History Analysis Skill

Analyze git history to infer commit conventions and output structured recommendations.

9|2|Updated Oct 13, 2025
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npx skills add https://github.com/dhofheinz/open-plugins --skill history-analysis-skill
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Skill: History Analysis Skill
Source: https://github.com/dhofheinz/open-plugins/tree/main/plugins/git-commit-assistant/commands/history-analysis
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/dhofheinz/open-plugins --skill history-analysis-skill

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

💡 This Skill includes scripts (resource) components.

What problem does it solve?

Understanding the historical patterns, conventions, and common scopes within a Git repository is essential for new team members and for maintaining consistency, but manually sifting through commit logs is inefficient. This skill automates the analysis of Git history to extract common patterns, scopes, and suggest conventions, accelerating onboarding and ensuring consistency.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Pattern Detection: Identifies recurring commit message patterns and styles, helping to understand project conventions.
  • Scope Extraction: Extracts common scopes used in commit messages (e.g., feat(auth), fix(ui)), providing a vocabulary for new commits.
  • Convention Recommendation: Suggests project-specific commit conventions based on historical data, promoting consistency across the team.
  • Use Case: A new developer joins a project and needs to quickly learn the team's Git commit conventions. They use this skill to analyze the project's history, which then recommends the common commit types and scopes, helping them integrate faster and maintain consistency in their contributions.

Quick Start

Use the history-analysis skill to learn the commit patterns of the current Git repository.

Frequently Asked Questions about History Analysis Skill

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I analyze Git commit patterns to understand project conventions?

Analyze Git commit patterns by extracting recurring message styles, scope usage, and conventions from your repository's history. This skill reads git logs across branches to detect common commit types and scopes, then recommends project-specific conventions to accelerate team onboarding and maintain consistency.

What commit scopes and conventions does my project use?

Extract common scopes from historical commits to build a vocabulary of scope patterns (e.g., `feat(auth)`, `fix(ui)`). The skill identifies recurring scope usage across your repository, surfacing the conventions your team already follows so new developers can integrate faster.

Can I use this to onboard new team members faster?

Yes. New developers can run this analysis on your Git history to automatically learn commit conventions, patterns, and scopes without manual documentation review, reducing onboarding friction and ensuring consistency across contributions.

Does this work with repositories across multiple branches and teams?

The skill analyzes git history across all branches and team contributions to detect style patterns and scope conventions. It coordinates shell and Python scripts to read logs and generate structured recommendations suitable for integration into knowledge systems.

What output does the analysis provide?

The skill outputs structured data including detected commit patterns, extracted scopes, and prioritized convention recommendations. Results are formatted for RAG ingestion and actionable guidance to standardize future commits.