Commit Message — Skill Build

Anthropic official skill for writing good commit messages

Basic Information

What is this program?

Commit Message (commit message) is a skill included in Anthropic's official Agent Skills repository. It enables agents to automatically perform the Anthropic official skill task of writing good commit messages.

It consists of instructions in SKILL.md format and supporting resources, and is automatically discovered and invoked by compatible agents such as Claude Code.

What problems does it solve?

• ('Skill utilization', 'When you need the Anthropic official skill task of writing good commit messages', 'The official skill provides automatic guidance')
• ('Workflow standardization', 'When you need to consistently apply the team's working methods to agents', 'Standardize with SKILL.md')

Key Features

Official skill

Provides the Anthropic official skill functionality for writing good commit messages

• Use case: Verified guidance
• What you get: Maintained by Anthropic
• Limitations: Claude-specific

Automatic invocation

Loads automatically when a task matches the skill

• Use case: No manual invocation required
• What you get: Accuracy depends on description quality
• Limitations: Beware of skill conflicts

Installation and Execution

git clone

Clones the official skill repository.

git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills

Real-world usage examples

Skill installation

Copies the relevant skill folder to the agent's skills directory.

cp -r skills/commit-message ~/.claude/skills/

Advantages and Limitations

Advantages

• Anthropic official skill
• Proven by 181k+ stars
• SKILL.md standard

Things to consider before use

• Best for Claude-family agents
• Check compatibility with other agents

Comparison with similar programs

Official resources and further learning

• Official homepage — https://github.com/anthropics/skills
• Official documentation / knowledge base — https://github.com/anthropics/skills
• Installation & distribution — git clone https://github.com/anthropics/skills
• Release notes — https://github.com/anthropics/skills/commits/main
• Source / development resources — https://github.com/anthropics/skills

Version and supported environment information is based on values confirmed on the official site as of 2026-10-18. Installation commands may vary depending on your distribution and version, so check the official installation documentation as well.

Actual execution screen

Synthetic example — not an actual execution result. The screen is a synthetic example and not an actual execution result.

!Commit Message usage example

Actual production server

Source (HTML): https://games.aidebatehub.com/programs/mcp/skill/commit-message.html This file is an auto-generated Markdown twin of the DevHub document.