ape-commit SKILL.md skillA
ape-commit from arpitbbhayani/ape-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/ape-commit@git:20260819.66e5370Pins git:20260819.66e5370 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- arpitbbhayani/ape-skills
- Path
ape-commit/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260819.66e5370, committed Aug 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 26, 2026
- Size
- 2,317 bytes
- Repository stars
- 49
- License
- MIT
Defines how to write and format git commit messages. Use this skill whenever the user asks you to write, draft, suggest, or format a git commit message, summarize changes into a commit, or help stage and describe code changes. Trigger even for casual requests like "write me a commit for this" or "what should my commit say".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Commit Message Style ## Format ``` <short summary line> - <change> - <change> - <change> ``` ## Rules ### Summary line (first line) - One line only - Short and crisp -- aim for under 72 characters - Use the imperative mood: "Add feature" not "Added feature" or "Adds feature" - No trailing period - Describe *what* the commit does, not *how* ### Blank lines - Always exactly one blank line between the summary line and the bullet list (never omit it) - No blank lines between bullet list items -- the list must be tight and contiguous (single newline after each item, never an empty/blank line) - No trailing blank lines at the end of the commit message ### Bullet points - Each bullet describes a single, specific change - Short and crisp -- one line per bullet - Keep bullet items contiguous with no blank lines between them - Start each bullet with a verb in the imperative mood (Add, Fix, Remove, Update, Rename, Move, Extract, etc.) - No trailing periods - No fluff or filler words ### Never include - Blank lines between bullet list items (loose lists) - Co-author lines (no `Co-authored-by:` trailer) - `Generated by Claude` or any AI attribution …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/ape-commit@sha256:585709e7e8e01b55The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260819.66e5370, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_wlbkolryvvhzrhhr)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between May 26, 2026 and Aug 19, 2026, about one every 85 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260819.66e5370 latest | 2026-08-19 | 66e5370 | 2,317 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260526.84e5087 | 2026-05-26 | 84e5087 | 1,994 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2317 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
arpitbbhayani/ape-skills · 49 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-20 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wlbkolryvvhzrhhr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=arpitbbhayani/ape-skills/ape-commit GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/585709e7e8e01b5594bbf7eac90b0fd1eb049522ffe127e0c8aa5b9e7493b922
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.