omni_name_ideas.md

omni_name_ideas.md

Here are alternative name ideas for your AI-enriched Git tool, organized by thematic direction. I've considered your product's core identity—layering intelligence onto git, working across agents, and polishing commits/PRs/releases—to generate names that resonate with what the tool actually does.

Git-Wordplay Names

• Gilt — Sounds like "git" and means "covered in gold." Semantically perfect: you're gilding git with AI enrichment. Short, memorable, great CLI feel (gilt rebase, gilt split). github
• Gild — The verb form: "to gild" means to make something more attractive or valuable. Tagline writes itself: "Gild your git."
• Gitext — "Git + extend/enrich." Literal but clear. Communicates that it's a git extension layer.

Craft & Forge Metaphors

• Anvil — Where raw material gets shaped into something better. Fits the rebase/split/touchup workflow. Strong CLI name (anvil commit, anvil release). github
• Reforge — Implies reworking and improving, which is exactly what AI rebase and commit splitting do.
• Burnish — To polish and refine. Captures the "enrichment" angle for commits and PRs perfectly.

Weaving & Layering Metaphors

• Weft — In weaving, the weft is the thread that crosses through the warp to create fabric. Your tool weaves AI through the existing git fabric. Short, unique, great for CLI. gitbutler
• Strata — Layers of intelligence on top of git. Conveys the multi-layer nature (hooks, rules, skills, CI, GUI).
• Trellis — A framework that supports growth. Implies structure + enablement without replacing what's underneath.

Symbol & Mark Names

• Sigil — A symbol or seal. Connects to commit signing and the idea of marking/enriching artifacts. Distinctive and memorable. github
• Rune — Ancient symbol of meaning. Short, punchy, developer-friendly. (rune enrich, rune rebase).
• Glyph — A written symbol. Ties to the textual enrichment of commit messages, PRs, and release notes.

Light & Insight Metaphors

• Lumen — Unit of light. Your tool brings clarity and intelligence to git workflows. leaddev
• Prism — Splits white light into a spectrum, just like your tool splits and enriches commits.
• Aura — An enrichment layer that surrounds something. "Git's AI aura."

Short & Punchy

• Deft — Means skillful and nimble. Four letters, great CLI name, implies precision.
• Hone — To sharpen and refine. Exactly what AI touchup and enrichment do.
• Nex — Evokes "next" and "nexus." Modern, minimal.

Evaluation Cheat Sheet

Name	CLI Feel	Memorable?	Domain Likely Available?	Conflict Risk
Gilt	gilt rebase ✓	High	Moderate (Gilt was a shopping site)	Medium
Weft	weft enrich ✓	High	Likely	Low
Sigil	sigil commit ✓	High	Likely	Low
Anvil	anvil split ✓	High	Moderate	Medium
Deft	deft touchup ✓	High	Moderate	Low
Hone	hone pr ✓	High	Likely	Low
Burnish	burnish release ✓	Medium	Likely	Low
Strata	strata enrich ✓	Medium	Moderate	Low

My top picks would be Gilt (the phonetic/semantic double meaning is hard to beat), Weft (unique, evocative, and low conflict), and Deft (punchy, implies skill, works great as a CLI command). All three are short, work well as terminal commands, and communicate what the product does without being generic. gitbutler

Ultra-short names that still nod toward the harness job—channeling noisy agent output into clear, reasoned Git history.[conventionalcommits]​

Control & guidance

• Rein

• Yoke

• Helm

• Tack

• Lead

• Stay

• Grip

• Hold

• Bind

• Knot

Signal & clarity

• Sift

• Lens

• Gist

• Crux

• Core

• Cull

• Hone

• Pare

• Trim

• Mint

Flow & structure

• Duct

• Flux

• Fuse

• Vane

• Gate

• Lock

• Rail

• Loom

• Weir

• Meld

Abstract / brandable

• Oxen

• Nex

• Arx

• Kin

• Ordo

• Tru

• Vex

• Zed

• Axi

• Rig

Personal favorites for your product

Name | Why it works | CLI feel -- | -- | -- Gist | "The gist of what happened"—distilled meaning | gist rebase, gist split Sift | Filtering noise into signal | sift pr, sift release Hone | Sharpening rough commits into precise history | hone rebase, hone split Rein | Direct harness adjacency, control metaphor | rein split, rein pr Crux | "The crux of the change"—intent & reasoning | crux rebase, crux release Loom | Weaving threads into coherent fabric | loom pr, loom split

All six are 4 letters, feel clean in a terminal, and tell a story without saying "AI" or "Git" in the name.

Ultra-short names that still nod toward the harness job—channeling noisy agent output into clear, reasoned Git history. [[conventionalcommits](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/)

Control & guidance

• Rein
• Yoke
• Helm
• Tack
• Lead
• Stay
• Grip
• Hold
• Bind
• Knot

Signal & clarity

• Sift
• Lens
• Gist
• Crux
• Core
• Cull
• Hone
• Pare
• Trim
• Mint

Flow & structure

• Duct
• Flux
• Fuse
• Vane
• Gate
• Lock
• Rail
• Loom
• Weir
• Meld

Abstract / brandable

• Oxen
• Nex
• Arx
• Kin
• Ordo
• Tru
• Vex
• Zed
• Axi
• Rig

Personal favorites for your product

Name	Why it works	CLI feel
Gist	"The gist of what happened"—distilled meaning	gist rebase, gist split
Sift	Filtering noise into signal	sift pr, sift release
Hone	Sharpening rough commits into precise history	hone rebase, hone split
Rein	Direct harness adjacency, control metaphor	rein split, rein pr
Crux	"The crux of the change"—intent & reasoning	crux rebase, crux release
Loom	Weaving threads into coherent fabric	loom pr, loom split

All six are 4 letters, feel clean in a terminal, and tell a story without saying "AI" or "Git" in the name.

Great constraint — short names are more memorable, more CLI-friendly, and look killer in a terminal. Here are options grouped by what they evoke:

Noise → Signal

• Sift — Separate the valuable from the noise. 4 chars, strong verb.

• Cull — Remove the unnecessary, keep what matters.

• Pare — Strip down to the essential.

• Hone — Sharpen something until it's precise.

• Skim — Extract what floats to the top.

Clarity & Understanding

• Grok — Dev-beloved word meaning "to deeply understand."

• Gist — The essential meaning. Sounds like Git. 4 chars.

• Crux — The decisive, most important point.

• Nub — "The nub of it" — the core point. 3 chars.

• Pith — The essential substance. Dense, short, strong.

Essence & Core

• Core — The heart of what happened.

• Seed — The kernel of meaning planted in history.

• Root — Git already uses this metaphor. Foundational.

• Ore — Raw material refined into something valuable. 3 chars.

• Gem — What you find after cutting through the rock.

Light & Visibility

• Lux — Latin for light. 3 chars. Premium feel.

• Ray — A beam cutting through the dark. 3 chars.

• Arc — A trajectory; also the arc of a story/project. 3 chars.

Action & Craft

• Fold — As in folding commits together. Git-native metaphor.

• Fuse — Merging many into one coherent thing.

• Tidy — Exactly what it does. Unpretentious, honest. 4 chars.

• Meld — Blend things into a unified whole.

• Knit — Weaving threads of history together.

My Favorites at 3–4 Chars

Name | Chars | Why -- | -- | -- Gist | 4 | Echoes "Git," means "the essential point," universally understood Sift | 4 | Perfect verb for the noise-reduction job. Clean, active, CLI-ready Grok | 4 | Developers already love this word; means deep understanding Pith | 4 | Unusual, punchy, means "the essential substance" Lux | 3 | Light on dark history. Elegant. Extremely short Ore | 3 | Raw → refined. The whole product story in 3 letters Crux | 4 | "The crux of it" — exactly what your tool surfaces

Any of these feel right directionally? Happy to riff further on a specific vibe.