Use case · Changelog clips
Auto-rendered changelog clips per release
Tag a YAML with each merged feature PR. CaptureBeam renders the new clip on tag, posts it as a PR comment, and embeds it into your public changelog. Your changelog becomes the lead-gen channel it should be.
Who this is for
Engineering, growth
A great changelog drives signups. Adding video to a changelog supercharges it. But manually authoring video for every release is more work than the changelog itself. So the changelog stays text-only and the marketing team stays jealous of teams whose changelogs go viral.
The problem
A great changelog drives signups, but writing one is friction every release. Adding video makes it worse — until the video can author itself.
The fit
What CaptureBeam does for you
- Tag a YAML with each merged feature PR
- Render on tag, post the new clip as a PR comment, embed it in your public changelog
- Aspect-ratio variants per channel: 1:1 for the changelog, 9:16 for social
- Auto-generated chapter markers per step (on the roadmap) make long demos scannable
# demos/changelog/2026-04-28-comments.yaml
title: "Threaded comments — Apr 28, 2026"
preset: sunset
aspect: "1:1"
quality: 1440p
steps:
- goto: https://app.example.com/doc/abc
- click: { role: "button", name: "Add comment" }
- type: { label: "Comment", text: "Looks great — ship it!" }
- click: { role: "button", name: "Post" }
- assertVisible: { text: "1 comment" }Related use cases
Pairs well with
Ship changelog clips demos that don't go stale.
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