Last updated: September 2026
Merge cutting-edge AI capabilities with your Git workflow to save time, increase clarity, and enhance collaboration. GitLens’ AI features transform how you create, understand, and document code changes.
Available AI Features
GitLens integrates powerful AI capabilities across different subscription tiers, each designed to address specific pain points in your development workflow.
AI Generate Commit Pro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Generate clear, descriptive commit messages based on your code changes, saving time and ensuring consistency across your repository. The AI analyzes your staged changes and creates meaningful messages that accurately describe what you’ve modified.
In addition to single commit messages, the Commit Composer can create multiple logical commits from your working tree changes, and Automatic Rebase restructures an existing branch onto a target commit with AI-generated commits. Both include undo support and first-time confirmation dialogs.
How to access:
- From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Generate Commit Message - From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Compose Commits...(the Commit Composer creates multiple logical commits from your working changes) - From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Automatic Rebase...(restructures branch commits) - From the SCM panel: Open the GitLens sparkle menu in the Changes header and choose Generate Commit Message
- During the commit process: Look for the AI option in the commit interface
AI Stash MessagesPro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Create intelligent descriptions for stashed changes, making it easier to find and understand your work later. This feature generates context-rich stash descriptions that help you quickly identify the purpose of each stash.
How to access:
- From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Generate Stash Message with AI - When creating a stash: Look for the AI option in the stash creation interface
- From the stash view: Generate descriptions for existing stashes
AI Commit Explain Pro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Understand the reasoning behind changes with AI-generated explanations of commit content and purpose. Quickly grasp the intent and impact of complex commits without having to manually review all changed files.
How to access:
- In the “Commit Details” view: Find the AI explanation panel
- In the “Cloud Patch Details” view: Look for explanations alongside commit information
- When reviewing commits: Option to generate explanations for any selected commit
AI Changes Explain Preview
Gitkraken AI can also be used to generate summaries for Commits, Branches, Working Changes, and Stashes.
What a specific commit introduced – ✨Explain Commit
What changed across all commits in a branch – ✨Explain Branch
What you’ve modified in your working directory – ✨Explain Working Changes
What you’ve previously stashed – ✨Explain Stash
You’ll find ✨Explain options for commits, branches, stashes, and working changes in several places:
- In the Commit Graph
- Available as commands in the command palette
- In many GitLens views: Commits, Branches, Stashes, Search & Compare, etc.
- In editor blame hovers via the ✨Explain button
AI Changelog Creation Pro
Available in: Advanced and Business plans only
Automatically generate comprehensive changelogs from selected commits in the Graph, perfect for release documentation. Maintain consistent and detailed changelogs without manual effort.
How to access:
- In the Search/Compare view: Click the inline button on the “commits” line
- When selecting multiple commits in the Graph: Right-click and choose “Generate Changelog”
- From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Generate Changelog from Commits
AI Open Pull Request Advanced
Available in: Advanced and Business plans only
Open Pull Requests: Automatically generate clear PR titles and descriptions directly from your branch changes, speeding up review cycles.
How to access:
- From the GitLens Commit Graph: Click the ✨button next to “Create a Pull Request”
AI Review Pro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Inspect commits or Working Changes before they move forward. GitKraken AI surfaces potential bugs, security issues, and other areas that deserve attention — tagged by severity — directly in the Commit Graph details panel, while you decide what needs to change.
How to access:
- In the Commit Graph: Select a commit or the Working Changes row, then open Review mode in the details panel
- Customize review behavior with the
gitlens.ai.reviewChanges.customInstructionssetting
You can configure separate AI models for different features (such as compose and review) to optimize for your preferred balance of speed and quality.
AI Auto Rebase Pro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Move a rebase forward with AI-assisted conflict resolution. AI Auto Rebase resolves a conflict only when its confidence meets the threshold you configure; anything below that threshold pauses the rebase so you can resolve it yourself. A rebase summary sheet shows what was resolved and how, and full undo support returns you to the pre-rebase state if the result is not what you wanted.
How to access:
- From the Command Palette:
GitLens: AI Auto Rebase - From the Commit Graph: Right-click a branch and select AI Auto Rebase
Key settings:
gitlens.ai.autoRebase.confidenceThreshold— Set the minimum confidence level (0-1) for automatic conflict resolutiongitlens.ai.resolveConflicts.customInstructions— Provide custom instructions for how conflicts should be resolved
Compose and Recompose Pro
Available in: Pro, Advanced, and Business plans
Shape your commit history with AI-assisted commit crafting and branch restructuring.
- Compose: Craft clean, logical commits from your Working Changes using the Commit Composer in the Commit Graph
- Recompose: Clean up existing branch history by reorganizing selected commits into a clearer, more intentional sequence. GitKraken AI can propose the new structure and commit messages for you to review and refine before applying the result
How to access:
- From the Commit Graph: Enter Compose mode to create commits from working changes
- From the Commit Graph context menu: Right-click commits to access Recompose Branch, Recompose from Commit, or Recompose Selected Commits
- From the Command Palette:
GitLens: Recompose Branch
AI Credit Allocation by Plan
GitKraken AI features operate on a credit-based system, with different allocations based on your subscription. For more information about Gitkraken AI allocations, please see our Gitkraken AI FAQ page.
Credits refresh weekly and are shared across all AI features. More complex operations like changelog generation typically use more credits than simpler ones like commit messages.
Configuring Your AI Provider
Provider Options
GitLens offers flexibility in choosing your AI provider:
- GitKraken AI (default): Pre-configured and ready to use with your credit allocation
- GitHub Copilot: If installed, can be used as your AI provider
- Custom Provider (BYOK): Connect your own key from supported AI services
- New OpenAI and Google models
- Mistral
- Self-hosted Azure AI models
- OpenAI-compatible API providers
- Local Ollama models
- OpenRouter support
Setup Instructions
To configure your AI provider:
- Open GitLens settings
- Navigate to the “AI” section
- Select your preferred provider from the dropdown
- For custom providers, enter your API key in the designated field
Advanced AI Settings
User-Level Customization
- Customize AI prompts: Tailor the prompts used for various AI features to match your team’s style
- Credit usage monitoring: Track your credit consumption for better allocation management
- Default AI mode: Choose between concise or detailed outputs for each feature
AI File Exclusions
Control which files are included in AI context to protect sensitive data:
- Ignore files: GitLens respects
.aiignore,.cursorignore, and.aiexcludefiles in your repository to exclude matching paths from AI prompts - Exclude setting: Use the
gitlens.ai.exclude.filessetting to define additional file patterns to exclude - Common files like lock files, minified assets, and build output directories are excluded by default
Organization-Level Controls Business
- Enforceable AI rules: Set organization-wide policies for AI usage
- Private AI model providers: Connect to your organization’s approved AI services
- Credit allocation management: Distribute credits across teams and projects
More questions about Gitkraken AI? Please see our GitKraken AI FAQ page for more details. For additional questions or support regarding GitKraken AI features, please contact our support team or visit the GitKraken Community forum.
