gh-stack SKILL.md skillA
gh-stack from tomzx/agents is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add tomzx/agents/gh-stack@v0.1.1Pins v0.1.1 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- tomzx/agents
- Path
skills/gh-stack/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- v0.1.1, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 27, 2026
- Size
- 8,482 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
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 ```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
mdr add tomzx/agents/gh-stack@sha256:0ffe1a59f7f14567The line at the top of this page pins the label v0.1.1, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Aug 27, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 10 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v0.1.1 latest | 2026-10-07 | b35fc4b | 8,482 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.1 | 2026-10-04 | 00bb0c5 | 8,482 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.1 | 2026-10-01 | 432b62f | 8,481 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-10-01 | 088262e | 8,408 B | A | view · diff |
| v0.1.0 | 2026-08-27 | b39dbdf | 8,394 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 (8482 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
tomzx/agents · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_klamt3rhbvw4ut3a GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=tomzx/agents/gh-stack GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/0ffe1a59f7f14567edae17f09359f6958e7ed4cf4f0ee941ac41be2f4b965ce9
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.