write-commit-message
Skill73 starsChanged 5 days agoApache-2.0View on GitHub
Draft commit titles and optional commit bodies using the workspace commit naming convention. Use when the user asks for a commit message, commit text, commit title, or wants commit wording in the format `chore|bugfix|feature - <issue_id(s)> <short description>`.
5 other projects use a version of this.
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- thiago-shopper/claude-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 29, 2026
- Techbrolakes/nestjs-templatetheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- facebookincubator/axiomtheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
- facebookincubator/veloxtheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
- MaheshAwasare/claude-skills-protheir own version, first seen May 4, 2026
Other versions5 projects use a version of this.
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Wrote their own version · 5
- facebookincubator/velox★ 4.3ksame name
- facebookincubator/axiom★ 88same name
- MaheshAwasare/claude-skills-pro★ 1same name
- Techbrolakes/nestjs-template★ 0same name
- thiago-shopper/claude-skills★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
11 rules. 0 are common, 9 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 5 edited versions we read keep these.
9
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 16
Write the title in exactly this format:
- Distinctive: line 22
Keep the short description concrete:
- Very specific: line 25
no vague filler like updates or misc fixes
- Distinctive: line 26
If the user also wants a commit body, write:
- Distinctive: line 33
Use numeric ids joined by commas when there are multiple issues:
- Very specific: line 39
Do not prepend # unless the user explicitly asks for that style.
- Distinctive: line 40
If no issue id is discoverable, say so instead of inventing one.
- Distinctive: line 44
If the user asks for a commit message or commit text, return the commit title by itself unless they also asked for a body.
- Distinctive: line 45
If the user asks for both, return the title first and then the body.
- Distinctive: line 46
Do not wrap the final title in commentary.
- Distinctive: line 47
If the requested type conflicts with the actual diff, follow the diff and say so.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 5 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Write Commit Message
Workflow
- Identify the repository and inspect the actual change set before drafting anything.
- Infer the change type from the diff:
bugfixfor correctness fixes and regressionsfeaturefor new behavior or newly implemented surface areachorefor maintenance, docs-only changes, refactors without new behavior, or repository housekeeping
- Infer issue ids from the branch name first, then from explicit issue references in the current task context if needed.
- Write the title in exactly this format:
<type> - <short description> (<#issue_id(s)>)- Keep the short description concrete:
- specific to the actual diff
- no trailing punctuation
- no vague filler like
updatesormisc fixes
- If the user also wants a commit body, write:
- one short sentence on what changed
- one short sentence on why
- optional flat bullets only if there are multiple distinct changes worth calling out
Issue Id Rules
- Use numeric ids joined by commas when there are multiple issues:
bugfix - preserve method result types for locals bound from calls (#252, #255) - Do not prepend
#unless the user explicitly asks for that style. - If no issue id is discoverable, say so instead of inventing one.
Output Rules
- If the user asks for a commit message or commit text, return the commit title by itself unless they also asked for a body.
- If the user asks for both, return the title first and then the body.
- Do not wrap the final title in commentary.
- If the requested type conflicts with the actual diff, follow the diff and say so.
Examples
bugfix - preserve something important for locals bound from calls (#42)feature - add Session builder and DataFusion backend seam (#5)chore - tighten RFC 008 optimizer boundary wording (#18)Does it work?
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