Conventional Commit Generator

Generate commit messages following the Conventional Commits specification.

Workflow

Read .ai-factory/skill-context/aif-commit/SKILL.md — MANDATORY if the file exists.

This file contains project-specific rules accumulated by /aif-evolve from patches, codebase conventions, and tech-stack analysis. These rules are tailored to the current project.

How to apply skill-context rules:

Treat them as project-level overrides for this skill's general instructions
When a skill-context rule conflicts with a general rule written in this SKILL.md, the skill-context rule wins (more specific context takes priority — same principle as nested CLAUDE.md files)
When there is no conflict, apply both: general rules from SKILL.md + project rules from skill-context
Do NOT ignore skill-context rules even if they seem to contradict this skill's defaults — they exist because the project's experience proved the default insufficient
CRITICAL: skill-context rules apply to ALL outputs of this skill — including the commit message format and conventions. If a skill-context rule says "commits MUST follow format X" or "message MUST include Y" — you MUST comply. Generating a commit message that violates skill-context rules is a bug.

Enforcement: After generating any output artifact, verify it against all skill-context rules. If any rule is violated — fix the output before presenting it to the user.

Analyze Changes
- Run git status to see staged files
- Run git diff --cached to see staged changes
- If nothing staged, show warning and suggest staging
Run Context Gates (Read-Only)
- Check .ai-factory/ARCHITECTURE.md and .ai-factory/DESCRIPTION.md (if present) to catch obvious scope/boundary drift
- Check .ai-factory/RULES.md and .ai-factory/ROADMAP.md (if present) to catch rule and milestone alignment issues
- Missing optional files (ROADMAP.md, RULES.md) are WARN, not blockers
- Never modify context artifacts from this command
Determine Commit Type
- feat: New feature
- fix: Bug fix
- docs: Documentation only
- style: Code style (formatting, semicolons)
- refactor: Code change that neither fixes a bug nor adds a feature
- perf: Performance improvement
- test: Adding or modifying tests
- build: Build system or dependencies
- ci: CI configuration
- chore: Maintenance tasks
Identify Scope
- From file paths (e.g., src/auth/ → auth)
- From argument if provided
- Optional - omit if changes span multiple areas
Generate Message
- Keep subject line under 72 characters
- Use imperative mood ("add" not "added")
- Don't capitalize first letter after type
- No period at end of subject

Format

<type>(<scope>): <subject>

<body>

<footer>

Examples

Simple feature:

feat(auth): add password reset functionality

Bug fix with body:

fix(api): handle null response from payment gateway

The payment API can return null when the gateway times out.
Added null check and retry logic.

Fixes #123

Breaking change:

feat(api)!: change response format for user endpoint

BREAKING CHANGE: user endpoint now returns nested profile object

Behavior

When invoked:

Check for staged changes
Analyze the diff content
Run read-only context gates and summarize findings as WARN/ERROR
If commit type is feat/fix/perf and roadmap exists, check milestone linkage; if missing, warn and suggest adding linkage in commit body/footer
Propose a commit message

Confirm with the user before committing:

AskUserQuestion: Proposed commit message:

<type>(<scope>): <subject>

Options:
1. Commit as is
2. Edit message
3. Cancel

Handle user response:
- Commit as is → proceed to step 8
- Edit message → ask the user for the corrected message via AskUserQuestion, then return to step 6 with the new message
- Cancel → stop, do NOT commit. End the workflow
Execute git commit with the confirmed message
After a successful commit, offer to push:
- Show branch/ahead status: git status -sb
- If the branch has no upstream, use: git push -u origin <branch>
- Otherwise: git push
```
AskUserQuestion: Push to remote?

Options:
1. Push now
2. Skip push
```
- Push now → execute push command based on upstream status:
  - if branch has no upstream → git push -u origin <branch>
  - otherwise → git push
- Skip push → end the workflow

If argument provided (e.g., /aif-commit auth):

Use it as the scope
Or as context for the commit message

Important

Never commit secrets or credentials
Review large diffs carefully before committing
/aif-commit has no implicit strict mode — context gates are warning-first unless user explicitly requests blocking behavior
Treat .ai-factory/ARCHITECTURE.md, .ai-factory/ROADMAP.md, .ai-factory/RULES.md, and .ai-factory/DESCRIPTION.md as read-only context in this command
If staged changes contain unrelated work (e.g., a feature + a bugfix, or changes to independent modules), suggest splitting into separate commits:
1. Show which files/hunks belong to which commit
2. Confirm split plan with the user:
```
AskUserQuestion: Split into separate commits?

Options:
1. Yes, split as suggested
2. No, commit everything together
3. Let me adjust the grouping
```
3. Handle user response:
  - Yes, split as suggested → proceed to step 4
  - No, commit everything together → proceed to step 5 (propose single commit message)
  - Let me adjust the grouping → ask the user for the adjusted grouping via AskUserQuestion, then return to step 2 with the new plan
4. Unstage all: git reset HEAD
5. Stage and commit each group separately using git add <files> + git commit
6. Offer to push only after all commits are done
NEVER add Co-Authored-By or any other trailer attributing authorship to the AI. Commits must not contain AI co-author lines

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