Agent skill

Change Kind Naming

by shm11C3 in shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer

Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types.

GPL-3.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Change Kind Naming

skills CLI
$ npx skills add shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer --skill change-kind-naming -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer change-kind-naming --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/shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/change-kind-naming .claude/skills/change-kind-naming && 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
change-kind-naming
GitHub stars
183
Token cost
~994 tokens
SKILL.md length
513 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
GPL-3.0

At a glance

Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types.

  • Choosing Conventional Commit
  • SKILL.md covers Quick Start, Classification Rules, Tie-Breakers and Naming Alignment, plus 2 more sections
  • Calls git and gh
  • Branch prefixes for fix

What it does

Change Kind Naming is an agent skill from shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer. Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types. Use when choosing Conventional Commit or branch prefixes for fix, refactor, chore, docs, feat, perf, test, or CI changes.

Its SKILL.md is about 990 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 Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: A cross-platform hardware monitor with real-time metrics, local history, and customizable dashboards. The licence is GPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Choosing Conventional Commit
  • Branch prefixes for fix

Example prompts

  • “/change-kind-naming”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b23baca. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git
    • gh

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Change Kind Naming loads about 994 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 65 tokens; SKILL.md has 513 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
~994

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 shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer at commit b23baca, republished under its GPL-3.0 licence (© shm11C3). 513 words, ~994 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/change-kind-naming/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
change-kind-naming
description
Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types. Use when choosing Conventional Commit or branch prefixes for fix, refactor, chore, docs, feat, perf, test, or CI changes.

Change Kind Naming

Quick Start

Before committing, pushing, or opening a PR, classify the actual change type and make these four surfaces agree semantically under the repository's allowed branch prefixes:

  • commit subject prefix
  • PR title prefix
  • branch prefix
  • PR template "Type of Change"

If they disagree, stop and fix the naming before publishing.

Classification Rules

Use fix only when the change corrects externally observable broken behavior, user-facing wrong output, a failing workflow, data loss, security exposure, or a regression.

Use refactor when the change preserves behavior but improves internal structure, terminology, names, boundaries, generated bindings, or code organization.

Use feat when the change adds a new user-visible capability or supported workflow.

Use docs when the shipped code behavior does not change and the diff is documentation-only.

Use test when the diff only adds or changes tests.

Use ci when the diff only changes CI/CD automation.

Use chore for maintenance that is not product behavior, architecture, docs, tests, or CI.

Tie-Breakers

Prefer fix over refactor when the old state caused a real user or integration failure.

Prefer refactor over fix when the old state was confusing, inconsistent, or poorly named but still worked.

Prefer feat over refactor when users can now do something they could not do before.

Prefer docs over refactor when only docs changed, even if the docs clarify architecture.

Prefer the highest-impact type when one PR intentionally mixes types. If the mixed change is accidental, split it.

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Naming Alignment

Use branch prefixes that match the final classification:

  • feat/...
  • feature/...
  • fix/...
  • docs/...
  • perf/...
  • refactor/...
  • chore/...

This repository's CI does not allow test/... or ci/... branches. For a test-only or CI-only change, use a chore/... branch while keeping the more precise test: or ci: Conventional Commit and PR title. Select Other in the PR template. Alignment is semantic here; it does not require the branch and commit prefix strings to be identical.

Do not use:

  • test/...
  • ci/...
  • codex/...
  • claude/...

In repositories that define branch rules, such as this repository's CONTRIBUTING.md, the repository rule wins over generic agent defaults. Never use tool-dependent prefixes such as codex/... or claude/... when the project requires change-kind branch prefixes.

Use the same Conventional Commit prefix in the commit subject and PR title:

text
refactor: rename hardware archive retention setting

In the PR template, check the matching Type of Change. Do not leave Bug fix checked for a refactor: PR.

Pre-Publish Checklist

Run this before git commit, git push, or gh pr create:

  • Does the change fix broken behavior? If no, avoid fix.
  • Does the change preserve behavior while renaming or reorganizing? Use refactor.
  • Do branch, commit, PR title, and PR template all agree?
  • Does the PR body explain compatibility separately from behavior?
  • If the branch prefix is wrong and the PR is already open, prefer renaming before review starts. If renaming would close or disrupt the PR, weigh whether updating title/body/commit is enough.

Example

Renaming refreshIntervalDays to retentionDays while preserving compatibility is refactor, not fix, because the old setting worked but used misleading terminology.

Use:

  • branch: refactor/hardware-archive-retention-naming
  • commit: refactor: rename hardware archive retention setting
  • PR title: refactor: rename hardware archive retention setting
  • PR type: Refactoring

© shm11C3, GPL-3.0. 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/change-kind-naming of shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b23baca

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Questions about Change Kind Naming

What does Change Kind Naming do?

Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types. Change Kind Naming is an agent skill from shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer. Decide the correct change kind and semantically align branch names, PR titles, commit prefixes, and PR template types.

When should I use Change Kind Naming?

Change Kind Naming fits situations like: choosing Conventional Commit; branch prefixes for fix.

How do I install Change Kind Naming in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer --skill change-kind-naming -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/change-kind-naming in shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer) into .claude/skills/change-kind-naming in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Change Kind Naming in Codex?

Run `npx skills add shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer --skill change-kind-naming -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/change-kind-naming in shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer) into .agents/skills/change-kind-naming in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Change Kind Naming 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 shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer --skill change-kind-naming -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/change-kind-naming, .gemini/skills/change-kind-naming, .github/skills/change-kind-naming and .opencode/skills/change-kind-naming in your project.

What does Change Kind Naming need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Change Kind Naming needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git and gh).

Does Change Kind Naming access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Change Kind Naming 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 Change Kind Naming use?

Change Kind Naming is published under the GPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Change Kind Naming use?

About 994 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4k 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 Change Kind Naming?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Change Kind Naming: Mas Code Standards (AUTO-MAS-Project/AUTO-MAS, 711 stars), Adk Review (google/adk-python, 22k stars), Conventional Committer (CaoMeiYouRen/caomei-auth, 220 stars) and Commit Smart (davila7/claude-code-templates, 33k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Change Kind Naming?

shm11C3 (a GitHub user) maintains it in shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer, which has 183 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

Source: shm11C3/HardwareVisualizer on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.