fix(changelog): find original author of agentic commits

action.yml

@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@ inputs:
   github-org-token:
     required: false
     description: 'Github token with read:org scope to access Apify org members. Needed to map commit authors onto Slack IDs.'
+  ignore-authors:
+    required: false
+    default: 'Copilot,Claude'
+    description: >-
+      Comma-separated list of GitHub logins to exclude from the changelog authors (matched case-insensitively).
+      Applies to both commit authors and `Co-authored-by` trailers.
+      GitHub bot accounts (type "Bot") are always excluded regardless of this list.
 outputs:
   github-changelog:
     description: 'Changelog content in GihHub markdown'

src/index.js

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const {
     getReleaseNameInfo,
     createGithubReleaseFn,
     sendReleaseNotesToSlack,
+    parseIgnoredAuthors,
 } = require('./utils');
 
 /**
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ function alreadyExistsExit(alreadyExists, releaseName) {
  * @param {*} context         - github action context
  * @param {string} baseBranch - base branch/commit to start comparison from
  * @param {string} headBranch - head branch/commit to start comparison from
+ * @param {Set<string>} ignoredAuthors - normalized (lower-cased) logins to exclude from authors
  * @returns {Promise<{ changelog: string, authors: array<{ name: string, email: string, login: string }>, includedPrNumbers: number[] }>}
  */
 async function createChangelog(
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ async function createChangelog(
     context,
     baseBranch,
     headBranch,
+    ignoredAuthors = new Set(),
 ) {
     let changelog;
     let authors = [];
@@ -57,13 +60,15 @@ async function createChangelog(
             changelog = await getChangelogFromPullRequestDescription(octokit, context);
             break;
         case 'pull_request_commits':
-            ({ changelog, authors, includedPrNumbers } = await getChangelogFromPullRequestCommits(octokit, scopes, context));
+            ({ changelog, authors, includedPrNumbers } = await getChangelogFromPullRequestCommits(octokit, scopes, context, ignoredAuthors));
             break;
         case 'pull_request_title':
             ({ changelog, includedPrNumbers } = await getChangelogFromPullRequestTitle(octokit, scopes, context));
             break;
         case 'commits_compare':
-            ({ changelog, authors, includedPrNumbers } = await getChangelogFromCompareBranches(octokit, context, baseBranch, headBranch, scopes));
+            ({ changelog, authors, includedPrNumbers } = await getChangelogFromCompareBranches(
+                octokit, context, baseBranch, headBranch, scopes, ignoredAuthors,
+            ));
             break;
         default:
             core.error(`Unrecognized "changelog-method" input: ${method}`);
@@ -89,6 +94,7 @@ async function run() {
     const slackChannel = core.getInput('slack-channel');
     const githubChangelogFileDestination = core.getInput('github-changelog-file-destination');
     const fetchAuthorSlackIds = core.getBooleanInput('fetch-author-slack-ids');
+    const ignoredAuthors = parseIgnoredAuthors(core.getInput('ignore-authors'));
 
     const octokit = github.getOctokit(githubToken);
     const context = {
@@ -127,6 +133,7 @@ async function run() {
         context,
         baseBranch,
         headBranch,
+        ignoredAuthors,
     );
 
     if (createReleasePullRequest) {