method-clean-branches SKILL.md skillA
method-clean-branches from sajor2000/methodsmith is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add sajor2000/methodsmith/method-clean-branches@git:20261016.73e5a37Pins git:20261016.73e5a37 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- sajor2000/methodsmith
- Path
plugins/methodsmith/skills/method-clean-branches/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261016.73e5a37, committed Oct 16, 2026
- Size
- 4,014 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Deletes local git branches whose upstream is gone, and their worktrees, after confirmation. Use when the user asks to clean or prune gone branches.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Clean Gone Branches > **Script paths are anchored to this skill's directory.** Run each command below from the user's project (the agent's working directory) with `SKILL_DIR` set to the directory containing this `SKILL.md`; do not change into the skill directory, because the script inspects the current repository. ## Skill Value - **Problem it solves:** Stale local branches and orphaned worktrees accumulate after PRs merge or remotes are pruned. - **Use when:** The user asks to clean gone branches, prune local branches, or remove branches whose remotes no longer exist. - **Output:** A confirmed branch/worktree cleanup summary. - **Ask only if:** Before deleting anything, confirm the exact branches and worktrees to remove. - **Do not do:** Do not delete unmerged or user-owned work without confirmation. - **Interaction:** Check repo/config/chat evidence first. Ask one decision-changing question at a time; use the current harness's blocking question UI when available, otherwise present numbered choices and wait. Delete local branches whose remote tracking branch has been deleted, including any associated worktrees. ## Workflow ### Step 1: Discover gone branches …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add sajor2000/methodsmith/method-clean-branches@sha256:e764c5d69a3a4459The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261016.73e5a37, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_542i4jal46b6jmnt)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 16, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4014 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
sajor2000/methodsmith · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_542i4jal46b6jmnt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=sajor2000/methodsmith/method-clean-branches GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e764c5d69a3a445909d5b6dd3395fc6af6478c462c1ddd53655f55e92ac06b5c
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.