branch-and-worktree-workflow SKILL.md skillA
branch-and-worktree-workflow from cbrock84/headcount is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cbrock84/headcount/branch-and-worktree-workflow@git:20260916.e72e404Pins git:20260916.e72e404 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cbrock84/headcount
- Path
plugins/technology/skills/branch-and-worktree-workflow/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260916.e72e404, committed Sep 16, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 28, 2026
- Size
- 2,430 bytes
- Repository stars
- 2,543
- License
- MIT
Isolates feature work in its own branch or worktree and integrates it cleanly when done. Use this when starting work that should not disturb the current workspace, when several efforts must proceed in parallel on one repository, or when implementation is finished and the change needs merging, rebasing, or splitting for review.
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
# Branch and worktree workflow ## Starting Work that will take more than one sitting, or that runs alongside other work, gets its own isolated workspace. A worktree gives you a second checkout of the same repository on a different branch — two efforts, two directories, one object store, no stashing. Branch from the current upstream default, not from whatever is checked out. Branching off a stale local branch is how unrelated commits end up in a review. ## While working - Commit at points where the tree is coherent, not at the end of the day. - Keep the branch current with its base often. A merge conflict found on day one is a five-minute fix; the same conflict found on day ten is an afternoon. - One concern per branch. If you find an unrelated bug, note it and leave it. ## Finishing Before proposing the work: 1. Rerun the full check the project actually gates on, not the subset you have been running. 2. Read your own diff top to bottom. Remove debug output, stray files, and commented-out code. 3. Confirm the branch merges cleanly into its base. Then decide how it integrates: - **Small and coherent** — merge as is. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cbrock84/headcount/branch-and-worktree-workflow@sha256:eb3a8d30b030db17The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260916.e72e404, 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_lww3vfwwvicqaolu)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Aug 28, 2026 and Sep 16, 2026, about one every 19 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20260916.e72e404 latest | 2026-09-16 | e72e404 | 2,430 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260828.f80dcb5 | 2026-08-28 | f80dcb5 | 2,091 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 (2430 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
cbrock84/headcount · 2,543 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-18 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lww3vfwwvicqaolu GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cbrock84/headcount/branch-and-worktree-workflow GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/eb3a8d30b030db178da1ecef58e35055756c807b30c2f5c50e5cb3b135635287
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.