diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20240908-004631.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20240908-004631.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a061d232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/fixed-20240908-004631.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+kind: fixed
+body: Validate kinds match config in fragment when batching release notes
+time: 2024-09-08T00:46:31.38990871-07:00
+custom:
+    Issue: "688"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index ef0be729..8f70d57b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ jobs:
     - name: Test
       run: go test -coverprofile=c.out ./...
 
+    - name: Validate Changie fragments
+      run: go run main.go batch major --dry-run
+
     - name: Coverage
       uses: codacy/codacy-coverage-reporter-action@v1
       with:
diff --git a/core/utils.go b/core/utils.go
index b20eecc6..3b42641a 100644
--- a/core/utils.go
+++ b/core/utils.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ var (
 	ErrBadVersionOrPart      = errors.New("part string is not a supported version or version increment")
 	ErrMissingAutoLevel      = errors.New("kind config missing auto level value for auto bumping")
 	ErrNoChangesFoundForAuto = errors.New("no unreleased changes found for automatic bumping")
+	ErrKindNotFound          = errors.New("kind not found but configuration expects one")
 )
 
 var (
@@ -310,6 +311,8 @@ func GetChanges(
 		kc := cfg.KindFromKeyOrLabel(c.KindKey)
 		if kc != nil {
 			c.KindLabel = kc.Label
+		} else if len(cfg.Kinds) > 0 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%w: '%s'", ErrKindNotFound, c.KindKey)
 		}
 
 		changes = append(changes, c)
diff --git a/core/utils_test.go b/core/utils_test.go
index 6d38c402..34e8a181 100644
--- a/core/utils_test.go
+++ b/core/utils_test.go
@@ -631,6 +631,27 @@ func TestGetAllChanges(t *testing.T) {
 	then.Equals(t, "third", changes[2].Body)
 }
 
+func TestGetAllChangesErrorIfNoKindWhenConfigured(t *testing.T) {
+	then.WithTempDir(t)
+
+	cfg := utilsTestConfig()
+	orderedTimes := []time.Time{
+		time.Date(2019, 5, 25, 20, 45, 0, 0, time.UTC),
+	}
+
+	changes := []Change{
+		{Kind: "added not found", Body: "ignored", Time: orderedTimes[0]},
+	}
+	for i, c := range changes {
+		then.WriteFileTo(t, c, cfg.ChangesDir, cfg.UnreleasedDir, fmt.Sprintf("%d.yaml", i))
+	}
+
+	then.CreateFile(t, cfg.ChangesDir, cfg.UnreleasedDir, "ignored.txt")
+
+	_, err := GetChanges(cfg, nil, "")
+	then.Err(t, ErrKindNotFound, err)
+}
+
 func TestGetAllChangesWithProject(t *testing.T) {
 	then.WithTempDir(t)
 
diff --git a/docs/integrations/ci.md b/docs/integrations/ci.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ec1ffc79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/integrations/ci.md
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+When creating changie fragments as part of your team workflow, you may have
+suggestions or comments about the kind, body or custom fields that are
+changed outside of the changie tool.
+As changie fragments are plain yaml files there is nothing wrong with editing
+these after creating the fragment.
+However, it is possible to create invalid fragments when doing so,
+one such example is if you typo a kind or invalid custom prompt answer.
+
+One way to prevent this issue from causing later problems is to run
+changie as part of your CI tests.
+
+This currently does not validate custom prompts meet validation rules such as min length.
+This is likely to be extended in the future.
+
+Below is an example if you are using the github action.
+
+```yaml
+- name: Validate changie fragment is valid
+  uses: miniscruff/changie-action@VERSION # view action repo for latest version
+  with:
+    version: latest # use the latest changie version
+    # dry run may not be required as you likely aren't
+    # committing the changes anyway, but it will print
+    # to stdout this way
+    args: batch major --dry-run 
+```
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 3aa072ac..0f399a08 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ nav:
       - Goreleaser: integrations/goreleaser.md
       - Release Trigger: integrations/release_trigger.md
       - yq: integrations/yq.md
+      - Continuous Integration: integrations/ci.md
   - Config:
       - config/index.md
   - CLI: