worktree-guide

worktree-guide is a skill for Claude Code from poindexter12/waypoint. It costs 75 tokens per session (1,668 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide to using Git worktrees, which let you keep multiple branches checked out in separate directories at the same time. It also documents metadata files that help tools understand each worktree's purpose.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to create, list, inspect, adopt, or remove worktrees and to choose suitable modes and metadata for each one.
Why use it?
It makes worktree setup and organization easier to understand, especially when several feature, bug-fix, experiment, or review branches are active.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin.

Part of the workflows plugin — 4 skills, 5 commands, 2 agents shipped together

Good fit Use it to create, list, inspect, adopt, or remove worktrees and to choose suitable modes and metadata for each one.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/poindexter12/waypoint/working-tree
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 poindexter12/waypoint --skill working-tree
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/poindexter12/waypoint

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install workflows, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 5 commands, 2 agents.

Wrote this? Show the measurements

A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.

agentmods badge for worktree-guide

README.md
[![agentmods](https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/poindexter12/waypoint/working-tree.svg)](https://agentmods.dev/skills/poindexter12/waypoint/working-tree)
Your own site
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/poindexter12/waypoint/working-tree"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/poindexter12/waypoint/working-tree.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>
Per session 75 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,668 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 $0.00075 $0.01668
Opus 5 $0.00037 $0.00834
Sonnet 5 $0.00015 $0.00334
Haiku 4.5 $0.00007 $0.00167

Measured 8d ago against content hash da78cfbd2ffb, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

worktree-guide 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 8d ago.

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.

workflows/skills/working-tree/SKILL.md · 233 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 233 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Git Worktree Guide

Quick reference and templates for git worktree workflows with AI metadata integration.

Progressive Disclosure

Initial Response

Quick Overview:

Git worktrees let you checkout multiple branches simultaneously in separate directories. Each worktree has AI metadata (.ai-context.json) that helps tools understand context.

Quick Start:

  • Create worktree: /working-tree:new <branch-name>
  • List worktrees: /working-tree:list
  • Check status: /working-tree:status
  • Remove worktree: /working-tree:destroy <path>
  • Add metadata: /working-tree:adopt

What would you like to know more about?

  1. Mode semantics (main, feature, bugfix, experiment, review)
  2. Metadata file structure and templates
  3. Comprehensive best practices guide
  4. Strategic organization patterns

On Request

Based on what you ask for, I can show you:

Mode Semantics → Detailed explanation of each mode Templates → Ready-to-use metadata templates Best Practices → Full reference guide (REFERENCE.md) Examples → Specific workflow examples

Mode Semantics Quick Reference

main

Purpose: Stable, production-ready code Restrictions: Minimal changes only, no experimentation Use For: Hotfixes, urgent production changes, stable baseline AI Behavior: Conservative suggestions, focus on safety

feature

Purpose: Active development of new features Restrictions: None, experimentation encouraged Use For: New features, enhancements, active work AI Behavior: Helpful, suggests improvements freely

bugfix

Purpose: Isolated, surgical bug fixes Restrictions: Minimal scope, no unrelated changes Use For: Specific bug fixes, targeted corrections AI Behavior: Focused on fix only, warns about scope creep

experiment

Purpose: Prototypes, spikes, research Restrictions: None, can be messy, expect to discard Use For: POCs, trying new technologies, A/B testing AI Behavior: Aggressive suggestions, OK with rough code

Read the full file on GitHub · 233 lines

Files

What ships with it

3 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. 8d ago First seen · 233 lines · 75 tokens per session scan A da78cfbd2ffb

Subscribe to this mod's changes

worktree-guide is a skill published in the GitHub repository poindexter12/waypoint (7 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 75 tokens to every session and 1,668 once invoked, about $0.0004 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-31.

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