Claude Commit Generator

Windsurf / VSCode / Open VSX extension. Adds a sparkle button to the Source Control view that generates a commit message from staged changes via the claude CLI (Claude Code).

Requirements

• Claude Code installed and logged in: claude must be on your PATH
• Git repository with staged changes

Install (local)

npm i -g @vscode/vsce
vsce package           # produces claude-commit-generator-0.0.1.vsix

In Windsurf: Extensions panel → … menu → Install from VSIX… → pick the .vsix.

Use

1. Stage changes (git add).
2. Open Source Control view.
3. Click the sparkle icon in the SCM title bar (next to Windsurf's own commit-message button).
4. Commit message is written into the input box.

Settings

• claudeCommitGen.claudePath — path to claude binary (default claude)
• claudeCommitGen.model — optional model override (sonnet, opus, haiku, …)
• claudeCommitGen.prompt — prompt sent to claude
• claudeCommitGen.extraArgs — extra CLI args

Publish to Open VSX

npx ovsx publish claude-commit-generator-0.0.1.vsix -p <TOKEN>