactored code [`d2f9ab9`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/d2f9ab963d9502ad9f40a06502c8768a4a2323a8)
+- Improved uncheck of checkbox [`b0b812c`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/b0b812c5b1097a4da40567d8e76e7353ecd2658c)
+- Updated readme [`a99b067`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/a99b067786d27eae8ef55c4413d01e5fae6d5685)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+#### [v1.5.0](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.4.3...v1.5.0)
 
-- Fixed date timezone ([issue #10](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/issues/10))
+> 16 March 2019
 
-## 1.4.1 (2018-11-27)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+- Bundle extension with webpack [`#12`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/pull/12)
+- Added CleanWebpackPlugin [`41d7125`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/41d712502fc32d333fcbe3d2aa5e4a55586c35e9)
+- Improved npm scripts [`036971a`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/036971a122c858929a599fe725932cf434468549)
+- Updated CI [`de73a64`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/de73a64d238a75d86b80a124f533f95d741f4d62)
+- Fixed task configuration [`6fc7f75`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/6fc7f75925784b44e4aeb9f02f9f2d186f423c77)
+- Updated travis-ci badge [`2a0aa42`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/2a0aa42ec54c6963f241fc5a7c2c94d1cb0aa0ba)
+- Update vscodeignore [`9f74b4e`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/9f74b4e7740ee0e3d6e5161a166388ccaa52f0e2)
+- Updated travis configuration [`ae80b97`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/ae80b97d887349628a43368b869f0f4be05d6eb2)
+- Updated test script [`2975189`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/2975189a26eb5af30fd80765e52953f08c0f528e)
 
-- Fixed security [issue](https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116) with event-stream dependency ([4e83234](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/4e83234))
+#### [v1.4.3](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.4.2...v1.4.3)
 
-## 1.4.0 (2018-10-28)
+> 4 March 2019
 
-### Features
 
-- Specify multiple language IDs for which the extension is activated ([@reedspool](https://github.com/reedspool) in [#9](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/9))
+- Respect trailing whitespace on toggle (Fixes #11) [`#11`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/11)
+- Separated test files [`6e5648b`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/6e5648b3012d4190576ff7fb640f0b876034cece)
 
-### Refactoring
+#### [v1.4.2](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.4.1...v1.4.2)
 
-- Improved code quality ([275d66d](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/275d66d))
-- Updated tests ([6292b4a](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/6292b4a))
-- Changed configuration title ([1c21b7f](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/1c21b7f))
+> 28 January 2019
 
-## 1.3.0 (2018-04-22)
 
-### Features
+- Fixes #10 [`#10`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/issues/10)
 
-- Toggle all checkboxes in the document with the [Multi-Select QuickPick](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/blob/main/README.md#pick-checkboxes)
-- Rearranged context menu entries
+#### [v1.4.1](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.4.0...v1.4.1)
 
-### Other improvements
+> 27 November 2018
 
-- Added tests
-- Added CI tools
 
-## 1.2.0 (2018-03-23)
+- Fixed security issue with event-stream dependency [`4e83234`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/4e83234310fb99edcd78260875397c6f105f6a20)
+- Updated package-lock.json [`57048cd`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/57048cda4387b2f377f56bf1dcdf72a09b34f77e)
 
-### Features
+#### [v1.4.0](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.3.0...v1.4.0)
 
-- **status bar**: Added configuration to control the visibility of the status bar item ([6067ec9](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/6067ec9)), closes [#8](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/issues/8)
+> 28 October 2018
 
-## 1.1.1 (2018-01-09)
 
-### Bug Fixes
+- Updated dependencies [`238f504`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/238f5041e26ed3d0dc2e47387dee344e63bd7576)
+- Automated changes to package-lock.json on npm install. [`c1c3bb0`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/c1c3bb09bef269bcc6429c396b3f1b64d8498c1f)
+- Changed configuration title [`1c21b7f`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/1c21b7f779db75acfdf5458fd1961f6942264647)
+- Updated dependencies [`dee10ed`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/dee10edb6a2e7d2c65200bbcede69bdc3c609aa7)
+- Activate create/mark commands when language mode matches configuration [`35be174`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/35be1740daf62e73ee7033fec8a532b49dd4bba3)
+- Updated test setup [`6292b4a`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/6292b4ae0cca0ca7e8b7d5e9eed953fcf68797ec)
+- Improved code quality [`275d66d`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/275d66d11b88d1b17bbf6e6a72dff4983cd0813a)
+- Removed bithound config file [`0b20424`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/0b2042481611d4f8175ebc078c01119d03b87018)
+- Added test (for #9) [`7b0e376`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/7b0e376c03d974f562cbc0d2f86ed97f3a39d522)
+- Updated readme (for #9) [`780f980`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/780f9804a4d708a5b55eb7caad5c41c3da34231a)
+- Show status bar for other language IDs (related to #9) [`fc160e5`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/fc160e55e228e98c9f6adb1c450574a1f0454c6a)
+- Fix what looks like capitalization typo [`27fc951`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/27fc95118324fa598089147c4b80c6463002e500)
 
-- **status bar**: Status bar updates completed tasks if a lowercase 'x' is used ([515407e](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/commit/515407e)), closes [#7](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/issues/7)
+#### [v1.3.0](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/compare/v1.2.0...v1.3.0)
 
-## 1.1.0 (2017-11-23)
+> 22 April 2018
 
-### Features
 
-- **checkbox**: added date support ([@jcvtieck](https://github.com/jcvtieck) in [#6](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/6))
+- Added quick pick to toggle all checkboxes in a document [`292d15d`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/292d15d4b4844a607d30598b5ce1e8036655ba59)
+- Added tests for helper functions [`e7bc3c5`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/e7bc3c5b3bc36ccc3a63411552552b58578d740c)
+- Updated version [`144ec79`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/144ec79e8223685724cd2a6201605238cda57a13)
+- Added tests [`1441735`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/144173509a0558de949986aebd405bd56b1b9ba1)
+- Added CI [`cf8f747`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/cf8f747188d853e44657fda22cd021e509337de2)
+- Added test [`cd51104`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/cd51104da69050c744a6fce996db1dd2381f835f)
+- Fixed issue with creating new checkboxes [`228ff9f`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/228ff9f75c9af9f2875e90d406dc17235911b3a4)
+- Added test [`2a3cd2d`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/2a3cd2d2b7d819ede520a60a3eb6e97679254cdb)
+- Improved tests [`c8648b4`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/c8648b437606516137ceff51d8f1c18f046b626b)
+- Updated tslint rules [`cf2c8ab`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/cf2c8ab695057bef5b68848ed4d86d5acc1cabb2)
+- Fixed tests [`777b137`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/777b137db079522a147f80a670cb7f9e6146850e)
+- Updated year [`d3aef0c`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/d3aef0ca1c247f6fcd3464311bc00727f0206587)
+- Renamed file [`a3b8c04`](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-extension-markdown-checkbox/commit/a3b8c04cf7a958bd7df2c520cab65840aebdd065)
 
-### Refactoring
-
-- code refactoring
-- reduced extension size
-
-## 1.0.3 (2017-07-31)
-
-- updated description
-  - keybindings for Mac ([@mark-anders](https://github.com/mark-anders) in [#5](https://github.com/PKief/vscode-markdown-checkbox/pull/5))
-- updated dependencies
-- added tslint
-- updated logo
-
-## 1.0.2 (2016-10-09)
-
-- added status bar item to show status of all checkboxes
diff --git a/auto-changelog.json b/auto-changelog.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd716f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/auto-changelog.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "output": "CHANGELOG.md",
+  "template": "changelog-template.hbs",
+  "unreleased": true,
+  "commitLimit": false,
+  "startingVersion": "v1.3.0",
+  "ignoreCommitPattern": "Release"
+}
diff --git a/changelog-template.hbs b/changelog-template.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d012d8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog-template.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+### Changelog
+
+All notable changes to this project are documented in this file. Dates are displayed in UTC.
+
+{{#each releases}}
+  {{#if href}}
+    ###{{#unless major}}#{{/unless}} [{{title}}]({{href}})
+  {{else}}
+    #### {{title}}
+  {{/if}}
+
+  {{#if tag}}
+    > {{niceDate}}
+  {{/if}}
+
+  {{#if summary}}
+    {{summary}}
+  {{/if}}
+
+  {{#each merges}}
+    - {{#if commit.breaking}}**Breaking change:** {{/if}}{{message}}{{#if href}} [`#{{id}}`]({{href}}){{/if}}
+  {{/each}}
+  {{#each fixes}}
+    - {{#if commit.breaking}}**Breaking change:** {{/if}}{{commit.subject}}{{#each fixes}}{{#if href}} [`#{{id}}`]({{href}}){{/if}}{{/each}}
+  {{/each}}
+  {{#each commits}}
+    - {{#if breaking}}**Breaking change:** {{/if}}{{subject}}{{#if href}} [`{{shorthash}}`]({{href}}){{/if}}
+  {{/each}}
+
+{{/each}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 12dda11..4fcf527 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "lint": "eslint -c .eslintrc.json --ext .ts ./src/**/*.ts",
     "pretest": "npm run build && tsc -p ./ && ncp src/test/workspace out/test/workspace",
     "test": "node ./out/test/runTest.js",
+    "version": "auto-changelog -p --config auto-changelog.json && git add CHANGELOG.md",
     "vscode:prepublish": "npm run lint && npm run compile"
   },
   "categories": [
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@
     "@types/vscode": "~1.22.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.10.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.10.0",
+    "auto-changelog": "^2.3.0",
     "clean-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.0",
     "eslint": "^8.7.0",
     "eslint-config-prettier": "^8.3.0",