Commit Messages

by TheDecipherist

Commit Messages is an Automation skill for Claude Code, published by TheDecipherist in claude-code-mastery.

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Install Commit Messages

Copy Commit Messages into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/TheDecipherist/claude-code-mastery/tree/main/skills/commit-messages ~/.claude/skills/commit-messages

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/TheDecipherist/claude-code-mastery.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: skills/commit-messages/SKILL.md in TheDecipherist/claude-code-mastery
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/commit-messages
Collection: One of 2 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Automation — 1523 skills

What Commit Messages does

Commit Messages generates Conventional Commits from staged git diffs and helps choose the right type, scope, and wording. Use it when writing a commit message or preparing a release.

Commit Messages is cataloged under Automation on DirSkills. Commit Messages comes from a repository tagged ai-agents, anthropic, claude, claude-code and claude-md.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Commit Message Skill

Generate consistent, informative commit messages following the Conventional Commits specification.

When to Use This Skill

User asks to "commit", "write a commit message", or "prepare commit"
User has staged changes and mentions commits
Before any git commit command

Process

Analyze changes: Run git diff --staged to see what's being committed
Identify the type: Determine the primary change category
Find the scope: Identify the main area affected
Write the message: Follow the format below

Commit Message Format

<type>(<scope>): <description>

[optional body]

[optional footer(s)]

Types

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Commit Messages

What else does TheDecipherist publish alongside Commit Messages?
Commit Messages is one of 2 skills that DirSkills catalogs from TheDecipherist/claude-code-mastery, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Security Audit. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Commit Messages does, and is maintained by TheDecipherist in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the TheDecipherist/claude-code-mastery page.
How does Commit Messages compare to other Automation skills?
Commit Messages ranks #1297 by stars among the 1523 Automation skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Autonomous Loops, Autonomous Agent Harness and Automation Audit Ops. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Commit Messages against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.