diff --git a/.snippets/16.md b/.snippets/16.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..895d70d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.snippets/16.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+## Add comment with meta data below every changelog entry
+<!--
+type: feature
+scope: all
+affected: all
+-->
+
+- add comment with meta data below every changelog entry for later parsing, closes #16
+- update `README` badge to show support for Python 3.9 - 3.11 instead of generic Python 3
diff --git a/snippets2changelog/creator.py b/snippets2changelog/creator.py
index 05d38b1..59cc3c1 100644
--- a/snippets2changelog/creator.py
+++ b/snippets2changelog/creator.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@ def update_changelog(self) -> None:
             changelog_entry_content = {
                 "version": self.semver_data,
                 "timestamp": commit.committed_datetime.isoformat(),
+                "meta": {
+                    "type": snippet_content["type"],
+                    "scope": snippet_content["scope"],
+                    "affected": snippet_content["affected"],
+                },
                 "content": snippet_content["details"],
                 "version_reference": f"https://github.com/brainelectronics/snippets2changelog/tree/{self.semver_data}",
             }
diff --git a/snippets2changelog/templates/changelog_part.md.template b/snippets2changelog/templates/changelog_part.md.template
index 2ed8fdc..5d1d165 100644
--- a/snippets2changelog/templates/changelog_part.md.template
+++ b/snippets2changelog/templates/changelog_part.md.template
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 ## [{{ version }}] - {{ timestamp }}
+{%- if meta %}
+<!-- meta = {{ meta }} -->
+{%- endif %}
 {{- content }}
 [{{ version }}]: {{ version_reference }}