diff --git a/.changeset/changelog-generator.ts b/.changeset/changelog-generator.ts
index a9380ced65..8ea187abc6 100644
--- a/.changeset/changelog-generator.ts
+++ b/.changeset/changelog-generator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,57 @@
+import process from 'node:process';
 import type { ChangelogFunctions } from '@changesets/types';
 import { getCommitInfo, getPullRequestInfo } from '@changesets/get-github-info';
 
+const GITHUB_SERVER_URL = process.env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL || 'https://github.com';
+const GITHUB_API_URL = process.env.GITHUB_API_URL || 'https://api.github.com';
+
+/**
+ * GitHub logins of core maintainers. Their changelog entries, and those of
+ * bots (renovate, dependabot, ...), are written without the trailing
+ * `by @user` author attribution.
+ */
+const SKIP_AUTHOR_LOGINS = new Set(
+	['barsnes', 'mimarz', 'eirikbacker', 'mrosvik', 'unekinn', 'febakke']
+);
+
+const isBot = (login: string) => login.endsWith('[bot]');
+
+const isSkippedAuthor = (login: string) =>
+	isBot(login) || SKIP_AUTHOR_LOGINS.has(login.toLowerCase());
+
+const firstContributionCache = new Map<string, Promise<boolean>>();
+
+/**
+ * Checks if this is the author's first merged PR in the repo, by counting
+ * their merged PRs via the GitHub search API. At changelog-generation time the
+ * released PR is already merged, so a count of 1 means it was their first.
+ * Fails open to `false` so a missing token or API hiccup never breaks a release.
+ */
+const isFirstContribution = (repo: string, login: string): Promise<boolean> => {
+	let result = firstContributionCache.get(login);
+	if (!result) {
+		result = (async () => {
+			if (isBot(login)) return false;
+
+			const query = encodeURIComponent(`repo:${repo} type:pr is:merged author:${login}`);
+			const response = await fetch(`${GITHUB_API_URL}/search/issues?q=${query}&per_page=1`, {
+				headers: {
+					Accept: 'application/vnd.github+json',
+					...(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+						? { Authorization: `Token ${process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN}` }
+						: {})
+				}
+			});
+			if (!response.ok) return false;
+
+			const data = (await response.json()) as { total_count?: number };
+			return (data.total_count ?? 0) <= 1;
+		})().catch(() => false);
+		firstContributionCache.set(login, result);
+	}
+	return result;
+};
+
 const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
 	getDependencyReleaseLine: async (changesets, dependenciesUpdated, options) => {
 		if (dependenciesUpdated.length === 0) return '';
@@ -31,6 +82,7 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
 		const repo = options!.repo;
 		let prFromSummary: number | undefined;
 		let commitFromSummary: string | undefined;
+		const usersFromSummary: string[] = [];
 
 		const replacedChangelog = changeset.summary
 			.replace(/^\s*(?:pr|pull|pull\s+request):\s*#?(\d+)/im, (_, pr) => {
@@ -42,7 +94,10 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
 				commitFromSummary = commit;
 				return '';
 			})
-			.replace(/^\s*(?:author|user):\s*@?([^\s]+)/gim, '')
+			.replace(/^\s*(?:author|user):\s*@?([^\s]+)/gim, (_, user) => {
+				usersFromSummary.push(user);
+				return '';
+			})
 			.trim();
 
 		// add links to issue hints (fix #123) => (fix [#123](https://....))
@@ -67,7 +122,7 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
 						7
 					)}\`](https://github.com/${repo}/commit/${commitFromSummary})`;
 				}
-				return { pull: info?.pull.markdownLink, commit };
+				return { pull: info?.pull.markdownLink, commit, author: info?.author };
 			}
 			const commitToFetchFrom = commitFromSummary || changeset.commit;
 			if (commitToFetchFrom) {
@@ -75,18 +130,47 @@ const changelogFunctions: ChangelogFunctions = {
 					repo,
 					commit: commitToFetchFrom
 				});
-				return { pull: info?.pull?.markdownLink, commit: info?.commit.markdownLink };
+				return {
+					pull: info?.pull?.markdownLink,
+					commit: info?.commit.markdownLink,
+					author: info?.author
+				};
 			}
 			return {
 				commit: undefined,
-				pull: undefined
+				pull: undefined,
+				author: undefined
 			};
 		})();
 
+		// `author:`/`user:` hints in the changeset summary win over the PR/commit author
+		const authors = usersFromSummary.length
+			? usersFromSummary.map((login) => ({
+					login,
+					markdownLink: `[@${login}](${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${login})`
+				}))
+			: links.author
+				? [links.author]
+				: [];
+
 		// only link PR or merge commit not both
 		const suffix = links.pull ? ` (${links.pull})` : links.commit ? ` (${links.commit})` : '';
+		const creditedAuthors = authors.filter((author) => !isSkippedAuthor(author.login));
+		const authorSuffix = creditedAuthors.length
+			? ` by ${creditedAuthors.map((author) => author.markdownLink).join(', ')}`
+			: '';
+
+		const thanksLines = (
+			await Promise.all(
+				authors.map(async (author) =>
+					(await isFirstContribution(repo, author.login))
+						? `\n- 🎉 Thanks ${author.markdownLink} for their first contribution! 🎉`
+						: ''
+				)
+			)
+		).join('');
 
-		return `\n- ${firstLine}${suffix}\n${futureLines.map((l) => `  ${l}`).join('\n')}`;
+		return `${thanksLines}\n- ${firstLine}${suffix}${authorSuffix}\n${futureLines.map((l) => `  ${l}`).join('\n')}`;
 	}
 };
 
diff --git a/.changeset/tsconfig.json b/.changeset/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..796599073f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "types": ["node"]
+  },
+  "include": ["*.ts"]
+}