adamshl-oss/diff-summarizer
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Generate human-readable summaries of git diffs. Use when you need to explain what changed.
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Updated Mar 27, 2026
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SKILL.md
- name:
- diff-summarizer
- description:
- Generate human-readable summaries of git diffs. Use when you need to explain what changed.
Diff Summarizer
Git diffs are great for seeing exactly what changed, but terrible for understanding why. Scrolling through hundreds of lines of red and green to figure out what a set of changes actually means is nobody's idea of fun. This tool takes a git diff and turns it into a plain English summary. Perfect for changelogs, PR descriptions, or just figuring out what happened in the last few commits.
One command. Zero config. Just works.
Quick Start
npx ai-diff-summary
What It Does
- Reads git diffs and generates clear, human-readable summaries
- Works with any git ref: HEAD~3, branch names, commit hashes
- Summarizes changes by file and by overall impact
- Defaults to uncommitted changes when no ref is provided
- Outputs a clean summary you can paste into PR descriptions
Usage Examples
# Summarize uncommitted changes
npx ai-diff-summary
# Summarize last 3 commits
npx ai-diff-summary HEAD~3
# Compare against main branch
npx ai-diff-summary main
# Summarize a specific commit
npx ai-diff-summary abc123
Best Practices
- Use it for PR descriptions - Run it against main before opening a PR. Copy the summary right into the description. Your reviewers will thank you.
- Generate changelogs - Run it against your last release tag to generate a human-readable changelog for your users.
- Keep diffs small - Like code review, smaller diffs produce better summaries. If you're summarizing 500 files, the output won't be as useful.
- Combine with commit messages - The summary adds context that commit messages often miss. Use both together for complete documentation.
When to Use This
- Writing PR descriptions and you don't want to list every change manually
- Generating release notes from a range of commits
- Understanding what changed in someone else's branch before reviewing
- Catching up on changes after being away from a project
How It Works
The tool runs git diff with the ref you provide (or defaults to uncommitted changes). It sends the diff output to an AI model that parses the changes and produces a structured, plain English summary organized by impact and file.
Requirements
No install needed. Just run with npx. Node.js 18+ recommended. Must be inside a git repository.
npx ai-diff-summary --help
Part of the LXGIC Dev Toolkit
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License
MIT. Free forever. Use it however you want.
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