Clean Stop

Q: What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Clean Stop skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Clean Stop is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at https://claudskills.com/learn/what-is-skill-md/.

Category: Product · Sub-category: product-misc · Last updated: 2026-07-23

Get a session to a clean stopping point before the machine may go away — everything durable, everything linked, nothing stranded on local disk. Sweep every repo and worktree touched for uncommitted, unpushed, or PR-less work, push it durable, put follow-ups and context in PR/issue bodies a cold agent could resume from, prune only what is provably safe, then give a free-and-clear verdict. Use when: 'clean stop', 'get to a clean stopping point', 'safe to shut down', 'wrap up before I lose this machine', 'make everything durable', 'stopping for the day', 'is anything stranded', 'leave it clean'. Makes durable freely; gates destructive cleanup.

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What this skill does

Clean Stop is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the product-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when: 'clean stop', 'get to a clean stopping point', 'safe to shut down', 'wrap up before I lose this machine', 'make everything durable', 'stopping for the day', 'is anything stranded', 'leave it clean'. Makes durable freely; gates destructive cleanup.

Who uses this skill

The Clean Stop Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 211,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/clean-stop/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\clean-stop\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

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Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Clean Stop Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/clean-stop/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at claudskills.com/install/.

What does the Clean Stop skill do?

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

When should I use the Clean Stop skill?

Use Clean Stop when your Claude Code task falls under the Product category — specifically in the product misc area. Claude Code auto-discovers installed skills and invokes the right one based on the task description, so you can also ask Claude directly (e.g. "use Clean Stop" or describe the task and let Claude pick). Browse related skills at /category/product/.

What is a Claude Code skill and how does the Clean Stop skill fit in?

A Claude Code skill is a SKILL.md file that lives under ~/.claude/skills/<name>/ and tells the Claude Code CLI agent how to perform a specific task (instructions, prompts, allowed tools). Skills are auto-discovered at session start. Clean Stop is one of 67,000+ skills indexed in the open ClaudSkills catalog, classified under the Product category. Learn more at /learn/what-is-a-claude-skill/.

Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/melodic-software/claude-code-plugins/blob/HEAD/plugins/session-flow/skills/clean-stop/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: melodic-software

Cite this skill

If you reference this skill in a blog post, paper, or documentation, you can cite it as:

APA

melodic-software. (2026). Clean Stop [Claude Code skill]. ClaudSkills. https://claudskills.com/skills/clean-stop/

BibTeX

@misc{clean-stop-2026,
  author    = {melodic-software},
  title     = {Clean Stop [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/clean-stop/}
}

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Security scan

Grade A · scanned 2026-10-25 — free static scan against the OWASP Agentic Skills Top 10.

No risk patterns were found in any of the ten OWASP-aligned categories. How grading works ›

✓ Prompt injection
✓ Data exfiltration
✓ Supply chain
✓ Reverse shell
✓ Credentials
✓ Execution
✓ Filesystem
✓ Persistence
✓ Obfuscation
✓ Network

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