Co author fix

Skill samhcus/skills/skills/co-author-fix

Skills for any AI agent harness, by Mad House

Install

npx -y skills add samhcus/skills --skill co-author-fix

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Check whether the last git commit in the current repo has the Claude co-author trailer. If missing, amend it. Triggers on "add co-author", "fix co-author", "missing co-author", "add claude to commit", "co-author trailer".

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co-author-fix

Every commit made during a Claude session should have the co-author trailer. This skill checks and repairs the last commit if it is missing.

Tools

scripts/fix.sh

Checks the last commit for the co-author trailer. Amends if missing.

Input: REPO_PATH=<absolute path> (default: current directory)
Output: {had_trailer: bool, amended: bool, commit_hash: string, message_preview: string}

Workflow

Run bash scripts/fix.sh
If had_trailer: true - report "already present", done
If amended: true - report the amended hash
If the commit is already pushed, warn that the amend requires a force-push

Co-author format

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <[email protected]>

Git trailers require a blank line between the message body and the trailer block.