Create Commit

Guides agents through safe, well-formed git commits. Stages files automatically (skipping secrets and artifacts), generates a conventional-commit message from the diff, and confirms before committing.

Instructions

Side effects: stages files (git add), creates a git commit object. Does not push or open a PR.

1. Survey changes

git status
git diff

If git status shows no changes (clean working tree), stop and tell the user: "Nothing to commit — the working tree is clean."

Identify:

• Modified, added, and deleted tracked files
• Untracked files that are clearly part of the work (source files, config, docs in the project tree)
• Files to exclude: binaries, build artifacts, generated files (e.g. dist/, *.pyc, node_modules/, *.min.js), lock files unless they changed intentionally

If the untracked file set is ambiguous (many files, files that look auto-generated, or files outside the project's normal structure), list them and ask the user which to include before proceeding.

2. Detect secrets

Before staging anything, scan all modified, added, and untracked files identified in step 1 for secret patterns. Read references/secret-patterns.md for the full pattern list.

If any match is found:

• Stop — do not stage the affected file
• Report the file path and the type of pattern matched
• Suggest remediation (remove the value, use an environment variable, add the file to .gitignore)
• Continue with the remaining safe files; do not abort the entire commit unless every file contains secrets

3. Stage automatically

Stage all safe files (those that passed step 2 and are not excluded artifacts) using individual git add <file> calls — never git add . or git add -A.

Report a brief summary:

• Staged: list of files
• Skipped: list of files with reason (secret detected / artifact / binary)

If nothing is staged after exclusions, stop and tell the user what was skipped and why.

4. Generate commit message

Read the staged diff:

git diff --cached

Derive the message following Conventional Commits:

<type>[optional scope]: <subject>

[optional body]

Type — pick the best fit:

• feat: new feature or capability
• fix: bug fix
• docs: documentation only
• refactor: restructuring without behaviour change
• test: adding or updating tests
• chore: maintenance, tooling, dependencies

Scope — optional; use the skill name, component, or directory most affected (e.g. feat(plan):, fix(skills):).

Subject — lowercase imperative mood, no trailing period, ≤72 characters.

Body — include when the change is non-obvious: explain why, not what. Wrap at 72 characters.

5. Commit

Display the proposed commit message to the user, then commit.

Examples

Invocation:

/commit

Feature addition:

User has edited .agents/skills/plan/SKILL.md to add update mode.

feat(plan): add update mode for existing issues

Allows /plan to be invoked with an issue number or URL to edit an
existing issue in place rather than always creating a new one.

Bug fix:

User fixed a typo and a broken link in AGENTS.md.

fix: correct typo and broken link in AGENTS.md

Secret detected — partial commit:

User runs /commit; one file contains a hardcoded database password.

Staged: src/api/client.py, README.md
Skipped:
  - config/local.env  [BLOCKED: explicit secret assignment on line 4]
    Fix: remove DB_PASSWORD value; reference $DB_PASSWORD instead,
    or add config/local.env to .gitignore

Commit message:
  feat(api): add client module