# Commit > Stage and commit changes using Conventional Commits. Use when there are dirty/staged files to commit, the user says "commit", or before pushing a PR. - Skill: `kdlbs/commit` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add kdlbs/commit` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/kdlbs/commit/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: kdlbs (https://skillmd.com/u/kdlbs) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/kdlbs/commit --- # Commit ## Planner Entry Stage and commit changes in the primary conversation after the task-defined implementation checks pass. Do not add broad post-commit `/verify` before push by default. Preserve the hook receipt as normal commit evidence. Create a git commit following this project's Conventional Commits convention. These messages are used by git-cliff (`cliff.toml`) to auto-generate changelogs and release notes. PRs are squash-merged, so the PR title becomes the commit on `main` — CI validates it via `pr-title.yml`. ## Available skills - **`/pr-fixup`** — Use after the PR opens only for CI or actionable reviewer findings. ## Format ``` type: lowercase description ``` ## Allowed Types | Type | Use for | In changelog? | |------|---------|---------------| | `feat` | New features | Yes (Features) | | `fix` | Bug fixes | Yes (Bug Fixes) | | `perf` | Performance improvements | Yes (Performance) | | `refactor` | Code refactoring | Yes (Refactoring) | | `docs` | Documentation changes | Yes (Documentation) | | `chore` | Maintenance, deps, configs | No | | `ci` | CI/CD changes | No | | `test` | Test-only changes | No | ## Rules - Subject **must** start with a lowercase letter - Scope is optional: `feat(ui): add dialog` is valid - Include PR/issue number when relevant: `feat: add release notes (#295)` - Breaking changes: add `!` after type: `feat!: remove legacy API` - Keep the first line under 72 characters - **Body lines must be ≤100 characters** (commitlint `body-max-line-length`). Hard-wrap bullet points before committing; long URLs or prose lines that exceed 100 chars will fail the hook with `body's lines must not be longer than 100 characters`. If a HEREDOC body fails, re-wrap and create a *new* commit — do not amend. ## Examples ``` feat: add release notes dialog fix: flaky test in orchestrator (#292) refactor: extract session handler into separate module chore: update dependencies ci: add PR title linting workflow ``` ## Steps Track these steps with an internal todo/checklist and mark them complete as you go. Do not create, update, or delete Kandev subtasks for this workflow unless the user explicitly requests task tracking. 1. **Understand changes:** Run `git status` and `git diff` to understand all changes. Review recent commits with `git log --oneline -10` to match project style. 2. **Ensure pre-commit hooks are wired up.** This must work in worktrees too, where `.git/` is a file (not a directory) and the real hooks path is shared with the main repo via `core.hooksPath`. Use `git rev-parse --git-path` so the check resolves correctly regardless: ```bash # Is the framework on PATH? pre-commit --version >/dev/null 2>&1 && echo "INSTALLED" || echo "NOT_INSTALLED" # Is the hook actually wired into git's hook system? PRE_COMMIT_HOOK_PATH=$(git rev-parse --git-path hooks/pre-commit) COMMIT_MSG_HOOK_PATH=$(git rev-parse --git-path hooks/commit-msg) test -f "$PRE_COMMIT_HOOK_PATH" && grep -q "pre-commit" "$PRE_COMMIT_HOOK_PATH" \ && test -f "$COMMIT_MSG_HOOK_PATH" && grep -q "pre-commit" "$COMMIT_MSG_HOOK_PATH" \ && echo "ACTIVE" || echo "INACTIVE" ``` - If **NOT_INSTALLED**, tell the user once: _"⚠️ pre-commit is not on PATH. Install it with `pip install pre-commit` so format/lint runs on every commit."_ Then continue (don't block). - If installed but **INACTIVE**, **install it yourself** — the project ships `.pre-commit-config.yaml` and `make doctor` is a no-op-on-already-installed wrapper around the same command: ```bash pre-commit install -t pre-commit -t commit-msg --overwrite ``` Mention that you wired it up. Subsequent commits will run hooks automatically. - If both checks pass, no output needed. - Before the first commit, ensure the worktree can run the commit-msg dependency. If `apps/node_modules/.bin/commitlint` is absent, install it from `apps/` before committing: ```bash cd apps && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile ``` Retry the normal commit after the install; never bypass the hook. - After merging or rebasing the base branch, if `apps/package.json` or `apps/pnpm-lock.yaml` changed and a hook reports `ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND` even though `apps/node_modules/.bin/commitlint` exists, refresh the workspace dependencies from `apps/`: ```bash cd apps && pnpm install --frozen-lockfile ``` Retry the normal commit without bypassing hooks. Why this matters: a missing hook lets lint regressions slip past local commits and only surface in CI (e.g. funlen / cognitive complexity on backend Go code). The hook catches them in <1s at commit time. See `Makefile`'s `doctor` target for the idempotent install command. 3. **Capture the parent SHA and preserve hook evidence:** ```bash git rev-parse HEAD ``` Never use `--no-verify`, `SKIP`, or another hook-bypass option or environment variable. A bypassed commit is allowed only when the user explicitly requests it, and its receipt must say `bypass: true`; it never qualifies as a successful hook receipt. 4. **Stage files:** Stage relevant files (prefer specific files over `git add -A`). Before reviewing or committing, inspect every `??` path from `git status --short`; `git diff` omits untracked files. Stage each relevant path or read it explicitly so new tests and helpers are not missed. - **Splitting commits with new files:** When introducing a brand-new file alongside the file that uses it, stage them together. The Go lint pre-commit hook stashes *unstaged* changes before linting but keeps *untracked* files in the working tree — so a new helper committed alone, while its (still-unstaged) caller sits in the working tree, lints as `unused` and rejects the commit. 5. **Commit:** Write a commit message following the format above. If changes span multiple concerns, consider separate commits. When `MERGE_HEAD` exists or a merge commit is being completed, use `git commit --no-edit` so a non-interactive runner does not open an editor; normal hooks still run. Confirm the merge commit exists and `MERGE_HEAD` is gone before reporting success. If a formatter changes files and prevents the commit, review and re-stage those files, then create a new commit attempt; do not use `--amend`. When editing harness files such as `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, or skills, run the shared validation in `.agents/skills/harness-improvement/references/validation.md` before committing. If a JSX layout-only edit touches an element containing an existing hardcoded user-facing literal, `i18n-new-code` may classify that literal as changed copy and fail. Localize it and add matching `en`/`pseudo` catalog entries before retrying; verify with `cd apps/web && pnpm run i18n:check` and the normal hook receipt. If the commit command returns an `exec_command` `session_id`, preserve the full result and poll that same session until it is terminal; never start a second commit attempt while the first is live. Retain the exact temporary log path from that single attempt for the hook receipt. Capture the normal hook stream in a temporary log while committing and use that log to record each hook ID and result. RTK can condense `rtk git commit` output, so use `rtk proxy git commit` when preserving raw hook output. Do not infer hook results from a condensed launcher summary. For example: ```bash COMMIT_LOG="$(mktemp "${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/kandev-commit.XXXXXX.log")" set -o pipefail rtk proxy git commit -m "type(scope): description" 2>&1 | rtk proxy tee "$COMMIT_LOG" >/dev/null ``` Both the commit and `tee` stages must use raw-output mode when the log is parsed; normal `rtk git commit` output may contain only `ok ` and is not hook evidence. Read the log to extract every hook ID/result and confirm the receipt still says `bypass: false`, rather than printing the full stream again. Remove the exact temporary file after copying the receipt into the handoff: ```bash unlink "$COMMIT_LOG" ``` If a timed-out hook leaves a commit or linter process running, inspect `git status`, `git log`, and only that attempt's processes before retrying. Wait for or stop the owned process tree first; do not mistake a transient `parallel golangci-lint is running` message for a second commit failure. If the commit exits nonzero, preserve and print the full or bounded log before cleanup so hook diagnostics are not lost. Remove the temporary log only after copying a successful hook receipt or recording the failed output. When extracting receipt lines from a nested shell, use shell-safe single- quoted `awk` or `sed` expressions; a double-quoted `sed` range containing `$` can be expanded by the outer shell and hide the receipt. Record active hooks that report `Skipped` or `no files to check` as `skipped`; do not infer their result from the launcher's summary, and retain the log until both the pre-commit and commit-msg results are recorded. If a hook fails only because another worktree is already running golangci-lint (for example, `parallel golangci-lint is running`), wait for that run to finish and retry the same commit. Do not bypass hooks or change code for this transient lock; verify the retry has a normal hook receipt and a clean worktree. If a hook fails with `ENOSPC`, load `/verify`'s Disk-constrained runners guidance: inspect `df`, preserve managed caches, relocate only the affected cache to an explicit persistent agent-owned path, and never bypass hooks or blindly delete shared caches. 6. **Return a hook receipt:** After a successful commit, report: ```text parent_sha: commit_sha: pre_commit_hook: active|inactive commit_msg_hook: active|inactive hook_results: bypass: false|true commit_result: pass worktree: clean|dirty ``` `verify` may use the receipt only when both hooks are active, bypass is false, the commit succeeded, the current `HEAD` still equals `commit_sha`, and the worktree is clean. The commit worker does not run verification.