git-worktree

git-worktree is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from djscheuf/agentic-dev-ecosystem-template. It costs 18 tokens per session (432 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to Git worktrees, which let one repository have several checked-out folders at the same time, each on a different branch or commit.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create, list, move, lock, unlock, remove, clean up, and repair Git worktrees, or set Git options for one worktree.
Why use it?
It avoids stashing changes or cloning the repository again when you need to work on multiple branches in parallel. It also helps fix and remove stale worktree records.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one. Also seen: installed under .agents/ (shared by several agents).

Good fit Use it to create, list, move, lock, unlock, remove, clean up, and repair Git worktrees, or set Git options for one worktree.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/djscheuf/agentic-dev-ecosystem-template/git-worktree
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add djscheuf/agentic-dev-ecosystem-template --skill git-worktree
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/djscheuf/agentic-dev-ecosystem-template

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 18 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 432 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00018 $0.00432
Opus 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00173
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00004 $0.00086
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00043

Measured 22d ago against content hash 20b66a4bf353, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

git-worktree scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 22d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 2 executable files (scripts/clean_worktree.sh, scripts/create_worktree.sh), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

.agents/skills/git-worktree/SKILL.md · 36 lines

What it actually says

git worktree

git worktree lets a single repository maintain multiple working trees, each checked out to a different branch or commit. Use it when you need to work on multiple branches at once (e.g., a hotfix alongside a long-running refactor) without stashing or cloning the repository again.

When to use this skill

  • Creating a new linked worktree from a branch, tag, or detached commit.
  • Listing, moving, locking, unlocking, or removing existing worktrees.
  • Cleaning up stale worktree metadata after manual deletion.
  • Repairing broken worktree links after moving repositories or worktrees.
  • Configuring per-worktree Git settings.

Core concepts

  • A repository has one main worktree (unless it is bare) and zero or more linked worktrees.
  • All worktrees share the same object database and most refs, but each has its own HEAD, index, and checked-out files.
  • A worktree is identified by its path (relative or absolute); if the path tail is unique, you can refer to it by just the basename.
  • Worktree metadata lives under $GIT_DIR/worktrees/<id>/.

Reference Files

  • ref/commands.md — subcommand syntax, options, and machine-readable list output format.
  • ref/configuration.md — shared vs. per-worktree config and relevant git-config variables.
  • ref/troubleshooting.md — repair scenarios, cleanup, locks, and common gotchas.

Utility Scripts

  • scripts/create_worktree.sh — create a linked worktree for a branch at the conventional path {parent}/worktrees/{repo}_{branch}. Supports --dry-run.
  • scripts/clean_worktree.sh — remove the worktree for a branch after confirming the branch is merged; optionally delete the branch. Supports --dry-run and --force.

[Source: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-worktree]

Files

What ships with it

5 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 22d ago First seen · 36 lines · 18 tokens per session scan A 20b66a4bf353

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git-worktree is a skill published in the GitHub repository djscheuf/agentic-dev-ecosystem-template (12 stars, last pushed 20d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 18 tokens to every session and 432 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-01.