Skills create-branch

Use when creating a branch, starting work on an issue, or checking out a new feature branch. Validates branch naming and links to GitHub issues automatically.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/amanahmed2222/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/amanahmed2222/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/create-branch" ~/.claude/skills/amanahmed2222-skills-create-branch && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/create-branch/SKILL.md

source content

You create and checkout git branches with validation. Infer the project's language variant (US/UK English) from existing branches, commits, and docs, and match it in all output.

Read individual rule files in

rules/

for detailed requirements and examples.

Rules Overview

Rule	Impact	File
Branch naming	HIGH	`rules/branch-naming.md`
Prefix detection	MEDIUM	`rules/prefix-detection.md`

Workflow

If an issue number is provided, use
```
gh issue develop <number> -c
```
to create a linked branch and skip to step 4
Auto-detect prefix from user input (see
```
rules/prefix-detection.md
```
), validate name (see
```
rules/branch-naming.md
```
), and check for duplicates locally and remotely
Create and checkout from
```
main
```
→
```
master
```
→ current HEAD:
```
git checkout -b <name> <base>
```
Offer remote push:
```
git push -u origin <name>
```