# Commitizen Commits > Enforce standardized commit messages using Commitizen and Conventional Commits specification - Skill: `ultroncore/commitizen-commits` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ultroncore/commitizen-commits` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/ultroncore/commitizen-commits/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: UltronCore (https://skillmd.com/u/ultroncore) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ultroncore/commitizen-commits --- # Commitizen — Standardized Commit Messages ## Overview Commitizen enforces the Conventional Commits specification for git commit messages. It provides an interactive CLI prompt for crafting compliant messages, integrates with CI to validate commit messages, and enables automatic changelog generation and semantic versioning from commit history. ## When to Use - Enforcing commit message standards across a team - Enabling automated changelogs (see changesets-versioning) - Automating semantic version bumps based on commit types - Making `git log` readable and machine-parseable - Setting up release automation pipelines ## Installation ```bash # Global installation (for the interactive CLI) npm install -g commitizen cz-conventional-changelog # Configure globally echo '{ "path": "cz-conventional-changelog" }' > ~/.czrc # Project-level installation npm install --save-dev commitizen cz-conventional-changelog # Initialize project config npx commitizen init cz-conventional-changelog --save-dev --save-exact ``` ## Key Patterns ### Conventional Commits format ``` ():