# commit

Turns the changes from your current task into one or more tidy commits and keeps unrelated work out. Handy when the working tree has piled up several unrelated edits.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 404 installs · ★ 40
- Author: LegendApp
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/LegendApp/legend-skills/tree/HEAD/commit/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/legendapp-commit

## What it does

The skill reads the working tree and groups in-scope changes by one coherent concept: feature, fix, refactor, test, docs, config, dependency or subsystem. By default it commits only what the current agent produced in the current task. Ownership comes from the known starting state, the conversation and tool history, not from the current diff or a file path. The whole tree goes in only when you explicitly ask for all, everything or the whole tree.

Two modes. Direct mode analyzes the requested scope and creates the commits right away. Plan mode presents a list of proposed commits with a rationale and file list, then waits for your `go` before staging anything. When a single file mixes unrelated edits, the skill splits it by hunk with `git add -p`. Temporary artifacts stay out unless you ask for them: investigation-only diagnostics, logs, traces, profiler output, screenshots, repro fixtures. Permanent regression tests are kept.

Messages default to Conventional Commit style: `type: subject`, no scope parentheses, imperative, no trailing period. The skill wants the concrete behavior and target named with terminology from the diff — a function, API, type or user-facing effect — and rejects subjects like `update handling`. When a commit fixes a verified GitHub issue, ` #<number>` is appended to the subject. Repository guidance and your explicit instructions override these defaults. The skill stops before staging if ownership is unclear or mixed hunks cannot be isolated safely.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LegendApp/legend-skills --skill commit -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LegendApp/legend-skills --skill commit -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install LegendApp/legend-skills commit
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/LegendApp/legend-skills --path commit
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add LegendApp/legend-skills --skill commit -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/LegendApp/legend-skills/tree/HEAD/commit/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- split a pile of accumulated edits into separate commits
- commit only the current task's changes without touching someone else's
- split one file with mixed edits by hunk
- keep temporary logs and diagnostics out of the commit
- write a subject that names the concrete behavior from the diff

## Example prompts
- commit the changes from this task
- show me a commit plan first, I want to review before staging
- commit only `src/auth.ts`, leave the rest alone

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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# Commit

Use this skill to turn the requested changes into one or more clean commits without absorbing unrelated work.

## Scope

- **Default:** commit only changes made by the current agent in the current task. Determine ownership from the known starting state, conversation, and tool history; do not infer it merely from the current diff or file path.
- **All changes:** inspect and commit the whole working tree only when the user explicitly asks to commit all, everything, or the whole tree.
- **Explicit subset:** honor any files, hunks, commits, or exclusions named by the user.
- **Temporary artifacts:** exclude investigation-only diagnostics, logs, traces, profiler output, experimental toggles, screenshots, and repro fixtures unless explicitly requested. Keep permanent regression tests; ask if unclear.
- If change ownership or the requested boundary cannot be determined reliably, stop before staging and ask. Never include pre-existing, concurrent, or user-authored changes by guesswork.

## Approval Modes

- **Direct mode**: If the user asks to commit, analyze the requested scope and create the needed commit or commits without asking for a separate "go".
- **Plan mode**: If the user asks for a plan, asks to review commits first, says to wait, says to prompt or ask before committing, or otherwise requests approval first, present a commit plan and wait for explicit approval such as `go` before staging or committing. After approval, create all agreed commits without asking again unless the working tree changes unexpectedly.
- **Clarification stop**: In any mode, stop before committing if ownership is unclear, mixed hunks cannot be staged safely, repository guidance conflicts with the user's request, or the intended grouping is ambiguous enough that committing would risk losing user intent.
- **Approval response**: If a previous turn presented a commit plan and the user now says `go`, treat that as approval for that plan. Re-check the working tree before staging.

## Inspect

1. Read repository guidance first: `AGENTS.md`, contribution docs, or visible commit conventions.
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