LaunchNotes API
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For Agents
Fetch published LaunchNotes announcements, read unread counts for end users, and record announcement opens so an agent can drive an in-app changelog or release-notes feed.
Use for: Get the latest LaunchNotes announcements to show in an in-app changelog, Check whether a user has unread product announcements, Retrieve a list of published release notes for a project, Record that a user opened a specific announcement
Not supported: Does not handle authoring announcements, managing subscribers, or publishing to public RSS - use for fetching and tracking already-published announcements only.
Jentic publishes the only available OpenAPI specification for LaunchNotes API, keeping it validated and agent-ready. The LaunchNotes API exposes embedded announcement feeds so product teams can surface release notes, changelogs, and feature updates inside their own apps. It returns lists of published announcements, the unread count for a given user, and accepts open-tracking events so engagement on each announcement can be measured. The surface is small and read-focused, intended for in-app what's-new widgets rather than full content authoring.
Install Jentic One Beta
Connect the LaunchNotes API to your agent
Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the LaunchNotes API, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.
Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.
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Step 1: Jentic One Host machine
# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Flaunchnotes.com%2Flaunchnotes" | sh2
Step 2: Agent machine
# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Flaunchnotes.com%2Flaunchnotes" | sh
jentic register # connects your agent to your Jentic One instanceJentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.
Capabilities
What an agent can do with LaunchNotes API.
Fetch the list of published announcements for embedding in an in-app what's-new feed
Retrieve the unread announcement count for a specific end user to drive notification badges
Record an announcement open event so engagement and view-through can be tracked per recipient
Filter the announcement list by audience or project token to scope content per product line
Sync release-note content into a downstream notification system without scraping the marketing site
Use Cases
Patterns agents use LaunchNotes API for, with concrete tasks.
★ In-App What's-New Widget
Drive an embedded changelog or what's-new badge inside a SaaS product. The agent calls the announcement-list endpoint to render published release notes and the unread-count endpoint to display a notification badge, then posts open events back to LaunchNotes so per-user engagement is captured. Setup is a single API token and three calls.
Fetch the latest 10 announcements from /embed/announcement_list, render them in a panel, and POST a track_open event when the user clicks an entry.
Release-Note Distribution to Slack or Email
Repurpose published LaunchNotes content for outbound channels. An agent polls the announcement list on a schedule, formats each new entry as a Slack block or email summary, and forwards it to the team. Removes the need to copy release notes manually between systems and keeps internal channels in sync with the public changelog.
Poll /embed/announcement_list every 6 hours, diff against the last seen ID, and post any new entries to a Slack webhook with title and body.
Unread Indicator for Logged-In Users
Show an unread announcement count on a user avatar or notification icon. The agent calls the unread-count endpoint with the authenticated user's identifier on page load and refreshes after each open event so the badge clears in real time. Requires only the embed token and the user identifier.
Call /embed/unread for the current user on page load and decrement the displayed count after each track_open POST.
AI Agent Release-Note Briefing
An AI agent uses Jentic to discover the LaunchNotes operations and assembles a personalised briefing: it pulls the latest announcements, filters them by tag or audience, and summarises them for a user. Tracking the open back to LaunchNotes lets the product team see which agent-delivered briefings are actually being read.
Through Jentic, search 'fetch launchnotes announcements', load the schema, call the list endpoint, summarise the top 3 items, and post a track_open when the user reads the summary.
Key Endpoints
3 endpoints — jentic publishes the only available openapi specification for launchnotes api, keeping it validated and agent-ready.
METHOD
PATH
DESCRIPTION
GET
/embed/announcement_list
Fetch published announcements for embedding
GET
/embed/unread
Get unread announcement count for a user
POST
/embed/announcements/track_open
Record an announcement open event
GET
/embed/announcement_list
Fetch published announcements for embedding
GET
/embed/unread
Get unread announcement count for a user
POST
/embed/announcements/track_open
Record an announcement open event
Why Jentic?
What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.
Setup
Wiring the LaunchNotes API by hand means passing its token as a query parameter, targeting the app.launchnotes.io host, and handling the embed endpoints yourself. Through Jentic you install once, import the LaunchNotes API from the API Directory, store the token once, and your agent calls it.
Permission scoping
You choose which LaunchNotes operations the agent may call, so you can limit it to the ones it needs, such as listing announcements and checking the unread count. Allowing those reads lets the agent surface announcements without being able to record open events unless you add that operation.
Credential isolation
Your LaunchNotes token is stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. It never enters the agent's prompt, logs, or context.
Intent-based discovery
Agents search Jentic by intent such as 'fetch LaunchNotes announcements' or 'track an announcement open', and Jentic returns the matching LaunchNotes operation with its input schema so the agent calls the right endpoint without reading the developer site.
Related APIs
Alternatives and complements available in the Jentic catalogue.
FAQs
Specific to using LaunchNotes API through Jentic.
Why is there no official OpenAPI spec for LaunchNotes API?
LaunchNotes does not publish an OpenAPI specification. Jentic generates and maintains this spec so that AI agents and developers can call LaunchNotes API via structured tooling. It is validated against the live API and kept up to date. Get started with Jentic One, the self-hosted execution layer.
What authentication does the LaunchNotes API use?
The LaunchNotes embed API uses an API key passed as a `token` query parameter on each request. Through Jentic, the token is stored encrypted in the credential vault and injected at execution time, so the raw token never enters the agent's context.
Can I track per-user announcement opens with the LaunchNotes API?
Yes. POST to /embed/announcements/track_open with the announcement identifier and a user identifier to record the open. Combine that with /embed/unread to drive an unread badge that decrements as the user reads each entry.
What are the rate limits for the LaunchNotes API?
Rate limits are not declared in the spec. The embed endpoints are designed for in-app polling, so keep refresh intervals to a few minutes or longer and cache the announcement list client-side to avoid unnecessary calls.
How do I fetch the latest announcements through Jentic?
Run `pip install jentic`, then through the Jentic SDK search for 'fetch launchnotes announcements', load the schema for GET /embed/announcement_list, and execute it with your project token. The response is the announcement feed ready to render.
Is the LaunchNotes API free?
The embed API is bundled with LaunchNotes paid plans rather than sold separately. Check launchnotes.com pricing for the plan tier that includes embedded announcement access for your project.
Can I limit what my agent is allowed to do with the LaunchNotes API?
Yes. Because you run Jentic One yourself, your own rules decide which LaunchNotes operations the agent may call, so you can restrict it to just the reads it needs, such as listing announcements from /embed/announcement_list and checking the unread count from /embed/unread. Allowing only those reads lets the agent surface release notes and drive an unread badge without being able to record open events. If you want engagement tracking too, you add the POST /embed/announcements/track_open operation to what the agent is permitted to use. The token that authorises those calls is held by your own instance and injected at execution time, so the agent only ever exercises the operations you approve.
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