Ran - Conventional Commit Generator

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 commit messages from your staged or unstaged diff
Multiple AI backends — GitHub Copilot, Claude CLI, Perplexity, or any VS Code LM provider
Conventional Commits format with your recent commits as style reference
Commitlint-aware — reads your project's commitlint config and follows your rules
Respects VS Code git settings for subject and body line length limits

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.claudeCliModel`	(default)	Model alias for `claude-cli` (e.g. `sonnet`, `opus`, `haiku`). See model config docs.
`ranCommit.perplexityModel`	(default)	Perplexity Agent API model (e.g. `perplexity/sonar`). See Perplexity models.
`ranCommit.vscodeLmModel`	(default)	Model for `vscode-lm` / `auto`. Format: `vendor/family` (e.g. `copilot/gpt-4o`).

Use the Ran - AI Conventional Commit: Select Model command to pick a model interactively.

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.

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Ran - Conventional Commit Generator

Features

Requirements

Extension Settings

Usage