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Finishing Branch

Category: Dev Tools  ·  Sub-category: tools-misc  ·  Last updated:
type:reviewtype:integration
End-to-end workflow for finishing a development branch. Use when implementation is complete and the branch is ready to ship -- runs verification checks, reviews the diff, picks the integration path (direct merge, pull request, squash-and-merge, stacked PR), writes the PR/merge message, pushes to the remote, and cleans up branches and worktrees. Covers rebase vs merge vs squash decisions, pre-push checklists, stacked-branch handling, and recovery from common missteps like force-pushing the wrong branch or deleting an unmerged branch. Triggers: 'I'm done', 'ready to merge', 'ready to push', 'ready for review', 'wrap up this branch', 'finish this up'.

From the source SKILL.md

The code is written. Tests are green locally. Now what? The gap between "done coding" and "merged to main" is where branches rot, conflicts accumulate, and mistakes happen. This playbook is the systematic bridge: verify, review, integrate, clean up. Every time, in order, nothing skipped.

What this skill does

Finishing Branch is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the tools-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/finishing-branch/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when implementation is complete and the branch is ready to ship -- runs verification checks, reviews the diff, picks the integration path (direct merge, pull request, squash-and-merge, stacked PR), writes the PR/merge message, pushes to the remote, and cleans up branches and worktrees. Covers rebase vs merge vs squash decisions, pre-push checklists, stacked-branch handling, and recovery from common missteps like force-pushing the wrong branch or deleting an unmerged branch.

Who uses this skill

The Finishing Branch Claude Code skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

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Manual install (2 steps)

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

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

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

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