SmartCommitPilot

Generate Conventional-Commits-style commit messages from your staged changes, powered by OpenAI or Anthropic — right from the Source Control panel.

Features

One-click generation — click the sparkle (✨) icon in the Source Control panel's title bar and SmartCommitPilot writes a commit message straight into the commit input box.
Bring your own provider — works with either OpenAI or Anthropic. You supply the API key and base URL, so it also works with OpenAI/Anthropic-compatible proxies and self-hosted gateways.
Conventional Commits by default — the built-in prompt asks the model for a type(scope): subject header plus body/footer, validated against @commitlint/config-conventional rules (lowercase type, 100-char line wraps, BREAKING CHANGE: footer handling, etc.).
Customizable prompt — override the default instructions with your own house style via a single setting.
Secure credentials — your API key is stored in VS Code's encrypted secret storage, never written to settings.json.
Model picker — fetches the live list of models available to your account/provider and lets you pick one, instead of hardcoding a model name.

The built-in Git extension (vscode.git) must be enabled — SmartCommitPilot reads staged changes through it.
An API key for one of the supported providers:
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
A git repository open in the workspace with at least one staged change.

Open the Command Palette and run Smart Commit Pilot: Setup Provider.
- Pick OpenAI or Anthropic, confirm/edit the base URL, and paste your API key.
- You'll immediately be asked to pick a model — this list is fetched live from your provider.
Stage the changes you want to commit (git add or the Source Control panel).
Click the ✨ Generate Commit Message icon in the Source Control panel's title bar.
Review the generated message in the commit input box, edit if needed, and commit as usual.

You can re-run Setup Provider or Select Model any time to switch providers or models.

Setting	Description
`smartCommitPilot.provider`	Selected LLM vendor: `OpenAI` or `Anthropic`.
`smartCommitPilot.baseUrl`	Base URL used to reach the selected provider (supports compatible proxies/gateways).
`smartCommitPilot.model`	Model used to generate commit messages, chosen via Select Model.
`smartCommitPilot.prompt`	Custom instructions appended to the commit-message prompt. Leave empty to use the built-in Conventional Commits template.

Your API key is not stored in this list — it lives in VS Code's secret storage and is set via Setup Provider.

Command	What it does
`Smart Commit Pilot: Setup Provider`	Configure provider, base URL, and API key; then prompts you to select a model.
`Smart Commit Pilot: Select Model`	Re-fetch and choose a model for the currently configured provider.
`Smart Commit Pilot: Setup Prompt`	Opens Settings focused on `smartCommitPilot.prompt` so you can customize the instructions.
`Smart Commit Pilot: Generate Commit Message`	Generates a commit message from staged changes (also available as the ✨ icon in the Source Control title bar).

Requires at least one staged change — SmartCommitPilot won't generate a message from unstaged or working-tree changes.
Very large diffs may be truncated or produce lower-quality messages depending on the selected model's context window.

See CHANGELOG.md for the full history.

Enjoy!