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post-merge is agent-read markdown (skill) from swingerman/engineer: Use immediately after a PR is merged to clean up the local feature branch and resync main. Triggers — "/engineer.post-merge", "did we merge", "did we push", "PR merged", "post-merge cleanup", or right after a `gh pr merge` succeeds in the same session..

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What the file says

# post-merge

The branch-hygiene skill that runs **immediately** after a PR merges — not deferred to the next session. `next` and `session-summary` already catch a stale branch at session boundaries (v1.7.1); `post-merge` closes the gap in between, where users were still asking *"are we still on the feature branch?"* mid-session.

## When to use

- **Auto** — invoke right after observing a successful `gh pr merge`, `gh pr merge --auto`, or a "Merged" PR state in `gh pr view --json state`. The agent that ran the merge calls this skill before doing anything else.
- **Manual** — `/engineer.post-merge` or the trigger phrases above.

**Not for:** cleanup when the PR isn't merged yet (the work isn't done); session-end teardown (`session-summary` handles that); session-start survey (`next` already probes for stale branches as a backstop).

## Workflow

1. **Resolve + identify merged branch.** Resolve the methodology root via `${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/dae_resolve.py`. Get the current branch (`git branch --show-current`). If it's `main`/`master`/the repo's default branch, there's nothing to clean — stop and report.
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How to install

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mdr add swingerman/engineer/post-merge@git:20260729.715119e
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mdr add swingerman/engineer/post-merge@sha256:f69abc97593b03e7

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Deterministic, no model, 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 (5431 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

swingerman/engineer · 150 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-22 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_hjitr6urrjayfenm
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=swingerman/engineer/post-merge
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f69abc97593b03e774437987808ca0ec01e6af947656fc400e4142278e5e12a6

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