commit
Creates git commits with conventional commit messages. Use when the user says "commit", "commit changes", "create a commit", "save my changes", or asks to commit code.
Installation
Follow the repository instructions for this skill and your agent. Review the files and dependencies before adding it to your workflow.
View source ↗GuidesSkill instructions
Git Commit
Analyze changes and create well-formatted commits using conventional commit format.
Instructions
- Run
git statusto see staged, unstaged, and untracked files - Run
git diff --staged(orgit diffif nothing staged) to view changes - Run
git log --oneline -5to match existing commit style - Run /update-readme skill to ensure documentation is in sync with changes
- Stage changes with
git addif needed (ask user if unclear what to stage) - Create commit with conventional format (see below)
- Run
git statusto verify success
Conventional commit format
<type>[scope]: <description>
[optional body]
Types: feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, test, chore, build, ci, perf
Example:
feat(auth): add password reset flow
Implements forgot password email and reset token validation.
Closes #42
Rules
- MUST use imperative mood ("add" not "added")
- MUST keep first line under 72 characters
- MUST use heredoc for multi-line messages
- Never add "Generated with Claude Code" or attribution
- Never add Co-Authored-By headers
- Never add attribution to PR descriptions either
- Never use
git commit --amendunless explicitly requested - Never use
git reset --hard- it destroys local changes - Never use
git pushunless explicitly requested - Never push directly to main/master; always use a feature branch and PR
- Never create a PR without explicit user approval
- After committing, ASK the user before pushing or creating a PR
- Never stage files containing secrets (.env, credentials, API keys)
- Never stage or commit CLAUDE.md files
Heredoc format
git commit -m "$(cat <<'EOF'
type(scope): description
Body text here.
EOF
)"
Examples
Read the usage examples in the source repository.
View source ↗Source history
- Indexed on
- 2026-01-20
- Index updated
- 2026-01-26
- Branch
- main
Index and sync dates describe this directory. View the source repository for code history.
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