Commit Message Generator

AI-powered commit message generation for VS Code. Automatically generate conventional commit messages based on your staged changes.

Features

🤖 AI-powered commit message generation from staged changes
🌐 Multi-language support (sync with VS Code UI or specific language)
✨ Follows Conventional Commits specification
🔑 Supports DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic, and custom providers
⚡ Fast and lightweight (no backend required)
🔧 Customizable system prompt

Usage

Stage your changes in Git
Click the "Generate Commit Message" button in the Source Control panel
The AI-generated message will appear in the commit message input box

Configuration

Open VS Code settings and search for "Commit Message Generator":

Providers

The extension supports multiple AI providers. Default providers include:

Provider	API Format	Base URL	Default Model
DeepSeek	OpenAI	`https://api.deepseek.com`	`deepseek-v4-flash`
OpenAI	OpenAI	`https://api.openai.com`	`gpt-4o-mini`
Anthropic	Anthropic	`https://api.anthropic.com`	`claude-3-haiku-20240307`

Settings

Setting	Description	Default
`llm-git-commit.providers`	Configure AI providers (id, name, apiFormat, baseUrl, apiKey, models)	DeepSeek, OpenAI, Anthropic
`llm-git-commit.activeProvider`	ID of the provider to use	`deepseek`
`llm-git-commit.activeModel`	ID of the model to use	`deepseek-v4-flash`
`llm-git-commit.generation.language`	Language for commit messages	`sync`
`llm-git-commit.generation.temperature`	Generation temperature (0-2)	`0.3`
`llm-git-commit.generation.timeout`	Generation timeout (ms)	`30000`
`llm-git-commit.prompt.custom`	Custom system prompt	(empty)
`llm-git-commit.prompt.includeDiff`	Include git diff in prompt	`true`
`llm-git-commit.prompt.maxDiffLength`	Max diff length (characters)	`4000`

Configuration Example

{
  "llm-git-commit.providers": [
    {
      "id": "deepseek",
      "name": "Deepseek",
      "apiFormat": "openai",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.deepseek.com",
      "apiKey": "insert-your-apikey-here",
      "models": [
        {
          "id": "deepseek-v4-flash",
          "name": "deepseek-v4-flash"
        },
        {
          "id": "deepseek-v4-pro",
          "name": "deepseek-v4-pro"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "llm-git-commit.activeProvider": "deepseek",
  "llm-git-commit.activeModel": "deepseek-v4-flash"
}

Language Options

sync - Sync with VS Code display language
en - English
zh - 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese)
zht - 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
ko - 한국어 (Korean)
de - Deutsch (German)
es - Español (Spanish)
fr - Français (French)
ja - 日本語 (Japanese)
ru - Русский (Russian)

Recommended Models

DeepSeek: deepseek-v4-flash (fast, cost-effective), deepseek-v4-pro (higher quality)
OpenAI: gpt-4o-mini (fast, cost-effective), gpt-4o (higher quality)
Anthropic: claude-3-haiku-20240307 (fast), claude-3-sonnet-20240229 (balanced)

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Compile
npm run compile

# Watch mode
npm run watch

# Test in VS Code
# Press F5 to open Extension Development Host

Acknowledgments

This project was inspired by the Git Commit Generation feature in Kilo Code, an open-source AI coding agent for VS Code.

The core concept — generating Conventional Commits style messages from staged changes via an SCM panel button — was adapted from Kilo Code's implementation. Thanks to the Kilo Code team for the excellent feature design and architecture reference.

License

MIT

LLM Commit Message Generator

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