branch-cleanup SKILL.md skillA
branch-cleanup from oleg-koval/agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oleg-koval/agent-skills/branch-cleanup@git:20260828.aaaffd4Pins git:20260828.aaaffd4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oleg-koval/agent-skills
- Path
plugins/olko-git-tools/skills/branch-cleanup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260828.aaaffd4, committed Aug 28, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 24, 2026
- Size
- 6,462 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Prune stale git branches after a merge wave: delete closed/merged remote branches, remove local tracking branches that no longer exist on the remote, and optionally clean up local branches already merged to main. Use after running dependabot-triage, after a sprint wind-down, or when the user says "clean up branches", "prune branches", "delete merged branches", or "tidy up git".
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
> 🤖 *Auto-generated by **weekly-pattern-learner** · dependabot-triage was added to merge dependency PRs in bulk but leaves stale remote branches behind; no skill follows up to prune them*
# Branch Cleanup
Remove stale remote and local branches safely after a merge wave. Defaults to
dry-run so you see exactly what will be deleted before anything is removed.
## Inputs
- **Remote** (optional, default: `origin`)
- **Base branch** (optional, default: `main`, detect from `gh repo view`)
- **--dry-run** (optional, default: on): preview deletions without executing them
- **--execute**: actually delete branches (requires explicit flag, safety default)
- **--include-local**: also clean up merged local branches (off by default)
## Step 1: Fetch and prune remote tracking references
Always start here. This removes local tracking refs for remote branches that are
already gone, without touching anything else:
```bash
REMOTE="${Remote:-origin}"
git fetch --prune "$REMOTE"
```
After pruning, print the count of removed tracking refs:
```bash
git branch -vv | grep ': gone]' | wc -l
```
## Step 2: Identify stale remote branches
Find remote branches whose associated PR is merged or closed:
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oleg-koval/agent-skills/branch-cleanup@sha256:6c01051cfc335124The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260828.aaaffd4, 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_ioyabmw4w753lbw7)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 24, 2026 and Aug 28, 2026, about one every 3 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260828.aaaffd4 latest | 2026-08-28 | aaaffd4 | 6,462 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260824.c71bceb | 2026-08-24 | c71bceb | 6,501 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 (6462 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
oleg-koval/agent-skills · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ioyabmw4w753lbw7 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oleg-koval/agent-skills/branch-cleanup GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6c01051cfc335124cd658d1cc8cf18a61da5857e1e84373944b4d0e9e48ab731
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