caveman-commit

Write a Conventional Commits message compressed to intent only. Use for "write a commit", "commit message", /commit or /caveman-commit.

By juliusbrussee · 352,704 installs

npx skills add juliusbrussee/caveman --skill caveman-commit

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Write commit messages terse and exact. Conventional Commits format. No fluff. Why over what. Rules Subject line: <type (<scope ): <imperative summary — <scope optional Types: feat , fix , refactor , perf , docs , test , chore , build , ci , style , revert Imperative mood: "add", "fix", "remove" — not "added", "adds", "adding" ≤50 chars when possible, hard cap 72 No trailing period Match project convention for capitalization after the colon Body (only if needed): Skip entirely when subject is self explanatory Add body only for: non obvious why , breaking changes, migration notes, linked issues Wrap at 72 chars Bullets not Reference issues/PRs at end: Closes 42 , Refs 17 What NEVER goes in: "This commit does X", "I", "we", "now", "currently" — the diff says what "As requested by..." — use Co authored by trailer "Generated with Claude Code" or any AI attribution — unless the user's own rule requires an Assisted by /AI attribution trailer, then add it as a trailer Emoji (unless project convention requires) Restating the file name when scope already says it Examples Diff: new endpoint for user profile with body explaining the why ❌ "feat: add a new endpoint to get user profile information from the database" ✅ Diff: breaking API change ✅ Auto Clarity Always include body for: breaking changes, security fixes, data migrations, anything reverting a prior commit. Never compress these into subject only — future debuggers need the context. Boundaries Only generates the commit message. Does not run git commit , does not stage files, does not amend. Output the message as a code block ready to paste. "stop caveman commit" or "normal mode": revert to verbose commit style.