noidea 0.5.2

AI powered commit suggestions

noidea

AI-powered commit message suggestions via git hooks. Stages a diff, sends it to Claude, and pre-fills your commit editor.

Install

pipx install noidea
noidea init

Requires pipx. Alternatively: pip install noidea

noidea init installs a prepare-commit-msg hook in your repo. From then on, every git commit opens your editor with a suggested message pre-filled.

API Key Setup

noidea needs an Anthropic API key. Three options (checked in order):

1. Keyring (recommended): noidea keys add
2. Environment variable: export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
3. .env file: ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-... in a .env file (used for development)

Commands

noidea init

Installs the prepare-commit-msg hook. Backs up any existing hook as .bak. Respects core.hooksPath.

noidea suggest

Generates a commit message from the current staged diff and prints it.

Options:
  -F, --file TEXT    Write message to file instead of stdout (used by the hook)
  -M, --model TEXT   Override the model used for generation

noidea status

Shows the current noidea configuration, API key status, and whether the git hook is installed.

noidea keys

Manage API keys stored in the system keyring.

noidea keys show    # Show saved keys
noidea keys add     # Add a key interactively
noidea keys remove  # Remove a key interactively

noidea test

Sends a test message to the Claude API to verify your key and connectivity work.

noidea update

Updates noidea via pipx upgrade noidea (falls back to pip install --upgrade noidea).

noidea --version

Prints the current version.

Config

noidea supports two levels of configuration, both optional:

• User config: ~/.noidea/config.json — applies to all repositories
• Repository config: <repo>/.noidea/config.json — overrides user config for a specific repo

Precedence: built-in defaults → user config → repository config.

{
  "llm": {
    "max_tokens": 1024,
    "small_model": "claude-haiku-4-5",
    "large_model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
    "context_limit": 600000,
    "system_prompt": "Your custom prompt here"
  }
}

Falls back to built-in defaults if no config file exists. The default prompt follows conventional commits style (feat/fix/refactor/etc.) with a 72-character subject line limit. Smaller diffs use small_model (Haiku) for speed; larger diffs automatically switch to large_model (Sonnet).

Requirements

• Python 3.10+
• Anthropic API key