aide-worktree-isolation SKILL.md skillA
aide-worktree-isolation from anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench/aide-worktree-isolation@git:20260902.7aab297Pins git:20260902.7aab297 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench
- Path
skills/packs/aide-worktree-isolation/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260902.7aab297, committed Sep 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 31, 2026
- Size
- 11,567 bytes
- Repository stars
- 53
- License
- Apache-2.0
The AIDE pattern for shadow-workspace isolation — when the user switches from plan to act, commit the current workspace to a shadow git branch, the agent operates on a worktree copy, and the changes merge back only on user approval. Use when implementing Cursor's shadow workspace, Replit's Worktree pattern, or Claude Code's "isolate sessions with worktrees" feature. Use when reviewing AIDE's plan-to-act transition, when designing subagent scratch dirs (composes with aide-subagent-dispatch), or…
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
# Worktree Isolation — Shadow Git Workspaces, Approval-Gated Merge Born 2026-08-31 from the wiring audit. AIDE's plan mode (A1, shipped) refuses non-read-only tools, but the moment the user switches to act, the agent writes to the real workspace with no rollback. Cursor, Claude Code, Cline, Windsurf, Replit all ship "shadow workspace" or "worktree isolation" patterns; AIDE doesn't. This skill IS the wire-in. ## Why this matters - **Safety**: a runaway agent in act mode can corrupt the real workspace. The shadow branch is the rollback. - **Review**: the user sees "these are the changes the agent wants to make" before they land. The diff between shadow HEAD and main HEAD is the proposed change. - **Composability**: subagent scratch dirs (per `aide-subagent-dispatch`) inherit this pattern. Each subagent is its own worktree. - **No-Brick-Wall**: even if the agent gets stuck, the user can `git diff` the shadow branch and roll back in one command. ## The AIDE worktree contract (3 hard rules) …
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How to install
mdr add anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench/aide-worktree-isolation@sha256:623581bded3ea632The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260902.7aab297, 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_g2gwkz53ghizuj23)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 2, 2026, about one every 2 days.
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| git:20260902.7aab297 latest | 2026-09-02 | 7aab297 | 11,567 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260831.f6a8b8a | 2026-08-31 | f6a8b8a | 10,572 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench · 53 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch covert-production
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_g2gwkz53ghizuj23 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=anonymousnomad/aide-sovereign-workbench/aide-worktree-isolation GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/623581bded3ea632713483d38839ec7aae4d6546c3d66b23b6a369596064979a
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