gh-stack SKILL.md skillA

gh-stack from devantler-tech/agent-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add devantler-tech/agent-plugins/gh-stack@v0.2.0

Pins v0.2.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
devantler-tech/agent-plugins
Path
plugins/github/skills/gh-stack/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
6
Latest version
v0.2.0, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 30, 2026
Size
9,389 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
Apache-2.0

Manages stacked PRs and splits multi-part work into reviewable branches with gh-stack. Use for stack creation, viewing, edits, push, submit, sync, rebase, merge, or checkout; when asked to split or isolate work for review; whenever a user mentions a stack, branch layers, dependent PRs, or gh stack; or when a stack is checked out.

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

# gh-stack

`gh stack` is a [GitHub CLI](https://cli.github.com/) extension for stacked branches and pull
requests. A stack is an ordered chain of branches rooted on a trunk, where each branch has one PR
based on the branch below it, so a reviewer sees only that layer's diff.

`gh stack` prints a stack trunk-first, left to right:

```
(main) <- auth <- api <- frontend
```

Left is the **bottom**, right is the **top**. `auth` is based on `main` and merges first;
`frontend` merges last. `up` moves toward the top, away from trunk; `down` moves toward it.
Foundational work belongs at the bottom, code that depends on it above. For how to choose the
layers, read `references/stack-design.md`.

## Setup

Requires Git 2.36+ and an authenticated GitHub CLI.

```bash
gh extension install github/gh-stack
git config rerere.enabled true         # remember conflict resolutions
git config remote.pushDefault origin   # required if the repo has more than one remote
```

## Non-interactive use

`gh stack` branches on whether **stdout is a TTY**. Piped, most commands error cleanly or print
static text; under a PTY the same commands open a prompt or a full-screen TUI and block forever.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add devantler-tech/agent-plugins/gh-stack@sha256:e849e291607e00c8

The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.2.0, 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.

Badge

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Versions

The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jun 30, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, about one every 24 days.

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v0.2.0 latest2026-10-27 7bf5506 9,389 BA view · diff
v0.2.02026-10-03 74eb43f 9,389 BA view · diff
v0.1.02026-09-03 7a0f751 8,376 BA view · diff
v0.0.92026-08-03 ee52d02 43,525 BA view · diff
v0.0.82026-07-23 30875df 40,313 BA view · diff
v0.0.72026-06-30 5ad416d 37,997 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (9389 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

GitHub

devantler-tech/agent-plugins · 3 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-03 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_gjg2oulbur25fikd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=devantler-tech/agent-plugins/gh-stack
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e849e291607e00c8d06aa32ec0a4898fb5de88a30a546e29fa018e6cedd3538e

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