Agent skill

Carbon PR

by gwittebolle in gwittebolle/claude-carbon

Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment

MITAuto-check passed

Install Carbon PR

skills CLI
$ npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install gwittebolle/claude-carbon carbon-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/gwittebolle/claude-carbon.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/carbon-pr .claude/skills/carbon-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
carbon-pr
GitHub stars
211
Token cost
~745 tokens
SKILL.md length
138 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
4
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment

  • Calls jq and bash

What it does

Carbon PR is an agent skill from gwittebolle/claude-carbon. Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment

Its SKILL.md is about 750 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

The repository describes itself as: claude-carbon: track the carbon footprint of your Claude Code sessions. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

  • “/carbon-pr”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d7313ff. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • jq
    • bash

    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

Carbon PR loads about 745 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 21 tokens; SKILL.md has 138 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~21
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~745

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

The full file from gwittebolle/claude-carbon at commit d7313ff, republished under its MIT licence (© gwittebolle). 138 words, ~745 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
carbon-pr
description
Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment

Run the following bash script from the repository the PR belongs to, and present the output to the user.

bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Locate the install wired into the status line (honours CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR),
# then fall back to CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT / CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR / the default path.
# Windows (Git Bash): CLAUDE_* variables and the paths stored in settings.json can
# arrive in the native "C:\Users\..." spelling, which bash cannot open. cygpath
# ships with Git for Windows; everywhere else this is the identity function.
ccp() {
  case "${OSTYPE:-}" in msys*|cygwin*) ;; *) printf '%s' "$1"; return 0 ;; esac
  case "$1" in
    [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*|*\\*) cygpath -u "$1" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s' "$1" ;;
    *) printf '%s' "$1" ;;
  esac
}
CFG="$(ccp "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}")"
REPO_DIR=""
if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f "$CFG/settings.json" ]; then
  SL_CMD="$(jq -r '.statusLine.command // empty' "$CFG/settings.json" 2>/dev/null)"
  # statusLine.command stores a shell-escaped path: expand ~ and unescape spaces
  SL_CMD="${SL_CMD//\\ / }"; SL_CMD="${SL_CMD/#\~/$HOME}"; SL_CMD="$(ccp "$SL_CMD")"
  [ -n "$SL_CMD" ] && [ -f "$SL_CMD" ] && REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SL_CMD")/.." 2>/dev/null && pwd)"
fi
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && [ -n "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" ] && REPO_DIR="$(ccp "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT")"
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && [ -n "${CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR:-}" ] && REPO_DIR="$(ccp "$CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR")"
if [ -z "$REPO_DIR" ]; then
  # Pure marketplace installs reach here: no statusLine.command in settings.json and
  # no CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT in a skill's bash env. Pick the newest cached plugin copy,
  # keeping only candidates that ship the PR report script.
  CACHE_LATEST=""
  for D in "$CFG/plugins/cache"/*/claude-carbon/*/; do
    [ -f "${D}scripts/generate-pr-report.sh" ] || continue
    if [ -z "$CACHE_LATEST" ] || [ "$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$CACHE_LATEST" "$D" | sort -V | tail -1)" = "$D" ]; then
      CACHE_LATEST="$D"
    fi
  done
  [ -n "$CACHE_LATEST" ] && REPO_DIR="${CACHE_LATEST%/}"
fi
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && REPO_DIR="$HOME/code/claude-carbon"

bash "$REPO_DIR/scripts/generate-pr-report.sh"

The script sums the local Claude Code sessions recorded for the current branch of the current project and posts (or updates in place) one sticky comment on the branch's open PR, through the user's own gh auth. Report its final line to the user as printed; never recompute or reformat the numbers.

If it reports no sessions for the branch, tell the user that only sessions recorded since the git_branch column exists carry a branch, and that scripts/backfill.sh repairs older rows while their transcripts are still on disk. If it reports no open PR, suggest pushing the branch and opening one first, or passing --pr <number>. If the script itself is missing (an install that predates it), suggest /carbon-update.

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Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/carbon-pr of gwittebolle/claude-carbon.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d7313ff

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Questions about Carbon PR

What does Carbon PR do?

Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment. Carbon PR is an agent skill from gwittebolle/claude-carbon.

How do I install Carbon PR in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/carbon-pr in gwittebolle/claude-carbon) into .claude/skills/carbon-pr in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Carbon PR in Codex?

Run `npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/carbon-pr in gwittebolle/claude-carbon) into .agents/skills/carbon-pr in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Carbon 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 gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-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/carbon-pr, .gemini/skills/carbon-pr, .github/skills/carbon-pr and .opencode/skills/carbon-pr in your project.

What does Carbon PR need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Carbon PR needs the command-line tools its instructions call (jq and bash).

Does Carbon 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 Carbon 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 Carbon PR use?

Carbon PR is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Carbon PR use?

About 745 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3k 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 Carbon PR?

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Who maintains Carbon PR?

gwittebolle (a GitHub user) maintains it in gwittebolle/claude-carbon, which has 211 GitHub stars. The repository holds 4 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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