# commit-context

This skill links a file, function, or line to the commit and agent session behind it. Use it when a code change needs its history and context.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 13700 installs · ★ 29896
- Author: rohitg00
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/commit-context

## What it does

The skill starts with Git. It uses `git blame` for a line or range, `git log -L` for a function, and `git log -n 1 -- <file>` for a file path. It then sends the full SHA to `memory_commit_lookup` and reports the commit, branch, author, message, and linked session.

The result can include the project, session start and end times, observation count, summary, and observations with importance of 7 or higher through `memory_recall`. When the lookup returns `commit: null`, the skill reports that the commit predates session linking and does not infer intent. Without `memory_commit_lookup`, commit-to-session tracing will not work.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill commit-context -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/commit-context/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill commit-context -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill commit-context -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install rohitg00/agentmemory commit-context
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill commit-context -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory --path plugin/skills/commit-context
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add rohitg00/agentmemory --skill commit-context -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- trace a line back to its changing commit
- find the session linked to a function
- explain why code appeared in a file
- show a commit’s author, branch, and message
- separate recorded context from guesses based on a diff

## Example prompts
- Use `/commit-context` to show the commit context for `src/auth/refresh.ts`.
- Use `/commit-context` to explain why the `rotateRefreshTokens` function is here.
- Use `/commit-context` to find the agent session linked to line 40 in `src/auth/refresh.ts`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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````text
---
name: commit-context
description: Trace a file, function, or line back to the agent session that produced its current commit. Use when the user asks "why is this code here", "what was the agent doing when this changed", "who wrote this", or wants context on a specific location in the codebase.
argument-hint: "[file, function, or line]"
user-invocable: true
---

The user wants commit context for: $ARGUMENTS

## Quick start

```bash
git blame -L 40,52 src/auth/refresh.ts   # -> SHA 9a1b2c3d
```

```json
memory_commit_lookup { "sha": "9a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7e8f901234567" }
```

Expected output:

```text
9a1b2c3 on main by dev: "rotate refresh tokens"
Linked session 7f3a9c2 "Auth refresh rework", 14 obs.
```

## Why

Report only what git and the lookup return. When the lookup gives `commit: null`,
the commit predates session linking; do not invent intent.

## Workflow

1. Find the SHA: `git blame -L <start>,<end> <file>` for a line range;
   `git log -L :<function>:<file>` for a function; `git log -n 1 -- <file>` for a
   bare path.
2. Look it up: `memory_commit_lookup { "sha": "<full-sha>" }`.
3. Present the commit (sha, short sha, branch, author, message), the linked
   session(s) (id, project, started/ended, observation count, summary), and the
   importance >= 7 observations via `memory_recall` when available.

## Anti-patterns

WRONG: lookup returns `{ "commit": null }`, you narrate "the agent was
refactoring auth" from the diff alone.

RIGHT: "This commit predates session linking, so there is no recorded agent
session. From `git show`: it changed token rotation in refresh.ts."

## Checklist

- SHA came from git blame/log, not a guess.
- `commit: null` reported as "predates linking", no fabricated session.
- Session details quote the lookup response verbatim.
- No intent claimed beyond what observations state.

## See also

- `commit-history`: list many agent-linked commits at once.
- `recall`: dig deeper into the linked session's observations.

## Troubleshooting

See [TROUBLESHOOTING.md](TROUBLESHOOTING.md) if `memory_commit_lookup` is not available.
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© rohitg00 · Apache-2.0 · https://github.com/rohitg00/agentmemory/tree/HEAD/plugin/skills/commit-context/SKILL.md

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