branch-and-task-management SKILL.md skillA
branch-and-task-management from synaptiai/synapti-marketplace is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/branch-and-task-management@git:20261101.fe898b3Pins git:20261101.fe898b3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- synaptiai/synapti-marketplace
- Path
plugins/flow/skills/branch-and-task-management/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261101.fe898b3, committed Nov 1, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 8, 2026
- Size
- 3,791 bytes
- Repository stars
- 7
- License
- Apache-2.0
Create feature branches with naming conventions, load full issue context and impact analysis, and decompose acceptance criteria into atomic parallel tasks with dependencies. Use when starting work on a GitHub issue. This skill MUST be consulted because starting code without context causes misaligned implementations and wasted effort.
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
# Branch and Task Management
## Contract
Iron law: no code before context — read the issue body and comments, load history, understand scope, then create the branch. Invoked by `/flow:start` (Phase 1 EXPLORE through Phase 2 PLAN) and by the `implementation-planner` agent for task decomposition. Returns: a feature branch named per `conventions.branchPatterns` checked out from the default branch, one TaskCreate task per acceptance criterion with dependencies set, and an initialized decision journal at `{JOURNAL_DIR}/issue-{N}.md`. Permitted skips: none — an issue without acceptance criteria is not decomposed; it goes back to the user (or `Skill(issue-crafting)`) first.
## Pre-Conditions
Before creating a branch, confirm: the issue exists and is OPEN; it has acceptance criteria (otherwise ask the user or create them); no existing branch already addresses it; you have read the full body AND comments.
## Branch Creation
```bash
DEFAULT_BRANCH=$(gh repo view --json defaultBranchRef --jq '.defaultBranchRef.name' 2>/dev/null || printf '%s\n' "main")
git fetch origin "$DEFAULT_BRANCH"
git checkout -b "feature/issue-{N}-{desc}" "origin/$DEFAULT_BRANCH"
```
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/branch-and-task-management@sha256:d79234a1281685b9The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261101.fe898b3, 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_645o5isyfpywuwib)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Mar 8, 2026 and Nov 1, 2026, about one every 40 days.
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| git:20261101.fe898b3 latest | 2026-11-01 | fe898b3 | 3,791 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260919.aaa1ddb | 2026-09-19 | aaa1ddb | 3,596 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260909.6778255 | 2026-09-09 | 6778255 | 3,587 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260506.b1f0fef | 2026-05-06 | b1f0fef | 4,093 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260311.a793cc4 | 2026-03-11 | a793cc4 | 3,940 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260309.7f96379 | 2026-03-09 | 7f96379 | 3,962 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260308.3ef0c8f | 2026-03-08 | 3ef0c8f | 4,006 B | A | view |
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 (3791 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
synaptiai/synapti-marketplace · 7 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_645o5isyfpywuwib GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=synaptiai/synapti-marketplace/branch-and-task-management GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d79234a1281685b99e3a822c5cc83c5adeebc48ebf8524786671dccf6ed0157e
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