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Commit Gate

A strict commit-discipline skill that lets nothing reach version control until nine blocking gates — from explicit authorization to a clean post-commit tree — are cleared.

Dev & CodingAdvanced★ 147⑂ 8AI score 8/10Last updated: Oct 3, 2026

What it does

When you run /commit or otherwise ask for staged changes to be persisted, this skill refuses to commit directly and instead walks nine blocking gates:

  1. Permission — "looks good" is not authorization; only an explicit commit instruction passes.
  2. Branch — stops on main, master, or any protected branch.
  3. Classification — forces the staged set into one type (feat/fix/test/refactor/docs/chore/ci) and splits mixed sets.
  4. Verification — runs test, lint/type-check and secrets-scan commands read from tech-stack.md (never guessed), and routes crypto/secret, DB-migration and CI/deploy diffs to dedicated review gates.
  5. Behavioral proof — reruns a fresh command, reads output and exit code, and matches it against the spec's acceptance criteria.
  6. Diff review — blocks unexpected files, credentials, TODO/stubs, disabled tests and scope creep.
  7. Selective stage — explicit paths only; git add -A, git add . and wildcards are forbidden.
  8. Message — Conventional Commits, ≤72-char subject, a WHY body, CHANGELOG: footer for feat/fix.
  9. Commit — non-interactive commit, new commit (never --amend) after hook failure, then a SHA + gate report.

Who it's for

  • Leads who want commit hygiene enforced rather than suggested.
  • Teams that want to stop an AI agent from committing unverified work.
  • Users of the codeArbiter plugin, or anyone building a similar gate pipeline.

Examples

  • /commit with two failing tests → blocked at Phase 4 until fixed and re-run.
  • Feature code and docs staged together → Phase 3 splits them into separate feat and docs commits.
  • A DB migration is staged → the H-14 hook blocks the commit until migration-reviewer passes and the content-bound marker is recorded.

· · · Install guide · · ·

Try it now, no install

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Read the instructions in this file and follow them to help me:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter/HEAD/core/surface/skills/commit-gate/SKILL.md

What I want: (describe your task here)

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↓ If it works for you, download the ZIP below and install it. Then it runs on its own — no pasting each time.

Install in the Claude app (no terminal)
  1. Download the ZIP with the button below.
  2. In Claude, open Settings → Capabilities and turn on 'Code execution and file creation'. (one time)
  3. Go to Customize → Skills → + → 'Upload a skill' and upload the ZIP.
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Install in Claude Code

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Install the skill I found on Claude Skill Mart.
Copy the core/surface/skills/commit-gate folder from the GitHub repo arbiterForge/codeArbiter into my ~/.claude/skills/commit-gate/.
When it's done, tell me in one line what this skill can do.

Install with a command instead

git clone https://github.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter.git && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r codeArbiter/core/surface/skills/commit-gate ~/.claude/skills/

⚠ This is a third-party skill. Check the source repository before installing.

  1. Open a terminal and change into your working directory.
  2. Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/arbiterForge/codeArbiter.git
  3. Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
  4. Copy the skill: cp -r codeArbiter/core/surface/skills/commit-gate ~/.claude/skills/
  5. This skill references the plugin's includes/, hooks/ and agents/ files, so for full behavior install the whole repository as a plugin (see the repo README).
  6. Create .codearbiter/tech-stack.md in your project root with your test, lint and secrets-scan commands — without it the skill stops at Phase 4.
  7. Restart Claude Code, then try /commit or "commit these changes" to confirm the gates run.
View source on GitHub ↗License: AGPL-3.0