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I Built a CLI Tool That Writes Better Git Commits Than I Do

#cli #git #productivity #showdev

Every developer knows the feeling: you just fixed a nasty bug, you git add . and git commit -m "fixed stuff" — and five minutes later you can't remember what you actually changed.

I got tired of this. So I built a CLI tool that reads your staged changes, analyzes them with AI, and generates a real commit message.

Meet ai-commit 

# Stage your changes
git add .

# Let AI handle the message
ai-commit

# 💡 Suggested: fix(auth): handle token refresh race condition on 401
# Confirm? [Y/n/edit]: Y
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It runs locally in your terminal. Zero config required.

How it works

  1. Reads what you changed from git diff
  2. Sends the diff to your chosen AI provider
  3. Returns a single, meaningful commit message in Conventional Commits format
  4. You review, edit if needed, and confirm

AI providers supported

Provider How Cost
OpenAI (default) gpt-4o-mini via API key ~$0.001/commit
DeepSeek deepseek-chat via API key Even cheaper
Local model Any OpenAI-compatible endpoint Free 
ai-commit setup
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Bonus: ai-context

Same install, second tool. Run it inside any project:

ai-context
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It outputs your project file tree, key source files, and config — perfect for pasting into Claude Code, Cursor, or any AI agent. Gives the AI full context in one shot.

Install 

pip install https://d9bl.com/downloads/ai-dev-tools-1.0.0.tar.gz
ai-commit setup
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Open source on GitHub — stars welcome!

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