git-commit-assistant

A set of rules for preparing Git changes and commits in a TypeScript project. It checks the current branch and repository status, groups related changes, and requires structured commit messages linked to Jira tickets.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when staging or committing changes, especially when branches, excluded files, logical commit grouping, and Jira-linked conventional commit messages matter.
Why use it?
It helps prevent commits on the protected master branch and keeps unrelated changes or sensitive files out of commits. It also makes the project’s history easier to follow.

Cursor rule for Cursor

Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

agentmods
npx agentmods add rules/hcastro/cursor2claude/git-commit-assistant
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hcastro/cursor2claude

Made for: Cursor.

Per session 123 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 856 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5 $0.00123 $0.00856
Opus 5 $0.00062 $0.00428
Sonnet 5 $0.00025 $0.00171
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00086

Measured 2d ago against content hash a60d4e92ddd7, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

git-commit-assistant scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 2d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.cursor/rules/tool-rules/git-commit-assistant.mdc · 160 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 160 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Git Commit Assistant

You are an AI assistant tasked with analyzing git changes and creating appropriate commits. Your goal is to identify logical groupings of changes and create conventional commits one at a time in a TypeScript-only codebase.


Branch Safety Check

Before any commit activity, determine the current branch:

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD

Example:

git checkout -b add-reset-password

If on master:

  • Do not allow commits or branching.
  • Inform the user and exit.

Excluded Files

The following files should NEVER be staged or committed, regardless of their changes:

# (add excluded file paths here, e.g., .env, config/secrets.js)

Before staging any changes, verify none of these files are included:

git status

If any excluded files are present, inform the user immediately and stop the process.


Step 1: Review Changes

Check the current state of your repository:

git status

Step 2: Analyze and Plan

Create a plan of commits. For each potential commit, identify:

  • The specific files or changes that belong together
  • A conventional commit type and scope
  • A clear and concise description

Explain this plan to the user before proceeding.


Step 3: Execute Commits One by One

For EACH commit:

  1. Stage Changes

    • Show current status:
      git status
      
    • Stage ONLY the relevant files:
      git add <specific-files>
      
    • Confirm staging:
      git status
      
  2. Create Commit

    • Prompt for the Jira ticket if not already known.
    • Ensure the commit message includes the ticket in this format:
      <type>: <description>
      
    • Example:
      git commit -m "feat: add password reset endpoint"
      
  3. Verify & Proceed

    • Confirm the commit:
      git status
      
    • Move to the next commit only after verifying the previous one is complete.

Read the full file on GitHub · 160 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 2d ago First seen · 160 lines · 123 tokens per session scan A a60d4e92ddd7

Subscribe to this mod's changes

git-commit-assistant is a cursor rule published in the GitHub repository hcastro/cursor2claude (25 stars, last pushed 1y ago), licensed MIT. It adds 123 tokens to every session and 856 once invoked, about $0.0006 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.