diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
index d07e2c9..778a25d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ jobs:
           echo "=== Build output sizes ==="
           ls -lh out/*.exe out/*.AppImage out/*.deb 2>/dev/null || true
 
+      - name: Generate release notes
+        if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
+        run: |
+          git fetch --unshallow 2>/dev/null || true
+          chmod +x scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
+          scripts/generate-release-notes.sh "${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" > /tmp/release-notes.md
+          echo "--- Generated release notes ---"
+          cat /tmp/release-notes.md
+
       - name: Create GitHub release and upload assets
         if: steps.version-check.outputs.SKIP == 'false'
         env:
@@ -100,5 +109,5 @@ jobs:
           gh release create "${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
             --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
             --title "${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
-            --notes "Automated build for ${{ steps.version-check.outputs.TAG }}" \
+            --notes-file /tmp/release-notes.md \
             "${ASSETS[@]}"
diff --git a/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh b/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e577750
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Generate Markdown release notes from conventional commits.
+# Usage: ./scripts/generate-release-notes.sh <tag> [prev-ref]
+#   e.g. ./scripts/generate-release-notes.sh v0.7.0
+#   e.g. ./scripts/generate-release-notes.sh v0.7.0 abc123f
+#
+# If prev-ref is not provided, tries git describe to find previous tag.
+# If no previous ref is found, includes all commits up to HEAD.
+# Uses HEAD as the endpoint (tag may not exist in git yet).
+
+set -eo pipefail
+
+TAG="${1:?Usage: generate-release-notes.sh <tag> [prev-ref]}"
+PREV_REF="${2:-}"
+
+# If no prev-ref provided, try to find one from git tags
+if [ -z "$PREV_REF" ]; then
+  PREV_REF=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^ 2>/dev/null || true)
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$PREV_REF" ]; then
+  RANGE="${PREV_REF}..HEAD"
+  COMPARE_TEXT="**Full changelog**: \`${PREV_REF}...${TAG}\`"
+else
+  RANGE="HEAD"
+  COMPARE_TEXT="**Initial release**"
+fi
+
+# Collect commits into temp files by category
+TMPDIR_NOTES=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR_NOTES"' EXIT
+
+for prefix in feat fix refactor perf docs test chore other; do
+  : > "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/${prefix}"
+done
+
+while IFS= read -r line; do
+  [ -z "$line" ] && continue
+  MATCHED=false
+  for prefix in feat fix refactor perf docs test chore; do
+    if [[ "$line" =~ ^${prefix}(\(.*\))?:\ (.+)$ ]]; then
+      SCOPE="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+      MSG="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+      if [ -n "$SCOPE" ]; then
+        echo "- **${SCOPE}**: ${MSG}" >> "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/${prefix}"
+      else
+        echo "- ${MSG}" >> "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/${prefix}"
+      fi
+      MATCHED=true
+      break
+    fi
+  done
+  if [ "$MATCHED" = false ]; then
+    echo "- ${line}" >> "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/other"
+  fi
+done < <(git log --format="%s" "$RANGE" 2>/dev/null)
+
+# Section display names
+section_title() {
+  case "$1" in
+    feat)     echo "Features" ;;
+    fix)      echo "Bug Fixes" ;;
+    refactor) echo "Refactoring" ;;
+    perf)     echo "Performance" ;;
+    docs)     echo "Documentation" ;;
+    test)     echo "Tests" ;;
+    chore)    echo "Chores" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+# Build output
+echo "# KCC ${TAG}"
+echo ""
+
+for prefix in feat fix refactor perf docs test chore; do
+  if [ -s "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/${prefix}" ]; then
+    echo "## $(section_title "$prefix")"
+    echo ""
+    cat "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/${prefix}"
+    echo ""
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ -s "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/other" ]; then
+  echo "## Other Changes"
+  echo ""
+  cat "${TMPDIR_NOTES}/other"
+  echo ""
+fi
+
+echo "---"
+echo ""
+echo "${COMPARE_TEXT}"