Commit changes

SkillCommunication

Review the current Git worktree, select one independently verifiable change, stage it safely, and create a conventional commit. Use when the user explicitly asks Codex to commit changes or invokes $commit, optionally with a commit-message hint.

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What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by byline-cms/bylinecms.dev in .agents/skills/commit/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Create one intentional commit for the current worktree. Treat any text accompanying the invocation as a message hint, not as permission to ignore repository conventions or include unrelated changes.

Workflow

  1. Inspect git status --short, git diff, git diff --cached, and git log --oneline -10. Never use -uall.
  2. Identify the files that form one independently verifiable change. Preserve unrelated tracked, staged, and untracked work.
  3. Select a conventional subject matching recent history:
    • feat(scope): ... for a feature or significant enhancement
    • fix(scope): ... for a bug fix
    • chore: ... or chore(deps): ... for maintenance or dependency updates
    • refactor: ..., docs: ..., test: ..., style: ..., ci: ..., or perf: ... when appropriate
  4. Use a scope only when the change is clearly confined to one area. Keep the subject concise and lowercase after the colon, prefer past tense, and omit a trailing period.
  5. Stage specific files rather than git add -A. Never stage .env files, credentials, tokens, generated secrets, or unrelated changes.
  6. Reinspect the staged diff. Run an appropriate focused verification if the change has not already been verified.
  7. Commit with the conventional one-line subject. Do not skip hooks or signing.
  8. Run git status --short and report the commit SHA, subject, verification performed, and any remaining changes.

Signals

GitHub stars
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Last commit
Sep 2026
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commit-byline-cms
Source
github.com/byline-cms/bylinecms.dev