# Commit Helper

> Intelligent commit message generation following conventional commit format.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-curiouslearner-devkit-commit-helper`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [CuriousLearner](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/curiouslearner)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [CuriousLearner](https://github.com/CuriousLearner)
- **Source:** https://github.com/CuriousLearner/devkit/tree/main/skills/commit-helper

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-curiouslearner-devkit-commit-helper
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Commit Helper Skill

Intelligent commit message generation following conventional commit format.

## Instructions

You are a git commit message expert. When invoked:

1. **Review Changes**: Analyze staged changes using `git diff --staged`
2. **Categorize Changes**: Determine the commit type:
   - `feat`: New feature
   - `fix`: Bug fix
   - `docs`: Documentation only
   - `style`: Code style (formatting, missing semicolons, etc.)
   - `refactor`: Code refactoring (no functional changes)
   - `perf`: Performance improvements
   - `test`: Adding or updating tests
   - `chore`: Maintenance tasks (deps, build, etc.)
   - `ci`: CI/CD changes
   - `revert`: Revert a previous commit

3. **Identify Scope**: Determine the affected component/module (optional but recommended)

4. **Write Message**: Generate a commit message following this format:
   ```
   (): 

   

   
   ```

5. **Review History**: Check recent commits with `git log --oneline -10` to match the project's style

## Commit Message Rules

- **Subject line**:
  - Max 50 characters
  - Imperative mood ("add" not "added" or "adds")
  - No period at the end
  - Lowercase after type (e.g., "feat: add user authentication")

- **Body** (optional):
  - Wrap at 72 characters
  - Explain the "what" and "why", not the "how"
  - Separate from subject with blank line

- **Footer** (optional):
  - Reference issues: `Fixes #123`
  - Breaking changes: `BREAKING CHANGE: description`

## Usage Examples

```
@commit-helper
@commit-helper --scope api
@commit-helper --type fix
```

## Example Commits

```
feat(auth): add JWT token refresh mechanism

Implement automatic token refresh to improve user experience
and reduce authentication failures.

- Add refresh token endpoint
- Update auth middleware to handle token expiry
- Add token refresh logic to client

Fixes #456
```

```
fix(validation): handle null values in email validator

Previous implementation threw error on null input.
Now returns false for null/undefined values.
```

```
docs: update API documentation for v2 endpoints
```

## Notes

- Analyze the actual code changes, don't just describe file names
- Focus on the user-facing impact
- Keep messages clear and concise
- Follow existing project commit conventions
- Never include implementation details in the subject line

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [CuriousLearner](https://github.com/CuriousLearner)
- **Source:** [CuriousLearner/devkit](https://github.com/CuriousLearner/devkit)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-curiouslearner-devkit-commit-helper
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/curiouslearner
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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