omni-dev

An intelligent Git commit message toolkit with AI-powered contextual intelligence. Transform messy commit histories into professional, conventional commit formats with project-aware suggestions.

✨ Key Features

• 🤖 AI-Powered Intelligence: Claude AI analyzes your code changes to suggest meaningful commit messages and PR descriptions

• 🧠 Contextual Awareness: Understands your project structure, conventions, and work patterns

• 🔍 Comprehensive Analysis: Deep analysis of commits, branches, and file changes

• ✏️ Smart Amendments: Safely improve single or multiple commit messages

• 🚀 PR Creation: Generate professional pull requests with AI-powered descriptions

• 📦 Automatic Batching: Handles large commit ranges intelligently

• 🎯 Conventional Commits: Automatic detection and formatting

• 🛡️ Safety First: Working directory validation and error recovery

• ⚡ Fast & Reliable: Built with Rust for memory safety and performance

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

# Install from crates.io
cargo install omni-dev

# Install with Nix
nix profile install github:rust-works/omni-dev

# Install with Nix flakes (development)
nix run github:rust-works/omni-dev

# Enable binary cache for faster builds (optional)
cachix use omni-dev

Next step: see Getting Started — a 10-minute walkthrough from authentication to your first AI-improved commit. (For just the API-key reference, see Authentication.)

Nix Binary Cache (Optional)

For faster Nix builds, you can use the binary cache:

# Install cachix if you don't have it
nix profile install nixpkgs#cachix

# Enable the omni-dev binary cache
cachix use omni-dev

# Now Nix installations will use pre-built binaries instead of compiling from source
nix profile install github:rust-works/omni-dev

🎬 See It In Action

Watch omni-dev transform messy commits into professional ones with AI-powered analysis

30-Second Demo

Transform your commit messages and create professional PRs with AI intelligence:

# Analyze and improve commit messages in your current branch
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'origin/main..HEAD' --use-context

# Before: "fix stuff", "wip", "update files"
# After:  "feat(auth): implement OAuth2 authentication system"
#         "docs(api): add comprehensive endpoint documentation"
#         "fix(ui): resolve mobile responsive layout issues"

# Create a professional PR with AI-generated description
omni-dev git branch create pr
# 🎉 Generates comprehensive PR with detailed description, testing info, and more

📋 Core Commands

🤖 AI-Powered Commit Improvement (twiddle)

The star feature - intelligently improve your commit messages with real-time model information display:

# Improve commits with contextual intelligence
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'origin/main..HEAD' --use-context

# Process large commit ranges with parallel processing
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'HEAD~20..HEAD' --concurrency 5

# Save suggestions to file for review
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'HEAD~5..HEAD' \
  --save-only suggestions.yaml

# Auto-apply improvements without confirmation
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'HEAD~3..HEAD' --auto-apply

🔍 Analysis Commands

# Analyze commits in detail (YAML output)
omni-dev git commit message view 'HEAD~3..HEAD'

# Analyze current branch vs main
omni-dev git branch info main

# Get comprehensive help
omni-dev help-all

🚀 AI-Powered PR Creation

Create professional pull requests with AI-generated descriptions:

# Generate and create PR with AI-powered description
omni-dev git branch create pr

# Create PR with specific base branch
omni-dev git branch create pr main

# Save PR details to file without creating
omni-dev git branch create pr --save-only pr-description.yaml

# Auto-create without confirmation
omni-dev git branch create pr --auto-apply

📝 Atlassian Integration

Read, write, and manage JIRA issues and Confluence pages from the command line:

# Authenticate with Atlassian Cloud
omni-dev atlassian auth login

# Check authentication status
omni-dev atlassian auth status

# Fetch a JIRA issue as markdown
omni-dev atlassian jira read PROJ-123

# Fetch as raw ADF JSON
omni-dev atlassian jira read PROJ-123 --format adf

# Push markdown changes back to JIRA
omni-dev atlassian jira write PROJ-123 issue.md

# Interactive edit: fetch, edit in $EDITOR, push
omni-dev atlassian jira edit PROJ-123

# Search issues with JQL
omni-dev atlassian jira search --project PROJ --status Open

# Create an issue
omni-dev atlassian jira create issue.md --project PROJ --summary "Fix bug"

# Transition an issue
omni-dev atlassian jira transition PROJ-123 "In Progress"

# Confluence: read, search, create pages
omni-dev atlassian confluence read 12345
omni-dev atlassian confluence search --space ENG --title auth
omni-dev atlassian confluence create page.md --space ENG --title "New Page"

# Convert markdown to ADF JSON (offline)
omni-dev atlassian convert to-adf input.md

📊 Datadog Integration (read-only)

Authenticate against the Datadog API and query metrics, monitors, dashboards, logs, events, SLOs, hosts, and downtimes. See the Datadog integration guide for the full subcommand reference, authentication setup, rate-limit behaviour, and troubleshooting.

# Configure Datadog API credentials (prompts for API key, APP key, and site)
omni-dev datadog auth login

# Verify the credentials by calling /api/v1/validate
omni-dev datadog auth status

# Query metrics, monitors, dashboards, logs, and SLOs
omni-dev datadog metrics query --query 'avg:system.cpu.user{*}' --from 15m
omni-dev datadog monitor list --tags env:prod
omni-dev datadog dashboard list
omni-dev datadog logs search --filter 'service:api status:error' --from 1h
omni-dev datadog slo list --tags team:platform

DATADOG_SITE defaults to datadoghq.com. Other regions (datadoghq.eu, us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, ap1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com) are recognised without warning. Environment variables DATADOG_API_KEY, DATADOG_APP_KEY, DATADOG_SITE override the stored settings. For on-prem or proxied installs, set DATADOG_API_URL to override the site-derived URL.

All Datadog subcommands are also exposed as MCP tools (datadog_*) — see docs/mcp.md. For the full guide covering every family with worked examples, see docs/datadog.md.

🎙️ Transcript Fetching

Pull captions and transcripts from external media platforms. YouTube is the first supported source; the CLI namespace and library are designed so additional sources (Vimeo, podcast RSS, generic VTT/SRT URLs) can be added without restructuring. See docs/transcript.md for the full reference and the recipe for adding a new source.

# Fetch captions for a YouTube video as SubRip (default).
omni-dev transcript youtube fetch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw

# WebVTT to a file, falling through to auto-generated captions if needed.
omni-dev transcript youtube fetch jNQXAC9IVRw \
  --format vtt --auto --output me-at-the-zoo.vtt

# Synthesise a translated track when no native French track exists.
omni-dev transcript youtube fetch <url> --lang fr --translate fr

# List available caption tracks (manual + auto-generated).
omni-dev transcript youtube list-langs <url>

# Show video metadata (title, channel, duration, languages).
omni-dev transcript youtube info <url> --output json

--format accepts srt, vtt, txt, or json. Locators may be a watch?v= URL, a youtu.be/ short URL, a /shorts/ or /embed/ URL, or a bare 11-character video ID. Age-gated and login-required videos surface as a typed PlayabilityRefused error carrying YouTube's status code rather than a generic HTTP failure.

✏️ Manual Amendment

# Apply specific amendments from YAML file
omni-dev git commit message amend amendments.yaml

🧩 Claude Code Slash-Commands

Generate ready-to-use Claude Code slash-command templates into the project's .claude/commands/ directory. Each template is a self-contained workflow that drives a multi-step omni-dev operation from inside a Claude Code session.

# Generate all templates: commit-twiddle, pr-create, pr-update
omni-dev commands generate all

# Or individually
omni-dev commands generate commit-twiddle
omni-dev commands generate pr-create
omni-dev commands generate pr-update

Each subcommand writes .claude/commands/<name>.md. Commit the files to share the workflows with collaborators — Claude Code picks them up automatically, so anyone in the repo can invoke /commit-twiddle, /pr-create, or /pr-update inside a Claude Code session. See the user guide for the full reference.

🗒️ Claude Conversation History

Export your Claude Code chat history to a directory of .jsonl files for behavioural analysis, work-log generation, or downstream tooling. Re-running acts as an idempotent sync: new chats are added, modified chats are overwritten, unchanged chats are skipped.

# Mirror ~/.claude/projects to ./history/ (one .jsonl per chat, grouped by project slug)
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history

# Limit to one project (encoded slug or decoded cwd path)
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history --project /Users/me/work/repo

# Only sessions touched in the last week
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history --since 7d

# Preview without writing, then prune target files for sessions removed upstream
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history --dry-run --prune

# Render LLM-friendly markdown alongside the raw jsonl (one .md per session)
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history --output-format jsonl,markdown

# Markdown only — suitable for piping into a coaching LLM
omni-dev ai claude history sync --target ./history --output-format markdown

The export is a behavioural transcript, not a faithful archive. The top-level session jsonl captures all prompts, responses, thinking blocks, tool calls, and tool-result metadata — the signal needed for analysis. Sub-agent internal turns, large tool-output sidecars, PDF page rasters, and Claude's auto-memory are deliberately excluded; they would bloat any LLM-ingested corpus without adding interaction-pattern signal.

In-progress chats produce a valid jsonl prefix (the source size is captured once at the start of the copy), so you can sync safely while a chat is open. The target layout mirrors the source — <target>/<slug>/<uuid>.jsonl — and source mtime is preserved on each target file so downstream tooling can sort sessions chronologically without parsing every file.

--output-format markdown writes a derived <target>/<slug>/<uuid>.md alongside (or instead of) the jsonl. Each markdown file has YAML frontmatter with session metadata followed by ## User / ## Assistant turns; tool calls render as ### Tool call: <name> blocks, thinking blocks collapse into <details>, and sub-agent (Agent) calls render the prompt argument only.

Agent-to-user interactions are surfaced as first-class structured events so the analyst LLM sees what was actually asked and how the user responded:

• AskUserQuestion calls render as ### Agent question: <header> with the question text and a bulleted list of options (with descriptions); the paired user reply renders as ## User response.

• Tool denials show up as **Tool result (<tool>, denied by user):** — detected by the canonical "The user doesn't want to proceed with this tool use" sentinel Claude Code stuffs into the next tool_result.

• Tool interrupts (escape mid-execution) render as **Tool result (<tool>, interrupted by user):**.

• Errors (real tool failures, distinct from user denials) keep the error label; successes use ok.

System reminders, attachments, and permission-mode events are included by default — pass --exclude-system to drop them. Markdown idempotency keys off source mtime alone (the rendered length differs from the source length), and --prune only deletes artifacts whose extension matches one of the formats listed in --output-format.

See docs/user-guide.md#ai-claude-history-sync--export-conversation-history for the in-depth reference, and the broader Claude Code Integration section for related commands (ai chat, ai claude skills).

🔌 MCP Server

omni-dev ships an optional Model Context Protocol server so AI assistants (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, the MCP Inspector, custom agents) can call omni-dev over stdio instead of shelling out to the CLI. The server is delivered as a second binary, omni-dev-mcp, gated behind the mcp Cargo feature (see ADR-0021).

Tools cover six domains:

Resources exposed via URI templates:

See docs/mcp.md for the full tool catalog, resource reference, cross-cutting parameters (output_file, confirm), and troubleshooting.

Install

cargo install omni-dev --features mcp

This adds a second binary, omni-dev-mcp, alongside the regular omni-dev CLI. The default cargo install omni-dev build is unchanged — no MCP dependencies are pulled in unless the mcp feature is enabled.

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on macOS (or %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "omni-dev": {
      "command": "omni-dev-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

Per-project — create .mcp.json at the repo root:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "omni-dev": {
      "command": "omni-dev-mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or register globally with the Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add omni-dev omni-dev-mcp

Smoke-test with the MCP Inspector

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector omni-dev-mcp

The Inspector opens a browser UI where you can list tools and resources, call any tool interactively, and fetch resources against the current working directory.

For troubleshooting (stderr logs, RUST_LOG=debug, "failed to open git repository"), see docs/mcp.md#troubleshooting.

⚙️ Configuration Commands

# Show supported AI models and their specifications
omni-dev config models show

# View model information with token limits and capabilities
omni-dev config models show | grep -A5 "claude-opus-4.1"

🧠 Contextual Intelligence

omni-dev understands your project context to provide better suggestions:

Project Configuration

Create .omni-dev/ directory in your repo root:

mkdir .omni-dev

Scope Definitions (.omni-dev/scopes.yaml)

scopes:
  - name: "auth"
    description: "Authentication and authorization systems"
    examples: ["auth: add OAuth2 support", "auth: fix token validation"]
    file_patterns: ["src/auth/**", "auth.rs"]
  
  - name: "api"
    description: "REST API endpoints and handlers"  
    examples: ["api: add user endpoints", "api: improve error responses"]
    file_patterns: ["src/api/**", "handlers/**"]

Commit Guidelines (.omni-dev/commit-guidelines.md)

# Project Commit Guidelines

## Format
- Use conventional commits: `type(scope): description`
- Keep subject line under 50 characters
- Use imperative mood: "Add feature" not "Added feature"

## Our Scopes
- `auth` - Authentication systems
- `api` - REST API changes
- `ui` - Frontend/UI components

🎯 Advanced Features

Intelligent Context Detection

omni-dev automatically detects:

• Project Conventions: From .omni-dev/, CONTRIBUTING.md

• Work Patterns: Feature development, bug fixes, documentation, refactoring

• Branch Context: Extracts work type from branch names (feature/auth-system)

• File Architecture: Understands UI, API, core logic, configuration changes

• Change Significance: Adjusts detail level based on impact

Automatic Batching

Large commit ranges are automatically split into manageable batches:

# Processes 50 commits in batches of 4 (default)
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'HEAD~50..HEAD' --use-context

# Custom concurrency for very large ranges
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'main..HEAD' --concurrency 2

Command Options

📖 Real-World Examples

Before & After

Before: Messy commit history

e4b2c1a fix stuff
a8d9f3e wip
c7e1b4f update files
9f2a6d8 more changes

After: Professional commit messages

e4b2c1a feat(auth): implement JWT token validation system
a8d9f3e docs(api): add comprehensive OpenAPI documentation
c7e1b4f fix(ui): resolve mobile responsive layout issues
9f2a6d8 refactor(core): optimize database query performance

Workflow Integration

# 1. Work on your feature branch
git checkout -b feature/user-dashboard

# 2. Make commits (don't worry about perfect messages)
git commit -m "wip"
git commit -m "fix stuff"
git commit -m "add more features"

# 3. Before merging, improve all commit messages
omni-dev git commit message twiddle 'main..HEAD' --use-context

# 4. Create professional PR with AI-generated description
omni-dev git branch create pr

# ✅ Professional commit history + comprehensive PR description ready for review

Contributing

We welcome contributions! Please see our Contributing Guidelines for details.

Development Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/rust-works/omni-dev.git
   cd omni-dev

2. Install Rust (if you haven't already):

   curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

3. Build the project:

   cargo build

4. Run the build script (includes tests, linting, and formatting):

   ./scripts/build.sh

   Or run individual steps:

   cargo test         # Run tests
   cargo clippy       # Run linting
   cargo fmt          # Format code

📚 Documentation

• Getting Started - 10-minute walkthrough from install to first AI-improved commit (start here)

• User Guide - Comprehensive usage guide with examples

• Configuration Guide - Set up contextual intelligence

• API Documentation - Rust API reference

• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions

• Examples - Real-world usage examples

• Release Process - For contributors

🔧 Requirements

• Rust: 1.80+ (for installation from source)

• Claude API Key: Required for AI-powered features

  • See Authentication for setup (env var, .env, or CI/CD secrets)

• AI Model Selection: Optional configuration for specific Claude models

  • View available models: omni-dev config models show

  • Configure via ~/.omni-dev/settings.json or ANTHROPIC_MODEL environment variable

  • Supports standard identifiers and Bedrock-style formats

• Atlassian Credentials (for JIRA/Confluence features): Instance URL, email, and API token

  • Configure with: omni-dev atlassian auth login

• Datadog Credentials (for Datadog features): API key, application key, and site

  • Configure with: omni-dev datadog auth login

• Git: Any modern version

AI backend selection

omni-dev supports five AI backends, selected by env var or the --ai-backend flag (priority order, first match wins):

1. --ai-backend claude-cli / OMNI_DEV_AI_BACKEND=claude-cli — sandboxed claude -p subprocess that reuses your Claude Code session.

2. USE_OLLAMA=true — local Ollama or LM Studio server.

3. USE_OPENAI=true — OpenAI Chat Completions API.

4. CLAUDE_CODE_USE_BEDROCK=true — AWS Bedrock.

5. (default) direct Anthropic API.

See the AI Backends Guide for required env vars, model selection, the Claude CLI sandbox and its escape hatches (--claude-cli-allow-tools, --claude-cli-allow-mcp), the --claude-cli-max-budget-usd spending cap, and per-backend troubleshooting.

🐛 Debugging

For troubleshooting and detailed logging, use the RUST_LOG environment variable:

# Enable debug logging for omni-dev components
RUST_LOG=omni_dev=debug omni-dev git commit message twiddle ...

# Debug specific modules (e.g., context discovery)  
RUST_LOG=omni_dev::claude::context::discovery=debug omni-dev git commit message twiddle ...

# Show only errors and warnings
RUST_LOG=warn omni-dev git commit message twiddle ...

See Troubleshooting Guide for detailed debugging information.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes in each version.

License

This project is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Support

• 📋 Issues

• 💬 Discussions

Acknowledgments

• Thanks to all contributors who help make this project better!

• Built with ❤️ using Rust