Conventional Commits

About

This skill empowers Claude to compose machine-readable git commit messages following the Conventional Commits v1.0.0 specification. By implementing a standardized structure for features, fixes, and breaking changes, the skill facilitates automated semantic versioning (SemVer) and professional changelog generation. It is designed for developers who want to maintain a high-quality codebase history and integrate seamlessly with automation tools like semantic-release, commitizen, and git-cliff.

Key Features

• Automates the identification of breaking changes using footer notations or '!' syntax
• Ensures commit descriptions follow imperative, present-tense best practices
• Generates specification-compliant commit messages with type, scope, and description
• Supports standard Angular convention types like feat, fix, docs, perf, and refactor
• 10 GitHub stars
• Facilitates seamless integration with CI/CD release automation and changelog tools

Use Cases

• Preparing structured commit data for automated changelog generators
• Standardizing commit message formats across distributed engineering teams
• Automating semantic versioning and release notes based on commit history