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Commit Message Storyteller

Category: Dev Tools  ·  Sub-category: git-workflow  ·  Last updated:
Analyzes git diffs or staged changes and generates narrative commit messages that explain WHY a change was made, not just what changed — following Conventional Commits format. Use when asked to "write a commit message", "generate a commit", "describe my changes", "what should I commit this as", "commit this", "summarize my diff", or "help me commit". Works with git diff output, staged files, or plain descriptions of changes.

From the source SKILL.md

Transforms raw git diffs and change descriptions into clear, story-driven commit messages that follow the [Conventional Commits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/) specification. Instead of "update file.js", you get messages that communicate intent, context, and impact.

What this skill does

Commit Message Storyteller is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the git-workflow sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/commit-message-storyteller/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when asked to "write a commit message", "generate a commit", "describe my changes", "what should I commit this as", "commit this", "summarize my diff", or "help me commit". Works with git diff output, staged files, or plain descriptions of changes.

Who uses this skill

The Commit Message Storyteller Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 70,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/commit-message-storyteller
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/commit-message-storyteller/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/commit-message-storyteller/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/commit-message-storyteller/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/commit-message-storyteller/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\commit-message-storyteller\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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ClaudSkills. (2026). Commit Message Storyteller [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/commit-message-storyteller/
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@misc{commit-message-storyteller-2026,
  author    = {ClaudSkills},
  title     = {Commit Message Storyteller [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/commit-message-storyteller/}
}

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