docs: add PR title guidelines and workflow to enforce conventional commits

Author: rekram1-node

.github/workflows/pr-title.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: PR Title Validation
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, edited, synchronize]
+
+jobs:
+  validate-title:
+    if: |
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'actions-user' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'opencode' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'rekram1-node' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'thdxr' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'kommander' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'jayair' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'fwang' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'adamdotdevin' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'iamdavidhill' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login != 'opencode-agent[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate PR title
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const title = context.payload.pull_request.title;
+            const validPrefixes = ['feat:', 'fix:', 'docs:', 'chore:', 'refactor:', 'test:'];
+            const isValid = validPrefixes.some(prefix => title.startsWith(prefix));
+
+            if (!isValid) {
+              const body = `👋 Thanks for opening this PR!
+
+            Your PR title \`${title}\` doesn't follow our conventional commit format.
+
+            Please update it to start with one of these prefixes:
+            - \`feat:\` new feature or functionality
+            - \`fix:\` bug fix
+            - \`docs:\` documentation or README changes
+            - \`chore:\` maintenance tasks, dependency updates, etc.
+            - \`refactor:\` code refactoring without changing behavior
+            - \`test:\` adding or updating tests
+
+            **Examples:**
+            - \`docs: update contributing guidelines\`
+            - \`fix: resolve crash on startup\`
+            - \`feat: add dark mode support\`
+
+            See [CONTRIBUTING.md](../blob/dev/CONTRIBUTING.md#pr-titles) for more details.`;
+
+              await github.rest.issues.createComment({
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                issue_number: context.payload.pull_request.number,
+                body: body
+              });
+
+              core.setFailed('PR title does not follow conventional commit format');
+            } else {
+              console.log('PR title is valid:', title);
+            }

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -155,6 +155,24 @@ With that said, you may want to try these methods, as they might work for you.
 - Avoid having verbose LLM generated PR descriptions
 - Before adding new functions or functionality, ensure that such behavior doesn't already exist elsewhere in the codebase.
 
+### PR Titles
+
+PR titles should follow conventional commit standards:
+
+- `feat:` new feature or functionality
+- `fix:` bug fix
+- `docs:` documentation or README changes
+- `chore:` maintenance tasks, dependency updates, etc.
+- `refactor:` code refactoring without changing behavior
+- `test:` adding or updating tests
+
+Examples:
+
+- `docs: update contributing guidelines`
+- `fix: resolve crash on startup`
+- `feat: add dark mode support`
+- `chore: bump dependency versions`
+
 ### Style Preferences
 
 These are not strictly enforced, they are just general guidelines: