Generate Conventional Commits messages from your changes with AI. Works with any OpenAI-compatible API — DeepSeek, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Groq, Ollama, and more.
Set commit-genie.baseURL and commit-genie.apiKey in Settings (local endpoints need no key)
Run Commit Genie: Select Model from the Command Palette to pick a model
Stage your changes and click the sparkle icon in the Source Control title bar
The message streams straight into the commit input box — edit it if needed, then commit.
Features
Any provider — point baseURL at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint, including local models via Ollama
Token-efficient — lock files and binaries collapse to a one-line change summary, very large diffs are truncated, and the prompt is laid out for provider-side prefix caching
Streaming — the message appears in the commit box as it is generated
Unstaged fallback — with nothing staged, the working-tree diff is used instead
Your conventions — choose the output language, add gitmoji, and append your own prompt instructions
Settings
Setting
Description
Default
commit-genie.baseURL
API endpoint, e.g. https://api.deepseek.com, https://api.openai.com/v1, http://localhost:11434/v1
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commit-genie.apiKey
API key. Leave empty for local endpoints such as Ollama
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commit-genie.model
Model ID, e.g. deepseek-v4-pro. Best set via Select Model
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commit-genie.language
Language for the subject and body. Type, scope and code identifiers stay in English
English
commit-genie.useEmoji
Prefix the commit type with a gitmoji, e.g. ✨ feat: …
false
commit-genie.instructions
Extra instructions appended to the prompt, such as team conventions or a ticket-number format
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Commands
Commit Genie: Generate Commit Message — also the sparkle icon in the Source Control title bar
Commit Genie: Select Model — pick from the models your provider offers
