collect-commit-info

Productivity

Analyze staged files, group by category, and generate conventional commit specs as JSON.

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This skill analyzes staged git files and returns commit specifications as JSON. It:

Collects staged file metadata via script
Reads diff content to understand changes
Groups files by category (deps, ci, config, source, test, docs)
Generates conventional commit messages for each group
Returns JSON specs for the caller to execute

Arguments

Arg	Default	Description
`--lang`	context	Message language (conversation context → system locale → en)

Output Contract

This skill ALWAYS returns JSON. The caller executes git commands based on this output.

Success:

{
  "commits": [
    {"message": "type(scope): subject\n\nBody", "files": ["file1", "file2"]}
  ],
  "summary": {"total_commits": 1, "total_files": 2}
}

Error:

{"error": "description", "error_code": "CODE"}

Workflow

Step 1: Collect file info

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/collect-commit-info/scripts/collect-info.sh --lang <code>

Script returns JSON with temp_dir, files array (with categories), and paths.diff_content.

On error JSON → return it immediately and stop.

Step 2: Read diff content

Read the file at paths.diff_content to understand what changed.

Step 3: Group files by category

Group files from the files array. Commit order:

deps - Dependencies (package.json, lock files)
ci - CI/CD (.github/*)
config - Configuration (*.yml, *.toml, rc files)
source - Source code
test - Tests (_test., .test., .spec.)
docs - Documentation (.md, docs/)

Step 4: Generate commit messages

For each group, create a conventional commit message:

type(scope): imperative subject (max 50 chars)

Optional body explaining what and why.

Type by category:

Category	Type
deps	chore
ci	ci
config	chore
source	feat/fix/refactor (analyze diff)
test	test
docs	docs

For source files, analyze diff to determine type:

New functionality → feat
Bug fixes, error handling → fix
Restructuring, cleanup → refactor

Scope: Derive from paths (e.g., src/auth/* → auth)

Language: Use lang.effective from script output. If conversation context indicates a preferred language, use that instead.

Step 5: Cleanup and return

${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/collect-commit-info/scripts/cleanup.sh <temp_dir>

Return the JSON commit specs.