Branching + push covered by standing orders (ship-by-default). This skill adds the deltas — the goal is a commit whose staged set, branch, and message are all intentional.

Verify the staged set first

Check git diff --cached (staged) against git diff HEAD (full worktree) before composing the message. When they diverge, the pre-existing index is likely residue from an aborted hook, rebase leftover, or another agent's partial stage — treat it as suspect, not yours, until confirmed. Stage whole files (git add <path>); partial-hunk staging orphans fixer output into the index if the commit is aborted later. One gotcha: a path-scoped git commit -- <paths> (git's --only mode) restores the pre-hook index on success and drops any fixer re-staging — follow such commits with git reset -q -- <paths> to clear it.

Wrong-branch check

Changes don't match branch name (auth changes on feature/geo-optimization) → likely wrong branch, confirm w/ user before committing.

Commit Format

!cat ~/.claude/skills/conventional-commits.md

Imperative mood ("add OAuth flow" not "added OAuth flow"). Capture intent, not implementation. Can't write a focused message → commit spans unrelated changes, split it. Wrap body at ~80 chars (commitlint max 100).