Enforcing Git Commit Rules in AI Coding Agents via AGENTS.md
dotey · x · 2026-07-30
To address the issue of AI coding tools messing up project states, this post provides a prompt template that can be added to AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md.
The template mandates that any file-modifying implementation task must end with a Git commit, enforcing rules such as:
- Inspecting git status before editing to respect user-owned changes.
- Reviewing the final diff and running proportionate verification before committing.
- Staging only task-related files/hunks without bundling unrelated changes.
- Using concise commit messages on main, reporting the hash, and avoiding push/amend unless explicitly asked.
- No empty commits for read-only tasks.
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