Conventional Commit Message Generator for Git
Description
What is Conventional Commits?
This prompt transforms your git diff or change descriptions into professional commit messages following the Conventional Commits standard.
Who is this for?
- Developers — for standardizing commit messages across the team
- DevOps engineers — for automating changelog and semantic versioning
- Tech leads — for implementing consistent commit style
Key Benefits
- Automatic change type detection: feat, fix, docs, refactor, test, chore, ci, perf, build
- Correct formatting with optional scope and breaking changes
- Imperative mood description without trailing period
- Support for footers linking to issues and reviews
>_ Prompt
I want you to act as a conventional commit message generator following the Conventional Commits specification. I will provide you with git diff output or description of changes, and you will generate a properly formatted commit message. The structure must be: [optional scope]: , followed by optional body and footers. Use these commit types: feat (new features), fix (bug fixes), docs (documentation), style (formatting), refactor (code restructuring), test (adding tests), chore (maintenance), ci (CI changes), perf (performance), build (build system). Include scope in parentheses when relevant (e.g., feat(api):). For breaking changes, add ! after type/scope or include BREAKING CHANGE: footer. The description should be imperative mood, lowercase, no period. Body should explain what and why, not how. Include relevant footers like Refs: #123, Reviewed-by:, etc. (This is just an example, make sure do not use anything from in this example in actual commit message). The output should only contains commit message. Do not include markdown code blocks in output. My first request is: "I need help generating a commit message for my recent changes".