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Agent skill

Git Coauthor

by openshift-examples in openshift-examples/web

A skill your agent uses when committing changes made with AI assistance.

No licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Git Coauthor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add openshift-examples/web --skill git-coauthor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install openshift-examples/web git-coauthor --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/openshift-examples/web.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/git-coauthor .claude/skills/git-coauthor && 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
git-coauthor
GitHub stars
181
Token cost
~472 tokens
SKILL.md length
128 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
3
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when committing changes made with AI assistance.

  • Works in 3 steps: Stage the relevant files → Commit with the co-author trailer. Use… → Verify the trailer was recorded
  • Committing changes made with AI assistance
  • SKILL.md covers Co-author identity, Commit message format and Steps
  • Calls git

What it does

Git Coauthor is an agent skill from openshift-examples/web. Use when committing changes made with AI assistance. Adds the AI agent as a co-author to the git commit using the GitHub Co-authored-by trailer convention. Trigger phrases: "commit with co-author", "add AI as co-author", "commit changes".

Its SKILL.md is about 470 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 Commit messages. It works with Git, GitHub and Kubernetes. The repository describes itself as: 🚀 Content of examples.openshift.pub.

When your agent uses it

  • Committing changes made with AI assistance
  • Phrases: commit with co-author
  • Add AI as co-author

Example prompts

  • “commit with co-author”
  • “add AI as co-author”
  • “commit changes”
  • “/git-coauthor”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Stage the relevant files
  2. Commit with the co-author trailer. Use -m twice — first for the subject,
  3. Verify the trailer was recorded

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3511549. 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:

    • git

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

  • Network

    Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

    • docs.github.com

    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 Coauthor loads about 472 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 63 tokens; SKILL.md has 128 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~63
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~472

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 128 words (~472 tokens).

“Every commit that contains AI-assisted changes should credit the AI agent as a co-author using the GitHub co-author trailer convention.”

— opening of SKILL.md by openshift-examples
name
git-coauthor

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/git-coauthor of openshift-examples/web.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3511549

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Create PREmiyaaaaa/HiveMind1.1k—~1.7kAutomated safety check: PassCustom licence

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Questions about Git Coauthor

What does Git Coauthor do?

A skill your agent uses when committing changes made with AI assistance. Git Coauthor is an agent skill from openshift-examples/web. Use when committing changes made with AI assistance.

When should I use Git Coauthor?

Git Coauthor fits situations like: committing changes made with AI assistance; phrases: commit with co-author; add AI as co-author.

How do I install Git Coauthor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openshift-examples/web --skill git-coauthor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/git-coauthor in openshift-examples/web) into .claude/skills/git-coauthor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Git Coauthor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add openshift-examples/web --skill git-coauthor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/git-coauthor in openshift-examples/web) into .agents/skills/git-coauthor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Git Coauthor 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 openshift-examples/web --skill git-coauthor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/git-coauthor, .gemini/skills/git-coauthor, .github/skills/git-coauthor and .opencode/skills/git-coauthor in your project.

What does Git Coauthor need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Git Coauthor needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Git Coauthor access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: docs.github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Git Coauthor 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 Git Coauthor use?

No licence was found for Git Coauthor or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Git Coauthor use?

About 472 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 Git Coauthor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Git Coauthor: React Router Pull Request Creator (remix-run/react-router, 57k stars), Verdaccio Pull Request Workflow (verdaccio/verdaccio, 18k stars), Draft Pull Request Creator (wordpress-mobile/WordPress-Android, 3.2k stars) and Submit PR (tisfeng/Easydict, 15k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Git Coauthor?

openshift-examples (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openshift-examples/web, which has 181 GitHub stars. The repository holds 3 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 4, 2026.

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