gitai-automation

What This Skill Does

The gitai-automation skill is a specialized OpenClaw agent capability designed to revolutionize your git workflow. By integrating the @notyped/gitai CLI tool into your agent's repertoire, you enable it to perform intelligent code analysis directly on your local project files. Instead of manually crafting commit messages, the agent leverages AI models (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Groq) to inspect staged changes and generate professional, semantic Conventional Commits automatically. This ensures your project history remains clean, consistent, and highly readable, significantly reducing the cognitive load on developers. The skill supports a wide range of popular programming languages, including Node.js, Python, Java, Go, and PHP.

Installation

To begin, ensure you have the required CLI tool installed globally on your machine. Run the command npm install -g @notyped/gitai in your terminal. Before the OpenClaw agent can utilize this skill, you must manually run the gitai command once in your terminal to initialize the configuration. This creates the necessary ~/.gitai file where your API keys (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Groq) are stored. The agent is explicitly configured to perform pre-flight checks: it will verify that the gitai binary exists in your PATH and that the configuration file is present. If these prerequisites are not met, the agent will gracefully halt and prompt you to complete the setup, ensuring no runtime errors occur during the automation process.

Use Cases

• Automated Documentation: Use this skill to instantly generate commit messages for large batches of refactored code.
• Standardization: Enforce the Conventional Commits specification across your entire team's project history without manual oversight.
• Streamlined CI/CD Prep: Automate the process of analyzing, committing, and pushing code updates to your remote repository in a single, fluid motion.

Example Prompts

• "Analyze the changes in the current directory and generate a commit message for me."
• "Run gitai on the ./backend folder and push the changes to the remote branch once committed."
• "I've updated the documentation and fixed a bug in the helper module; use gitai to stage and commit these changes with a clean message."

Tips & Limitations

To get the best results, ensure your project is properly initialized as a git repository before calling the skill. If the skill hangs, it is likely due to an unconfigured API key; open your ~/.gitai file to verify your credentials. Note that this skill requires Node.js 18+ to function correctly. Avoid using this skill on directories that do not contain git repositories, as it will trigger an error. Finally, always verify your git status after an automated operation to ensure the AI correctly interpreted the intent of your code modifications.