Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Odc Commit

skills CLI
$ npx skills add DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture --skill odc-commit -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture odc-commit --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/odc-commit .claude/skills/odc-commit && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
odc-commit
GitHub stars
119
Token cost
~427 tokens
SKILL.md length
198 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
16
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it.

  • Sub-agent commits on its own
  • SKILL.md covers Sign the commit with your… and Subject
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve Commit messages

What it does

Odc Commit is an agent skill from DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture. Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it. Use whenever committing, and when a skill or sub-agent commits on its own. Filing the branch as a PR is odc-open-pr's job.

Its SKILL.md is about 430 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Commit messages and Subagents. The repository describes itself as: An electronic data capture platform for administering remote and in-person clinical instruments. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Sub-agent commits on its own
  • Tasks that involve Commit messages
  • Tasks that involve Subagents

Example prompts

  • “/odc-commit”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 432dec8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Odc Commit loads about 427 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 198 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~65
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~427

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture at commit 432dec8, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© DouglasNeuroInformatics). 198 words, ~427 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/odc-commit/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
odc-commit
description
Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it. Use whenever committing, and when a skill or sub-agent commits on its own. Filing the branch as a PR is odc-open-pr's job.

Sign the commit with your model name

Every commit an agent writes ends with:

Co-Authored-By: <your own model name>

Name yourself. Not the harness you run in, not the model that wrote an earlier commit, not a guess — the model producing the commit. No email: this trailer is read by a person, not by GitHub.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 (1M context)
Co-Authored-By: GPT-5.1 Codex
Co-Authored-By: Gemini 3 Pro

Spell it identically every time. .agents/skills/odc-open-pr/SKILL.md collects these across a branch by exact string, so one model under two spellings reads as two models.

A commit the user wrote alone carries no trailer. Two models on one commit carry one line each.

Because the trailer has no email, GitHub will not render it as a co-author — that is the point. The lines exist so the user can see which models touched a branch while reviewing it.

Subject

type(scope): subject, one of the 11 @commitlint/config-conventional types. scope is optional and, when present, must be a workspace name without the @opendatacapture/ prefix — commitlint.config.ts builds that enum from pnpm-workspace.yaml, so a non-workspace scope such as skills or ci fails the commit-msg hook. Leave it off rather than inventing one.

One commit is one CHANGELOG.md entry for feat, fix, perf and breaking changes. Write the subject for the person reading the changelog.

© DouglasNeuroInformatics, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/odc-commit of DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 432dec8

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GitHub Review Iterationprisma/orm48k—~2.2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0
React Router Release Notes Prepremix-run/react-router57k—~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassMIT

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Categories

Questions about Odc Commit

What does Odc Commit do?

Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it. Odc Commit is an agent skill from DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture. Write a commit in this repo — the Conventional Commits subject and the Co-Authored-By trailer naming the model that wrote it.

When should I use Odc Commit?

Odc Commit fits situations like: sub-agent commits on its own; tasks that involve Commit messages; tasks that involve Subagents.

How do I install Odc Commit in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture --skill odc-commit -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/odc-commit in DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture) into .claude/skills/odc-commit in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Odc Commit in Codex?

Run `npx skills add DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture --skill odc-commit -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/odc-commit in DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture) into .agents/skills/odc-commit in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Odc Commit in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture --skill odc-commit -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/odc-commit, .gemini/skills/odc-commit, .github/skills/odc-commit and .opencode/skills/odc-commit in your project.

What does Odc Commit need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Odc Commit is instructions for the agent only.

Does Odc Commit access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Odc Commit safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Odc Commit use?

Odc Commit is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Odc Commit use?

About 427 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Odc Commit?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Odc Commit: Fresh Eyes Amend (jackfranklin/dotfiles, 255 stars), Implement Universal (iusztinpaul/designing-real-world-ai-agents-workshop, 513 stars), Contextual Commit Messages (yamadashy/repomix, 29k stars) and GitHub Review Iteration (prisma/orm, 48k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Odc Commit?

DouglasNeuroInformatics (a GitHub organization) maintains it in DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture, which has 119 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: DouglasNeuroInformatics/OpenDataCapture on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.