here-be-git

Initialise a git repository with optional agent commit instructions and .gitignore. Use when users say "here be git", "init git", "initialise git", or otherwise indicate they want to set up version control in the current directory.

Install with Tessl CLI

npx tessl i github:intellectronica/agent-skills --skill here-be-git

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Validation — 11 / 11 Passed

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Evaluation results

100%

23%

New Node.js API Service: Version Control Setup

Node.js git setup with agent commit instructions

Criteria

Without context

With context

AGENTS.md heading

50%

100%

All four commit rules

70%

100%

To be absolutely clear section

100%

AGENTS.md committed

50%

100%

node_modules/ ignored

100%

dist/ ignored

100%

.env ignored

100%

*.log ignored

100%

.gitignore committed

100%

Atomic separate commits

100%

Without context: $0.3560 · 1m 16s · 18 turns · 19 in / 4,226 out tokens

With context: $0.4806 · 1m 26s · 26 turns · 74 in / 4,521 out tokens

100%

28%

Add Git and Agent Commit Workflow to Existing Project

Append commit instructions to existing AGENTS.md

Criteria

Without context

With context

Original content preserved

100%

Original deployment section preserved

100%

Commit instructions appended

100%

AGENTS.md mandatory heading

100%

All four commit rules

46%

100%

To be absolutely clear section

100%

AGENTS.md committed

100%

Commit message quality

100%

Without context: $0.1949 · 48s · 9 turns · 10 in / 2,536 out tokens

With context: $0.4903 · 1m 33s · 26 turns · 395 in / 5,001 out tokens

100%

Set Up Version Control for a Python ML Project

Python gitignore with custom patterns

Criteria

Without context

With context

__pycache__/ ignored

100%

*.pyc ignored

100%

venv ignored

100%

.env ignored

100%

*.egg-info/ ignored

100%

data/ ignored

100%

*.pkl ignored

100%

secrets.json ignored

100%

.gitignore committed

100%

Without context: $0.2115 · 43s · 11 turns · 12 in / 2,591 out tokens

With context: $0.4212 · 1m 15s · 21 turns · 21 in / 4,617 out tokens

Evaluated: about 2 hours ago
Agent: Claude Code

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New Node.js API Service: Version Control Setup Add Git and Agent Commit Workflow to Existing Project Set Up Version Control for a Python ML Project

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