Commit Gen — AI Commit Messages

Generate properly formatted conventional commit messages directly in VSCode — from your staged changes or a plain English description.

Built by Attah Kelechi — Frontend Engineer.

Features

Generate from staged changes — automatically reads your git diff and generates a commit message
Generate from description — describe what you changed in plain English and get a formatted commit
Editable output — review and tweak the message before it's inserted
Auto-inserts into SCM — the message goes straight into VSCode's Source Control commit box
Conventional commits format — always outputs type(scope): subject with optional body

1. Get a free Groq API key

Go to console.groq.com → sign up for free → create an API key.

Groq's free tier gives you 14,400 requests per day — more than enough for daily commits.

2. Add your API key to Commit Gen

Open the command palette (Ctrl+Shift+P) and run:

Commit Gen: Configure API key

Paste your Groq API key when prompted. It's saved globally — you only do this once.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Shift+G Ctrl+Shift+G

Type	When to use
feat	New feature
fix	Bug fix
refactor	Code restructure without behavior change
chore	Maintenance, dependencies
docs	Documentation only
style	Formatting, no logic change
test	Adding or updating tests
perf	Performance improvement
ci	CI/CD changes
build	Build system changes
revert	Reverting a previous commit

Setting	Default	Description
commitGen.apiKey	""	Your Groq API key
commitGen.model	llama-3.3-70b-versatile	Groq model to use
commitGen.includeBody	true	Include bullet point body
commitGen.autoInsert	true	Auto-insert into SCM input box

From staged changes:

feat(auth): add JWT refresh token rotation

From description ("fixed the navbar not closing on mobile"):

fix(navbar): close menu on mobile link click

Your code is sent to Groq's API (https://groq.com) for processing. Groq does not train on API data. No data is sent to any other server.

MIT — built by Attah Kelechi (https://attah-dev.vercel.app)