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using-git-worktrees

Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback

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Quality

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

No eval scenarios have been run

SecuritybySnyk

Passed

No known issues

SKILL.md
Quality
Evals
Security

Quality

Content

85%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

The content is highly actionable with a clearly sequenced workflow and explicit validation checkpoints. The main weakness is redundancy between the Common Mistakes, Quick Reference, and Red Flags sections, which inflates length without adding new guidance.

Suggestions

Merge the Common Mistakes and Red Flags sections (or convert one into a brief reference) to remove duplicated guidance and improve token efficiency.

The Quick Reference table already recapitulates inline step guidance; consider trimming inline prose where the table fully covers the case.

DimensionReasoningScore

Conciseness

The body is mostly lean command snippets and tables, but the Red Flags/Always section substantially repeats the Common Mistakes and Quick Reference content, leaving room to tighten.

2 / 3

Actionability

Concrete, copy-paste-ready bash commands appear throughout (git rev-parse, git check-ignore, git worktree add, language-specific setup detection), giving fully executable guidance.

3 / 3

Workflow Clarity

A clear Step 0 → 1a → 1b → 2 → 3 sequence is paired with explicit validation checkpoints (submodule guard, ignore verification, baseline tests with report-and-ask on failure).

3 / 3

Progressive Disclosure

The single SKILL.md is well organized with clear headers (Overview, Steps, Quick Reference, Common Mistakes, Red Flags) and no nested external references, providing easy navigation.

3 / 3

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Description

82%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

The description clearly states both what the skill does and when to use it, with natural trigger terms and concrete mechanisms. Its main weakness is the somewhat broad "before executing implementation plans" trigger, which risks overlap with general planning skills.

Suggestions

Tighten the "before executing implementation plans" trigger to something more specific (e.g., "before executing multi-step implementation plans that require an isolated branch") to reduce overlap with general planning skills.

Consider listing two or three concrete actions (e.g., "detects existing isolation, creates a worktree via native tools, or falls back to git worktree") to lift specificity to the top anchor.

DimensionReasoningScore

Specificity

Names concrete mechanisms ("native tools or git worktree fallback") and the action ("ensures an isolated workspace exists") but describes one action path rather than multiple distinct concrete actions, matching the score-2 anchor.

2 / 3

Completeness

Explicit "Use when..." clause answers when, and "ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback" answers what, satisfying both halves with explicit triggers.

3 / 3

Trigger Term Quality

Natural trigger phrases like "starting feature work", "isolation from current workspace", and "executing implementation plans" give good coverage of terms a user would say when needing this skill.

3 / 3

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

The worktree-isolation niche is fairly distinct, but the broad trigger "before executing implementation plans" could overlap with general planning or implementation skills, so it is not fully conflict-free.

2 / 3

Total

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12

Passed

Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

Repository
obra/superpowers
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