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Prune Stale Branches And Worktrees — Git skill for Claude Code

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Prune stale git branches (merged, abandoned, or older than 30 days with no open PR) and stale git worktrees.

How to install Prune Stale Branches And Worktrees

Installs to ~/.claude/skills/macanderson-agent-harness-prune-stale-branches-and-worktrees/SKILL.md

Terminal

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/macanderson-agent-harness-prune-stale-branches-and-worktrees && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/macanderson/agent-harness/HEAD/commands/prune-stale-branches-and-worktrees.md -o ~/.claude/skills/macanderson-agent-harness-prune-stale-branches-and-worktrees/SKILL.md

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

What Prune Stale Branches And Worktrees does

description: Prune stale git branches (merged, abandoned, or older than 30 days with no open PR) and stale git worktrees. Shows a plan, confirms, then executes. allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Agent, TodoWrite, ToolSearch, mcp__plugin_github_github__list_pull_requests, mcp__plugin_github_github__list_branches

/prune-stale-branches-and-worktrees

Clean up stale git branches (local + remote) and git worktrees. Always show the plan before deleting anything. Never delete `main`, `develop`, or

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Validate Title Provided — if [ -z "$PLAN_TITLE" ]; then echo "❌ Error: Plan title required" echo "Usage: /sync-todos-to-github \"Plan Ti 618 ★