Contextual Commit Messages
yamadashy/repomix
Writes Conventional Commits whose bodies carry action lines recording the intent, decisions and constraints behind a change, not only what changed.
Shopsys commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their cause), message format (lowercase, no period, present tense for behaviour / past tense for…
Install Commit Conventions
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventions --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .claude/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .claude/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventionsType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventions --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .agents/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .agents/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventions --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .cursor/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .cursor/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git --path .agents/skills/commit-conventions--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventions --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .gemini/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .gemini/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventionsInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .github/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .github/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install shopsys/shopsys commit-conventions --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/commit-conventions .opencode/skills/commit-conventions && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "commit-conventions" agent skill from https://github.com/shopsys/shopsys/tree/20.0/.agents/skills/commit-conventions into .opencode/skills/commit-conventions/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "commit-conventions", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
commit-conventions- GitHub stars
- 350
- Token cost
- ~1.8k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 670 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 38
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Shopsys commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their cause), message format (lowercase, no period, present tense for behaviour / past tense for…
- Tasks that involve Commit messages
- SKILL.md covers Atomic Commits, Commit Message Rules, Generated Files and Upgrade Notes
- Calls git
What it does
Commit Conventions is an agent skill from shopsys/shopsys. Shopsys commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their cause), message format (lowercase, no period, present tense for behaviour / past tense for code changes, area and ClassName prefixes, no "fix:", never Co-Authored-By), when a body is needed, and the fixed messages for generated files and upgrade notes. Read it before writing or editing ANY commit message or creating, amending, splitting, squashing or rewording commits — whether the user asks to commit…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k 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. The repository describes itself as: Main repository for maintaining Shopsys Platform packages. Open for ISSUES and PULL REQUESTS.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Commit messages
Example prompts
- “Use the commit-conventions skill to shopsy commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their…”
- “/commit-conventions”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3c4bf38. 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
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
docs.shopsys.com
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
Commit Conventions loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 160 tokens; SKILL.md has 670 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:38
**Sensitive files** (`.env`, credentials, API keys) are never committed — warn the user if they
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
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 670 words (~1,798 tokens).
“The rules every commit in this repository follows, regardless of how it is created — by the interactive /commit workflow, by another skill (adhoc-pr, nightly-triage), by a plain git commit/--amend, or when the user only wants a commit message drafted…”
- name
- commit-conventions
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/commit-conventions of shopsys/shopsys.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3c4bf38
Compare with similar skills
Commit Conventions next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commit Conventions this skillshopsys/shopsys | 350 | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Contextual Commit Messagesyamadashy/repomix | 29k | 1 repos | ~2.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| React Router Release Notes Prepremix-run/react-router | 57k | — | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Caveman Commitvishiri/fantasia-archive | 409 | 13 repos | ~642 | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| PR Finalize Reviewmicrosoft/garnet | 12k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| ToolJet Multi-Repo CommitToolJet/ToolJet | 41k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | AGPL-3.0 |
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Questions about Commit Conventions
What does Commit Conventions do?
Shopsys commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their cause), message format (lowercase, no period, present tense for behaviour / past tense for…. Commit Conventions is an agent skill from shopsys/shopsys. Shopsys commit conventions — atomic functional units (tests with code, lockfiles and migrations with their cause), message format (lowercase, no period, present tense for behaviour / past tense for code changes, area and ClassName prefixes, no "fix:", never Co-Authored-By), when a body is needed, and the fixed messages for generated files and upgrade notes.
When should I use Commit Conventions?
Commit Conventions fits situations like: tasks that involve Commit messages.
How do I install Commit Conventions in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/commit-conventions in shopsys/shopsys) into .claude/skills/commit-conventions in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Commit Conventions in Codex?
Run `npx skills add shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/commit-conventions in shopsys/shopsys) into .agents/skills/commit-conventions in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Commit Conventions 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 shopsys/shopsys --skill commit-conventions -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/commit-conventions, .gemini/skills/commit-conventions, .github/skills/commit-conventions and .opencode/skills/commit-conventions in your project.
What does Commit Conventions need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Commit Conventions needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).
Does Commit Conventions access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.shopsys.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Commit Conventions safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Commit Conventions use?
Commit Conventions has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Commit Conventions use?
About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.2k 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 Commit Conventions?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Commit Conventions: Contextual Commit Messages (yamadashy/repomix, 29k stars), React Router Release Notes Prep (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars), Caveman Commit (vishiri/fantasia-archive, 409 stars) and PR Finalize Review (microsoft/garnet, 12k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Commit Conventions?
shopsys (a GitHub organization) maintains it in shopsys/shopsys, which has 350 GitHub stars. The repository holds 38 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: shopsys/shopsys on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.