compose:worktree

A workflow for using Git worktrees, which are separate working folders connected to the same Git repository, when starting isolated feature work.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it before implementing a feature or following an implementation plan. It selects the available worktree method and falls back to Git worktrees when needed.
Why use it?
It keeps changes separated from the current workspace and checks for existing isolation before creating another workspace.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/lfyxhappy/lfcode/worktree
Any agent
npx skills add lfyxhappy/lfcode --skill worktree
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/lfyxhappy/lfcode

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 35 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,166 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin 100% copy Near-identical to another mod 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 $0.00035 $0.02166
Opus 5 $0.00017 $0.01083
Sonnet 5 $0.00007 $0.00433
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00217

Measured yesterday against content hash b01cea730763, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

compose: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 yesterday.

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.

Origin

This is a copy

100% identical to compose:worktree — 0 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.

packages/lfcode/src/skill/compose/.bundle/worktree/SKILL.md · 235 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 235 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Using Git Worktrees

Overview

Ensure work happens in an isolated workspace. Prefer your platform's native worktree tools. Fall back to manual git worktrees only when no native tool is available.

Core principle: Detect existing isolation first. Then use native tools. Then fall back to git. Never fight the harness.

Announce at start: "I'm using the compose:worktree skill to set up an isolated workspace."

Step 0: Detect Existing Isolation

Before creating anything, check if you are already in an isolated workspace.

GIT_DIR=$(cd "$(git rev-parse --git-dir)" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
GIT_COMMON=$(cd "$(git rev-parse --git-common-dir)" 2>/dev/null && pwd -P)
BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)

Submodule guard: GIT_DIR != GIT_COMMON is also true inside git submodules. Before concluding "already in a worktree," verify you are not in a submodule:

# If this returns a path, you're in a submodule, not a worktree — treat as normal repo
git rev-parse --show-superproject-working-tree 2>/dev/null

If GIT_DIR != GIT_COMMON (and not a submodule): You are already in a linked worktree. Skip to Step 3 (Project Setup). Do NOT create another worktree.

Report with branch state:

  • On a branch: "Already in isolated workspace at <path> on branch <name>."
  • Detached HEAD: "Already in isolated workspace at <path> (detached HEAD, externally managed). Branch creation needed at finish time."

If GIT_DIR == GIT_COMMON (or in a submodule): You are in a normal repo checkout.

  1. Check memory for a worktree-consent preference in the compose-preferences memory file, or check your instructions for a declared worktree preference. If either exists, honor it silently.

  2. If no saved preference, use compose:ask:

    • header: Worktree
    • question: Set up an isolated worktree? It protects your current branch from changes.
    • options:
      • label: Yes (Recommended), description: Create an isolated worktree for this work
      • label: No, description: Work directly on the current branch
      • label: Always use worktrees, description: Use worktrees now and remember for future sessions
      • label: Never use worktrees, description: Work in place now and remember for future sessions

Read the full file on GitHub · 235 lines

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. yesterday First seen · 235 lines · 35 tokens per session scan A b01cea730763

Subscribe to this mod's changes

compose:worktree is a skill published in the GitHub repository lfyxhappy/lfcode (2 stars, last pushed 1mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 35 tokens to every session and 2,166 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. It is 100% identical to compose:worktree, differing in 0 lines, and is treated as a copy.