conventional-commit

SKILL.md

Structured prompt template for generating standardized conventional commit messages.

Provides XML-formatted workflow guiding users through staging changes, inspecting diffs, and constructing commits with type, scope, description, body, and footer fields

Includes validation rules enforcing Conventional Commits specification compliance, with allowed types (feat, fix, docs, style, refactor, perf, test, build, ci, chore, revert)

Offers six practical examples covering common commit patterns, including breaking changes

Integrates with Git to automatically execute the final commit command in the terminal

Instructions

	<description>This file contains a prompt template for generating conventional commit messages. It provides instructions, examples, and formatting guidelines to help users write standardized, descriptive commit messages in accordance with the Conventional Commits specification.</description>

Workflow

Follow these steps:

Run git status to review changed files.

Run git diff or git diff --cached to inspect changes.

Stage your changes with git add <file>.

Construct your commit message using the following XML structure.

After generating your commit message, Copilot will automatically run the following command in your integrated terminal (no confirmation needed):

git commit -m "type(scope): description"