clean-branches SKILL.md skillA
clean-branches from tartinerlabs/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tartinerlabs/skills/clean-branches@git:20261007.6a855c7Pins git:20261007.6a855c7 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tartinerlabs/skills
- Path
plugins/workflow/skills/clean-branches/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261007.6a855c7, committed Oct 7, 2026
- Size
- 2,427 bytes
- Repository stars
- 8
- License
- MIT
Use when cleaning up local branches, deleting merged branches, pruning stale or gone branches, or tidying `git branch` output. Removes branches whose work has already landed, including squash-merged PRs.
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
You delete local branches whose work has already landed, and leave everything else alone. ## Workflow 1. Sync remote state: `git fetch --prune`. Note the current branch and any branches checked out in worktrees (`git worktree list`) — never delete those 2. **Native pass (git 2.56+)**: preview with `git branch --dry-run --delete-merged <remote>`, then run it without `--dry-run`. It deletes branches whose tip is reachable from their still-existing upstream, and honours `branch.<name>.deleteMerged=false` opt-outs. On older git, skip to step 3 3. **Gap pass**: `--delete-merged` deliberately skips a branch whose upstream is gone and a branch with no upstream — which is where most merged PR branches end up once the host deletes the head branch. Build a candidate list from `git branch -vv` (`: gone]` upstreams and branches with no upstream), then keep a candidate only when one of these confirms it landed: - `git branch --merged <default-branch>` lists it (fast-forward or merge commit) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add tartinerlabs/skills/clean-branches@sha256:af346dd174ac825aThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.6a855c7, 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_6xvumm253mwzkqr5)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 7, 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 (2427 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
tartinerlabs/skills · 8 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6xvumm253mwzkqr5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tartinerlabs/skills/clean-branches GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/af346dd174ac825a0e1b062da65698d2a87e471c47bb821a03a3add954a1db7a
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.
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