Operator · Fortnightly
Automated Product Updates Newsletter Template
Auto-generated changelog newsletters for your customers. A newsletter that auto-drafts itself from your product changelog — what shipped, what improved, what's coming. Lower editorial overhead than a personal newsletter, higher value for B2B retention.
Who this template is for
Software teams who ship constantly and want customers to know.
Issue structure
- What's new. 3–5 highlighted features with screenshots and 'how to use it'
- Improvements. Smaller wins, bug fixes, performance gains
- What's coming. Things shipping in the next 2–4 weeks
- From the team. Optional — a personal note, customer story, or behind-the-scenes
When to use this template
- ✓ You're a software team shipping at least weekly
- ✓ Your customers don't read your in-app changelog
- ✓ You want to drive feature adoption and reduce churn through awareness
Examples that work
Newsletters using a version of this template successfully:
- Linear's changelog emails
- Notion What's New
- Figma updates
Use this template in Aldus
Aldus's AI editor uses this template as a starting prompt — paste your sources and the editor produces the first draft in your voice. Suggested prompt:
Topic: Fortnightly product update for [product]. Voice: Helpful, specific, customer-first. Sources: [Linear/Jira/GitHub releases, the changelog, screenshots]. Structure: 3–5 highlighted features with screenshots and how-to, smaller improvements, what's coming, optional personal note. Lead with what the customer can now do, not what we built.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from an in-app changelog?
An email gets read by people who haven't logged in this week — exactly the customers most at risk of churn. The changelog only reaches people who already saw it.
Can Aldus pull from our changelog automatically?
Yes. Connect Aldus to your changelog source — GitHub releases, a markdown file in a repo, Linear cycles, or a Notion database — and the AI editor drafts each issue from the actual ship log.