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deadbranch
89 / 100 · Low risk
Fine to try. Some of what it can do is expected: a coding skill usually runs build and test commands.
By laurigates/claude-plugins (GitHub) · coding · 59 stars · scanned at commit 16af2dc
deadbranch CLI for stale-branch cleanup — dry-run preview, TUI or non-interactive delete, protects main/develop/WIP. Use when asked to clean up branches, prune branches, or remove stale branches.
Works with any agent that supports SKILL.md skills.
What this skill can do
Runs commands on your computer
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README. It runs automatically when the plugin is installed. Expected for a coding skill.
Found in 27 places.
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- git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 104
base_tree=$(git rev-parse <base>^{tree}) - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 130
deadbranch clean --dry-run [--days N] [--local|--remote] [--force] - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 165
deadbranch backup list - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 185
deadbranch backup list # see what's saved - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 196
deadbranch list - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 231
deadbranch config show - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 245
deadbranch config set general.default_days 60 - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 252
which deadbranch || echo "not installed" - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 257
cargo install deadbranch - git-plugin/skills/deadbranch/SKILL.md, line 262
brew install armgabrielyan/tap/deadbranch - git-plugin/hooks.json, line 10
"command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/git-drift-probe.sh\"", - git-plugin/hooks.json, line 22
"command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/validate-pr-issue-links.sh\"", - git-plugin/hooks.json, line 27
"command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/check-pr-metadata-on-push.sh\"", - git-plugin/hooks.json, line 32
"command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/check-branch-sync-on-push.sh\"", - git-plugin/hooks.json, line 37
"command": "bash \"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/hooks/check-pr-merge-method.sh\"", - git-plugin/hooks/test-check-branch-sync-on-push.sh, line 362
assert_decision "bash -c with a quoted commit script nudges" ask "$(make_json "bash -c 'git commit -m x'")" - git-plugin/hooks/test-check-branch-sync-on-push.sh, line 373
$'echo start\nX' 'out=$(X)' 'echo "$(X)"' "bash -c 'X'" "sh -c 'cd . && X'" 'X &'
and 7 more places
Downloads and installs other software
This is disclosed by the author in the skill's SKILL.md or README.
Found in 2 places.
Install
Paste this into your terminal. It downloads exactly the version we scanned, not whatever is newest.
if [ -e ~/.agents/skills/'deadbranch' ] || [ -L ~/.agents/skills/'deadbranch' ]; then echo 'A skill folder named deadbranch already exists — not replacing it' >&2; false; else d=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --quiet --filter=blob:none --no-checkout 'https://github.com/laurigates/claude-plugins' "$d" && git -C "$d" checkout --quiet '16af2dca8c1e706bab01e003bf03a7d19192b346' -- 'git-plugin/skills/deadbranch' && mkdir -p ~/.agents/skills && cp -R "$d"/'git-plugin/skills/deadbranch' ~/.agents/skills/'deadbranch' && rm -rf "$d"; fi
Codex reads ~/.agents/skills directly. For Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Antigravity or OpenCode, also link it. For Claude Code: ln -s ~/.agents/skills/'deadbranch' ~/.claude/skills/'deadbranch' (other agents: ~/.cursor/skills, ~/.copilot/skills, ~/.gemini/skills, ~/.gemini/config/skills, ~/.config/opencode/skills). Or install through the finder skill, which does both.
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Score history
| Date | Version | Score |
|---|
| 2026-11-09 | 16af2dc | 89 |
| 2026-11-07 | 9d78355 | 89 |