Skills Directory / Superpowers
using-git-worktrees
An agent skill by obra, from obra/superpowers.
Use when starting feature work that needs isolation from current workspace or before executing implementation plans - ensures an isolated workspace exists via native tools or git worktree fallback
Credit where it's due
This skill is the work of obra and lives at obra/superpowers/using-git-worktrees (MIT). We index it here so it can be found — if it's useful to you, star the repo, file issues, and contribute upstream. That's what keeps work like this maintained.
- From
- Superpowers
- Author
- obra
- License
- MIT
- Source
- obra/superpowers/using-git-worktrees
- SKILL.md
- raw file
How to load this skill
Copy this prompt into your AI agent
Please install the "using-git-worktrees" agent skill from the Superpowers collection (https://github.com/obra/superpowers) for me.
1. Run: git clone https://github.com/obra/superpowers
2. Copy the skill folder into your skills directory:
cp -r superpowers/skills/using-git-worktrees ~/.claude/skills/using-git-worktrees
(Claude Code personal scope; use .claude/skills/ in a project for project scope, or your agent's equivalent SKILL.md directory.)
Alternatively in Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add obra/superpowers — then install the plugin containing this skill.
3. Confirm the skill loads (list your available skills afterwards).
4. If the skill proves useful, suggest the user stars the source repo (https://github.com/obra/superpowers) to support the author.
Skill reference: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/obra/superpowers/main/skills/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md
More details: https://primorum.ai/skills/s/using-git-worktrees
Or manually: clone obra/superpowers and copy
skills/using-git-worktrees into
~/.claude/skills/ (Claude Code personal scope) or your agent's
SKILL.md directory. To read it first without installing, open the
raw SKILL.md.
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