Skills finishing-a-development-branch

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finishing-a-development-branch

Name: finishing-a-development-branch
Author: Cygnusfear

Content revision r1 Safe ⚙️ External commands📁 Filesystem access

Finish Development Branches Safely

Completed branches need a clear path to merge, pull request, retention, or cleanup. This skill guides test verification, choice presentation, and guarded Git completion workflows.

Supports: Claude Codex Code(CC)

🥉 78 Bronze

Install with my Agent

Copy this request to your Agent. It includes the canonical Skill page and manifest.

Agent request

Review the Skillstore skill "finishing-a-development-branch" from https://skillstore.io/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch.md and its manifest at https://skillstore.io/api/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/manifest. Verify the artifact. You may proceed after verification, subject to the environment's own policy.

Your Agent should still show its plan and request any confirmation required by the security policy.

Agent-readable resources

Use these links when an AI agent, crawler, or script needs clean context instead of reading the full page.

Markdown detail GET /skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch.md Signed manifest GET /api/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/manifest Signed lockfile GET /api/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/lockfile

Test it

Using "finishing-a-development-branch". I finished the feature and tests pass.

Expected outcome:

The assistant confirms the test result, identifies the base branch, and offers merge, pull request, keep, or discard options.

Using "finishing-a-development-branch". Choose Pull Request.

Expected outcome:

The assistant pushes the branch, drafts a pull request summary and test plan, then preserves the worktree.

Using "finishing-a-development-branch". Discard this branch.

Expected outcome:

The assistant lists what will be deleted and waits for the exact discard confirmation before deletion.

Security Audit

Safe

v8 • 7/5/2026 Open versioned report

Static analysis reported 24 issues, but each was a false positive: Markdown fences, safe shell substitutions, or stderr redirection in examples. I found no prompt injection, hidden exfiltration, or semantic abuse; destructive Git cleanup is explicitly gated by user confirmation.

Files scanned

201

Lines analyzed

Review items

False positives ignored

Risk Factors

No confirmed security findings were detected by the latest completed static and semantic audit. This does not prove the skill has no side effects.

Audited by: codex View Audit History →

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Academic citations (APA · BibTeX · CFF)

APA citation

Cygnusfear. (2026). finishing-a-development-branch security audit report (audit version 8) [Author version unspecified]. Skillstore. https://skillstore.io/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/audits/8

BibTeX citation

@techreport{cygnusfear-cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch-2026,
  author = {Cygnusfear},
  title = {finishing-a-development-branch security audit report (audit version 8)},
  institution = {Skillstore},
  year = {2026},
  number = {8},
  url = {https://skillstore.io/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/audits/8},
  note = {Author version unspecified}
}

CITATION.cff

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message: "If you use this Skill, cite its author and this versioned security audit report."
title: "finishing-a-development-branch security audit report (audit version 8)"
version: "unspecified"
type: report
authors:
  - name: "Cygnusfear"
date-released: "2026-07-05"
url: "https://skillstore.io/skills/cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch/audits/8"
identifiers:
  - type: other
    value: "skillstore:cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch:audit:8"
    description: "Skillstore immutable audit report identifier"

Compare variants

8 installable variants

Each author remains a separate installable skill. The recommended variant is ranked by Skillstore evidence.

Why this variant is first

Higher Skillstore usage

Author / source Skillstore Score Evidence Confidence Skillstore usage Updated

ZhanlinCui Recommended

zhanlincui-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 16

Updated

2026-09-09

sickn33

sickn33-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 9

Updated

2026-09-09

davila7

davila7-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 8

Updated

2026-09-09

Cygnusfear Current

cygnusfear-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 8

Updated

2026-09-09

Cycleaddict

cycleaddict-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 78

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 7

Updated

2026-09-09

obra

obra-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 71

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 10

Updated

2026-09-09

DYAI2025

dyai2025-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 69

Evidence Confidence High

Skillstore usage 9

Updated

2026-09-09

CodingCossack

codingcossack-finishing-a-development-branch

Skillstore Score 38

Evidence Confidence Medium

Skillstore usage 8

Updated

2026-09-09

Skillstore Score

Why this score Evidence Confidence: High

Architecture

Maintainability

Content

Community

Spec Compliance

What You Can Build

Complete a feature branch

Verify tests, choose the correct finish path, and avoid ambiguous end-of-work decisions.

Prepare a team pull request

Push the current branch and create a pull request with a concise summary and test plan.

Clean a temporary worktree

Remove a completed or discarded worktree only after the selected workflow makes cleanup appropriate.

Try These Prompts

Finish my branch

Use finishing-a-development-branch to verify tests and present completion options for my current branch.

Create a pull request

Use finishing-a-development-branch. After tests pass, push this branch and draft a pull request with summary and test plan.

Merge and clean locally

Use finishing-a-development-branch to confirm the base branch, merge locally, rerun tests, and clean up the finished branch.

Review risky cleanup

Use finishing-a-development-branch to inspect the branch, list commits before discard, and wait for exact confirmation before destructive actions.

Best Practices

Run the full project test suite before choosing a completion path.
Confirm the base branch when the detected branch is unexpected.
Review branch commits and worktree paths before typing discard confirmation.

Avoid

Using the skill before implementation and tests are complete.
Selecting discard as quick cleanup without reviewing deleted work.
Assuming GitHub CLI pull request creation works without authentication.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this skill do?

It guides the final step after development: verify tests, choose a finish path, and handle Git cleanup.

Does it run tests automatically?

It instructs the agent to run the project test suite before offering merge or pull request options.

Can it create pull requests?

Yes. It includes a workflow for pushing the branch and creating a pull request with GitHub CLI.

Will it delete branches?

Only if the user selects discard and types the exact confirmation requested by the workflow.

Does it support Git worktrees?

Yes. It checks for worktree usage and removes worktrees only for merge or confirmed discard paths.

Is it suitable for team repositories?

Yes, but team branch protection, review rules, and release policies still apply.

Developer Details

Author

Cygnusfear

License

MIT

Skillstore revision

Version notice

The author did not declare a version.

Repository

https://github.com/Cygnusfear/claude-stuff/tree/main/skills/finishing-a-development-branch

Ref

7e9e368dc1a370f2040369ebcd0db06d90cb48e5

Maintenance freshness

7/18/2026

Usage

5 downloads · 288 views

File structure

📄 SKILL.md