---
title: changelog note cli command
description: Create a note-*.yml changelog fragment for items that have no associated PR. 
url: https://docs-v3-preview.elastic.dev/elastic/docs-builder/pull/3923/cli/changelog/note
products:
  - Elastic Docs Builder
---

# changelog note cli command
```bash
docs-builder changelog note [options]
```

Create a note-*.yml changelog fragment for items that have no associated PR.

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--name string">
    Explicit slug for the note filename. Defaults to a slug derived from the title.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--products string">
    Products in format "product target lifecycle, ..." (for example, "elasticsearch 9.2.0 ga"). Target is required for all products.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--action string">
    Optional action text.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--areas string[]">
    Optional area tags.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--areas` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--concise">
    Omit schema reference comments from the generated YAML.
    **Default:** `false`
  </definition>
  <definition term="--config string">
    Path to the changelog.yml configuration file.
    **Constraints:** symbolic links not allowed, must exist, extensions: yml, yaml
  </definition>
  <definition term="--description string">
    Entry description.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-extract-release-notes">
    Skip extracting release note text from PR/issue descriptions.
    **Default:** `false`
  </definition>
  <definition term="--no-extract-issues">
    Skip extracting linked issues/PRs from PR/issue body.
    **Default:** `false`
  </definition>
  <definition term="--feature-id string">
    Optional feature ID.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--highlight">
    Mark the entry as a highlight.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--impact string">
    Optional impact text.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--issues string[]">
    Optional issue URLs (cited but not used as anchor).
    **Repeatable:** pass `--issues` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--owner string">
    GitHub owner. Falls back to bundle.owner or "elastic".
  </definition>
  <definition term="--output string">
    Output directory.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--prs string[]">
    Optional PR URLs (cited but not used as anchor).
    **Repeatable:** pass `--prs` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--repo string">
    GitHub repository name.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--strip-title-prefix">
    Strip a repo-name prefix from the title.
    **Default:** `false`
  </definition>
  <definition term="--strict-fetch">
    Treat GitHub fetch failures as errors.
    **Default:** `false`
  </definition>
  <definition term="--subtype string">
    Entry subtype.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--title string">
    Entry title (required).
  </definition>
  <definition term="--type string">
    Entry type (required).
  </definition>
  <definition term="-l --log-level enum">
    Minimum log level.
    **Values:** trace, debug, information, warning, error, critical, none
    **Default:** `information`
  </definition>
  <definition term="-c --config-source enum">
    Override the configuration source: local, remote
    **Values:** local, remote, embedded
  </definition>
  <definition term="--skip-private-repositories">
    Skip cloning private repositories
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="-l --log-level enum">
    Minimum log level.
    **Values:** trace, debug, information, warning, error, critical, none
    **Default:** `information`
  </definition>
  <definition term="-c --config-source enum">
    Override the configuration source: local, remote
    **Values:** local, remote, embedded
  </definition>
  <definition term="--skip-private-repositories">
    Skip cloning private repositories
  </definition>
</definitions>