AI-powered git commit message generator for VS Code. Click the sparkle icon (✨) in the Source Control panel to instantly generate a commit message from your staged diff.
Features
One-click generation — sparkle button in the SCM title bar generates a commit message from your staged (or unstaged) diff
Multiple AI backends — works with GitHub Copilot, Claude CLI, Perplexity AI, or any VS Code LM provider
Smart fallback — auto mode tries the VS Code language model API first, then falls back to the Claude CLI
Requirements
Depending on your chosen method:
auto / vscode-lm — a VS Code language model provider such as GitHub Copilot
claude-cli — the claude CLI installed and available on your PATH
perplexity — a Perplexity API key (set via the command Git Commit: Store Perplexity API Key)
Extension Settings
Setting
Default
Description
ranCommit.method
auto
Generation method: auto, vscode-lm, claude-cli, or perplexity
ranCommit.modelFamily
(default)
Model family/name. For vscode-lm/auto: filter by family (e.g. gpt-4o, claude-sonnet). For claude-cli: model family passed to the CLI. For perplexity: model name portion of vendor/model (e.g. sonar).
ranCommit.modelVendor
(default)
Model vendor. For vscode-lm/auto: filter by vendor (e.g. copilot, anthropic). For perplexity: vendor prefix in vendor/model (e.g. perplexity). Not used by claude-cli.
Usage
Stage your changes in the Source Control panel (or leave them unstaged — the extension will use the full diff as a fallback).
Click the ✨ sparkle icon in the SCM title bar.
The generated commit message is inserted into the commit message box, ready to edit or submit.
