skills/ahgraber/skills/commit-message

commit-message

SKILL.md

Commit Message

Draft a Conventional Commit message from staged changes.

Critical Constraints

  • Use only staged changes (--cached / staged SCM state) as input.
  • Resolve and use the repository root for all SCM calls.
  • If no staged changes exist after one retry, stop and inform the user.
  • Always include an AI-assistant: <AGENT> footer.
  • Output only the final commit message in one markdown code block.

Workflow

  1. Resolve repository root. Prefer workspace root when known; otherwise run git rev-parse --show-toplevel.
  2. Retrieve staged changes. Prefer get_changed_files with repositoryPath: <repo-root> and staged state. If that tool is unavailable, use SCM tooling with explicit repo context. If SCM tooling is unavailable, use git -C <repo-root> diff --cached.
  3. Validate staged content exists. If empty, retry once with explicit repo root; if still empty, inform user and stop.
  4. Analyze the staged diff. Identify changed files, behavior impact, logical scope, and likely commit type.
  5. Incorporate user arguments/context when provided. Preserve explicit issue refs and constraints from user input.
  6. Draft the commit message using references/conventional-commit-rules.md.
  7. Return only the final message in a fenced code block, ready for git commit -F -.

References

  • references/conventional-commit-rules.md - subject/body/footer rules and examples.
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