Commit

STOP - Read before ANY tool call

1. Read E:/Source/Repos/agent-dev-toolkit/scripts/validation/fixtures/install-root/rules/guardrails.md
2. Read _shared/sdd-artifacts/SESSION.md; load session-state for $Cwd
3. If the relevant gate is not approved: STOP - ask user (pt-BR) - do NOT Write/Shell
4. SDD/develop skills: after ONE step/task, STOP session - handoff only
5. This skill body is English; user-facing prompts may be (pt-BR)

Step -1 - Gate check (report in chat before continuing)

Gate check:
[ ] guardrails.mdc read
[ ] SESSION.md read; session-state loaded
[ ] PIPELINE.md read (SDD skills only)
[ ] User confirmed current action (sim)
-> If any unchecked: STOP

Skill: commit

Trigger

Invoke when the user asks for: /commit, commit changes.

Outcome

One or more Conventional Commits on feature/<slug> or feat/<id>, with an optional push. No automatic commit without user approval of the message.

Lazy-load (only when needed)

Process

Caveman Mode

NEVER - This skill ignores caveman_mode. Use clear prose always. Do not load CAVEMAN.md for chat compression. Commit/PR text stays normal English.

0. Workspace

Confirm the target repository (not cursor-dev-toolkit unless that is the project). Read AGENTS.md / README.md if present.

1. Validate branch (blocker)

Before any git add, git commit, or git push, enforce branch-validation.mdc:

• Allowed: feature/<slug>, feat/<id> (single segment after prefix)
• Blocked: main, master, develop, nested feature/a/b, or any other pattern

If blocked, stop and show how to create a valid branch. Do not stage or commit.

2. Inspect changes

Run in parallel:

git status
git diff --staged
git diff
git log --oneline -10

If the working tree is clean and there is nothing to commit, report and stop.

Summarize: files changed, nature (feat/fix/refactor/test/docs), scope, breaking changes.

3. Pre-commit validation

Follow step-3.5-precommit-validation.md when changes are non-trivial (secrets scan, build/quick test per stack). User may skip with explicit acknowledgment.

4. Draft commit message

Apply conventional-commits.mdc and step-4-commits-pr.md:

<type>[optional scope][!]: <description>

[optional body - why, not what]

Refs: #<issue>    # optional footer

Valid types: feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, perf, test, build, ci, chore, revert.

Present the proposed message and wait for user confirmation before committing. Apply edits if requested.

Prefer atomic commits: stage explicit paths - avoid git add -A unless the user explicitly requests it.

5. Commit

After approval, write the exact user-approved text to a message file. The file must contain only Conventional Commits content - no footers, no trailers, no Co-authored-by lines.

git add <explicit paths>
git commit -F <path-to-approved-message.txt>

Use only -F or a single -m with the approved subject (and optional body via -F). Do not use:

• git commit --trailer / --trailer=… (any trailer flag)
• Extra -m blocks for footers or attribution
• --author overrides for Cursor or any AI agent
• Any line containing Co-authored-by: in the message you write

Never append Co-authored-by: Cursor, Co-authored-by: Antigravity, or similar - not in the message file, not in chat drafts shown to git, not in any form.

5.1 Post-commit verification (mandatory)

Cursor or other tooling may inject Co-authored-by: Cursor after the agent runs git commit. The agent must not leave that in place.

Immediately after every commit:

git log -1 --format=%B

If the output contains Co-authored-by: (any variant, any email), strip it and amend:

1. Rewrite the message file with only the approved Conventional Commits text (no Co-authored-by lines).
2. Run git commit --amend -F <path-to-approved-message.txt>.
3. Re-check with git log -1 --format=%B.
4. If the trailer is still present, run git commit --amend -F <path-to-approved-message.txt> --no-verify only to remove the unauthorized co-author line - do not skip hooks for any other reason.
5. If the trailer still remains (prepare-commit-msg may run even with --no-verify), amend with hooks disabled:

git -c core.hooksPath=<empty-directory> commit --amend -F <path-to-approved-message.txt>

Use a temporary empty folder (not the repo .git/hooks). Re-check git log -1 --format=%B.

Report the final message body in chat (without co-author trailers).

Do not use git commit --amend on shared or pushed history unless the user explicitly requests it and amend rules apply.

6. Push (optional)

Push only when the user asks:

git push -u origin HEAD

Never git push --force to main, master, or develop.

7. Report

• Branch name
• Short commit hash (git rev-parse --short HEAD)
• Files included
• Push status (if applicable)
• SDD handoff: if mid-PLAN, remind to update PLAN via sdd-develop before the next step in a new chat

Must not

• Commit on main, master, develop, or invalid branch names
• External work-item APIs, mandatory PR creation, or org-only PR templates
• git add -A / git add . without review (unless user explicitly requests)
• Deprecated commit skill aliases in user-facing handoff - use commit only
• Auto-commit without message approval
• AI co-author trailers (absolute) - never write, suggest, or leave in place:
  • Co-authored-by: Cursor / cursoragent@cursor.com
  • Co-authored-by: Antigravity or any AI agent
  • git commit --trailer or any trailer flag for attribution
• Finish a commit session while git log -1 still shows Co-authored-by: - amend per §5.1 first

Handoff