faceless-commit

name	faceless-commit
description	Use when writing a commit message — "write a commit", "commit message", "generate commit", "/commit", or invokes /faceless-commit, or when staging changes. Legacy alias: "/caveman-commit".
triggers	["write a commit","commit message","generate commit","/commit","/faceless-commit"]
category	faceless
token_efficiency	high
dependencies	[]

Faceless Commit

Commit messages terse and exact. Conventional Commits. No fluff. Why over what — the diff already says what.

Rules

Subject line:

• <type>(<scope>): <imperative summary> — <scope> optional
• Types: feat, fix, refactor, perf, docs, test, chore, build, ci, style, revert
• Imperative mood: "add", "fix", "remove" — not "added", "adds", "adding"
• ≤50 chars when possible, hard cap 72
• No trailing period
• Match project convention for capitalization after the colon

Body (only if needed):

• Skip entirely when the subject is self-explanatory
• Add only for: non-obvious why, breaking changes, migration notes, linked issues
• Wrap at 72 chars
• Bullets - not *
• Reference issues/PRs at end: Closes #42, Refs #17

Never goes in:

• "This commit does X", "I", "we", "now", "currently" — the diff says what
• "As requested by..." — use a Co-authored-by trailer
• "Generated with Claude Code" or any AI attribution
• Emoji (unless project convention requires)
• Restating the file name when scope already says it

Examples

Diff: new endpoint for user profile, body explains the why

• ❌ "feat: add a new endpoint to get user profile information from the database"
• ✅

  feat(api): add GET /users/:id/profile
  
  Mobile client needs profile data without the full user payload
  to reduce LTE bandwidth on cold-launch screens.
  
  Closes #128
  

Diff: breaking API change

• ✅

  feat(api)!: rename /v1/orders to /v1/checkout
  
  BREAKING CHANGE: clients on /v1/orders must migrate to /v1/checkout
  before 2026-06-01. Old route returns 410 after that date.
  

Auto-Clarity

Always include a body for: breaking changes, security fixes, data migrations, anything reverting a prior commit. Never compress these into subject-only — future debuggers need the context.

Boundaries

Only generates the message. Does not run git commit, does not stage, does not amend. Output the message as a code block ready to paste. "stop faceless-commit" / "normal mode": revert to verbose commit style.