cveralyon

Compare Branch — Development agent for Claude Code

Development community

Compare current branch vs main/staging — changes, risk assessment, merge readiness.

How to install Compare Branch

Installs to ~/.claude/agents/cveralyon-axel-setup-compare-branch.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cveralyon/axel-setup/HEAD/agents/compare-branch.md -o ~/.claude/agents/cveralyon-axel-setup-compare-branch.md

Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.

What Compare Branch does

description: Compare current branch vs main/staging — changes, risk assessment, merge readiness. tools: ["Bash", "Read", "Grep", "Glob"]

Quick assessment of the current branch compared to a target branch (default: main).

Step 1: Branch State

Current branch name and target branch
Commits ahead/behind: git rev-list --left-right --count HEAD...origin/main
Last common ancestor: git merge-base HEAD origin/main

Step 2: What Changed

Files changed: `git diff origin/main...HE

Alternatives in Development

Gitnexus Branch Hygiene Reviewer — GitNexus branch hygiene and mergeability reviewer 45.8k ★
Legal Risks — Legal Risk Assessment Subagent 841 ★
Lex Legal — Use this agent when dealing with legal and compliance activities 523 ★