Commit Like a Pro: Teach Your Agent Repo-Style Git Messages

Where this fits

You're deep in a coding session, your agent has just made a series of changes, and you need a clean, well-written commit that matches your project's conventions. Manually inspecting diffs and crafting messages breaks flow. The commit skill from keen-code automates this: it surveys your working tree, decides what to stage (with your approval for untracked files), and drafts a message that mirrors your recent git history.

Why agents benefit

• Context-aware drafting: The skill reads git log -n 5 --oneline to learn your commit style (conventional commits, scope prefixes, plain sentences) and generates a matching message.
• Safe staging: It avoids git add -A and . — instead, it explicitly names tracked files and asks before including untracked ones, preventing secret leaks.
• Why-first messaging: It leads with the rationale behind the change, not just the diff summary, making history more readable.
• Parallel inspection: Runs git status, staged/unstaged diffs, and log concurrently, so the agent gets a full picture quickly.
• User intent integration: If you provide a hint (via $ARGUMENTS), the skill weaves it into the message naturally without quoting verbatim.

Practical scenarios

Cleaning up a feature branch before PR

Your agent has implemented a new endpoint. You ask it to commit. The skill sees staged and unstaged changes, stages only the relevant tracked files, lists new test files for your approval, and drafts a message like feat(api): add endpoint for user preferences — matching your repo's conventional commit style.

Fixing a typo in a hotfix

You've made a one-line correction. The skill detects a small change, drafts a concise subject line under 72 characters (fix: correct typo in auth error message), and commits immediately without asking for confirmation on tracked files.

Handling a messy working tree

After a long debugging session, you have multiple modified files, some untracked logs, and a stray .env. The skill lists the untracked files, asks which to include, and explicitly stages only the ones you approve — preventing accidental secret commits.

Add it to your agent workflow

Install the skill with:

npx skills add mochow13/keen-code --skill commit

Then, in your agent prompt, simply say:

Commit the changes to the authentication module. Include the new test file.

The agent will run the necessary git commands, ask about untracked files (if any), and produce a commit that fits your repo's style. For more details, check the skill page on OpenAgentSkill.

Compare before adopting

Before you commit to this skill, evaluate:

• Quality signals: Does the agent's commit message generation actually match your style? Test on a few repos with different conventions.
• Maintenance freshness: The repo is small but active; check if the skill has been updated for recent git changes.
• Alternatives: Other git skills exist, but few focus on message style matching. Compare against generic git commit wrappers.
• Workflow fit: If you prefer fully autonomous commits, this skill's ask-first approach for untracked files may be a speed bump — but it's safer.

Why it is worth tracking

With 60 stars and a focused design, this skill earns attention because it addresses a common agent pain point: producing clean, human-quality commits without risking accidental file inclusion. Its explicit safety rules and style awareness set it apart from naive git add . approaches. Track it if you want your agents to be more autonomous in version control workflows, and re-evaluate as the skill gains community feedback and improvements.