Official agent skill

New Branch And PR

by cursor in cursor/plugins

Create a fresh branch, complete work, and open a pull request

OfficialNo licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install New Branch And PR

skills CLI
$ npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill new-branch-and-pr -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install cursor/plugins new-branch-and-pr --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/cursor/plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/cursor-team-kit/skills/new-branch-and-pr .claude/skills/new-branch-and-pr && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
new-branch-and-pr
GitHub stars
10k
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~167 tokens
SKILL.md length
86 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
99
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Create a fresh branch, complete work, and open a pull request

  • Works in 5 steps: Ensure the working tree is clean or… → Create a descriptive branch from the… → Complete implementation and tests. → …
  • Tasks that involve Pull requests
  • SKILL.md covers Trigger, Workflow, Guardrails and Output
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

New Branch And PR is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Create a fresh branch, complete work, and open a pull request

Its SKILL.md is about 170 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. The repository describes itself as: Cursor plugin specification and official plugins.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Pull requests

Example prompts

  • “/new-branch-and-pr”

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Ensure the working tree is clean or explicitly handled.
  2. Create a descriptive branch from the latest main.
  3. Complete implementation and tests.
  4. Commit focused changes and push.
  5. Create a concise PR with summary and test notes.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ccb5507. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

New Branch And PR loads about 167 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 20 tokens; SKILL.md has 86 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~20
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~167

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 86 words (~167 tokens).

“Starting work that should be shipped through a clean branch and pull request workflow.”

— opening of SKILL.md by cursor
name
new-branch-and-pr

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in cursor-team-kit/skills/new-branch-and-pr of cursor/plugins.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ccb5507

Used in 1 other repository

We found 4 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in cursor/plugins, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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PR Design DocOpenHands/OpenHands90k—~2.4kAutomated safety check: PassMIT
WooCommerce Code Reviewwoocommerce/woocommerce11k3 repos~1.1kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Categories

Questions about New Branch And PR

What does New Branch And PR do?

Create a fresh branch, complete work, and open a pull request. New Branch And PR is an agent skill from cursor/plugins, published by the product's own GitHub organization.

When should I use New Branch And PR?

New Branch And PR fits situations like: tasks that involve Pull requests.

How do I install New Branch And PR in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill new-branch-and-pr -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (cursor-team-kit/skills/new-branch-and-pr in cursor/plugins) into .claude/skills/new-branch-and-pr in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install New Branch And PR in Codex?

Run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill new-branch-and-pr -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (cursor-team-kit/skills/new-branch-and-pr in cursor/plugins) into .agents/skills/new-branch-and-pr in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use New Branch And PR in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add cursor/plugins --skill new-branch-and-pr -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/new-branch-and-pr, .gemini/skills/new-branch-and-pr, .github/skills/new-branch-and-pr and .opencode/skills/new-branch-and-pr in your project.

What does New Branch And PR need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: New Branch And PR is instructions for the agent only.

Does New Branch And PR access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is New Branch And PR safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does New Branch And PR use?

No licence was found for New Branch And PR or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does New Branch And PR use?

About 167 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 668 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to New Branch And PR?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with New Branch And PR: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Check PR (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars) and PR Design Doc (OpenHands/OpenHands, 90k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains New Branch And PR?

cursor (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in cursor/plugins, which has 10,457 GitHub stars. The repository holds 99 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: cursor/plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.