Branch Out — Git skill for Claude Code
Fork this conversation into a new herdr workspace or tmux window (same directory, no git branch).
How to install Branch Out
Installs to ~/.claude/skills/shariqnaiyer-threadr-branch-out/SKILL.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/shariqnaiyer-threadr-branch-out && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/shariqnaiyer/threadr/HEAD/commands/branch-out.md -o ~/.claude/skills/shariqnaiyer-threadr-branch-out/SKILL.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Branch Out does
description: Fork this conversation into a new herdr workspace or tmux window (same directory, no git branch) argument-hint: [label] allowed-tools: Bash(threadr fork:*)
Fork this conversation into a parallel session in the same working directory. This creates no git branch and no worktree: the fork shares the working tree.
Label to use: `$ARGUMENTS`
If the label above is empty, choose one yourself: a 2-3 word kebab-case slug describing what this conversation has been about (for exampl
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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