Formatting commits

Skill lijinnair/claude-code-skillforge/examples/formatting-commits

Generates a well-structured, conventional Git commit message from the user's staged changes or a description of what they did. Use when the user says "write a commit message", "format my commit", or "help me commit this". Outputs a ready-to-paste commit message following the Conventional Commits specification.From its SKILL.md

Install

npx -y skills add lijinnair/claude-code-skillforge --skill formatting-commits

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1 stars1 stars. Stars are a popularity signal and not a quality one, but at this level it is likely that nobody has read this closely except its author, and you would be relying on your own review.
runs commandsInstructs the agent to run 1 command, including `git diff --staged`.

SKILL.md

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Git Commit Formatting SOP

Execution Steps

Step 1: Gather Staged Changes

If the user has not provided a description, run:

!`git diff --staged`

to capture the actual code changes as context.

Step 2: Classify the Change Type

Determine the correct Conventional Commits type based on the diff or description:

feat — A new feature
fix — A bug fix
docs — Documentation only changes
style — Formatting, missing semi-colons, etc.
refactor — Code change that is neither a fix nor a feature
chore — Build process, dependency updates
test — Adding or fixing tests

Step 3: Extract Scope

Identify the affected module, component, or file area (e.g., auth, api, ui). Use (scope) in the commit header.

Step 4: Write the Commit Message

Compose the full commit message following this structure:

<type>(<scope>): <short imperative summary under 72 chars>

<optional body: what changed and why, not how>

<optional footer: BREAKING CHANGE: ... or Closes #issue>

Examples:

Input: Added user authentication with JWT tokens Output:

feat(auth): implement JWT-based authentication

Add login endpoint and token validation middleware

Input: Fixed bug where dates displayed incorrectly in reports Output:

fix(reports): correct date formatting in timezone conversion

Use UTC timestamps consistently across report generation

Input: Updated dependencies and refactored error handling Output:

chore: update dependencies and refactor error handling

- Upgrade lodash to 4.17.21
- Standardize error response format across endpoints

Step 5: Deliver

Output the final commit message in a single code block, ready to copy-paste into the terminal.

What ships with it

Read from the repository

Just SKILL.md. No reference files, no scripts.