Git Ship

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user wants to commit
• Ship changes in a git repository
• Include: commit changes
• Push my changes

Example prompts

• “commit changes”
• “push my changes”
• “ship it”
• “/git-ship”

Requirements

• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash(git:*), Bash(gh:*), Bash(grep:*), Read, Edit(.agents/skills/git-ship/areas.md)

Workflow steps

8 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Detect mode (new branch vs. update existing)
2. 2Gather required context
3. 3Understand the changes
4. 4Determine area
5. 5Generate commit message
6. 6Execute
7. 7Pull Request (if requested)
8. 8Summary

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 933c12c. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Bash(git:*)
  • Bash(gh:*)
  • Bash(grep:*)
  • Read
  • Edit(.agents/skills/git-ship/areas.md)

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • git
  • gh

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  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

Git Ship loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 133 tokens; SKILL.md has 481 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~133

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.2k

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

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

The full file from epam/ai-dial-chat at commit 933c12c, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© epam). 481 words, ~1,248 tokens.

name

git-ship

description

Use this skill whenever the user wants to commit, push, or ship changes in a git repository. Triggers include: "commit changes", "push my changes", "ship it", "commit and push", "create a branch and commit", "make a PR", "open a pull request", "create draft PR", or any variation of committing/pushing work. Always use this skill when the user mentions committing — even casually — as it handles the full cycle: branch → add → commit → push → (optionally) PR, with Conventional Commits format and automatic area detection.

allowed-tools

Bash(git:*), Bash(gh:*), Bash(grep:*), Read, Edit(.agents/skills/git-ship/areas.md)

disable-model-invocation

true

model

claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

context

fork

effort

low

arguments

ticket area

argument-hint

[ticket] [area]

git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD                 # current branch
gh pr view --json number,url,state 2>/dev/null  # open PR for current branch (if any)

git status
git diff HEAD

# 1. Create branch from base (skip in update-existing mode)
git checkout development
git checkout -b <type>/<short-slug>

# 2. Stage all changes (includes any areas.md self-extend edit)
git add .

# 3. Commit
git commit -m "<type>(<area>): <description> (Issue #<ticket>)"

# 4. Push
git push origin <type>/<short-slug>

Branch:  <type>/<short-slug>
Commit:  <type>(<area>): <description> (Issue #<ticket>)
Push:    ✅ succeeded  /  ❌ failed — <reason>
PR:      <link> (created)  /  <link> (updated existing)  /  skipped
Area:    <area>  (note "added to taxonomy" if Step 3 self-extended areas.md)

© epam, Apache-2.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files in .claude/skills/git-ship of epam/ai-dial-chat.

• SKILL.md
• areas.md
• examples/commit-messages.md
• examples/pr-body.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 933c12c