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Agent skill

Prepare Paperclip PR

by paperclipai in paperclipai/paperclip

Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Prepare Paperclip PR

skills CLI
$ npx skills add paperclipai/paperclip --skill prepare-paperclip-pr -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install paperclipai/paperclip prepare-paperclip-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/paperclipai/paperclip.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr .claude/skills/prepare-paperclip-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
prepare-paperclip-pr
GitHub stars
100k
Token cost
~954 tokens
SKILL.md length
550 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
60
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

  • Works in 7 steps: Preconditions — worktree safety → Commit everything — lose no work → Get changes cleanly on top of master → …
  • Development work in your project
  • SKILL.md covers 0. Preconditions — worktree…, 1. Commit everything — lose no…, 2. Get changes cleanly on top… and 3. Guardrails checklist (every…, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls git

What it does

Prepare Paperclip PR is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

Its SKILL.md is about 950 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. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: The open-source app everyone uses to manage agents at work. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Development work in your project

Example prompts

  • “/prepare-paperclip-pr”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Preconditions — worktree safety
  2. Commit everything — lose no work
  3. Get changes cleanly on top of master
  4. Guardrails checklist (every PR)
  5. Open the PR
  6. Review loops
  7. Report back and hand off

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit de9ab8e. 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

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, 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

Prepare Paperclip PR loads about 954 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 550 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~954

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 paperclipai/paperclip at commit de9ab8e, republished under its MIT licence (© paperclipai). 550 words, ~954 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
prepare-paperclip-pr
description
Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

Prepare Paperclip PR

The standard Paperclip procedure for turning branch work into a reviewed, green pull request against paperclipai/paperclip master. Apply it once per PR (if a task splits a branch into several PRs, run the whole procedure for each one).

0. Preconditions — worktree safety

  • Do all PR work in a git worktree on a dedicated branch. The main ~/paperclip checkout typically runs the live Paperclip server — never check out branches there. If you are already on a worktree/branch, verify it (git rev-parse --git-dir, git branch --show-current) and proceed.
  • If the main checkout is unexpectedly off master, fix that first without losing work (usually: move that branch's work into a worktree).
  • Confirm which remote/ref you are targeting (normally master on the paperclipai/paperclip repo; the task may name a specific remote such as origin or public-gh).

1. Commit everything — lose no work

  • Make logical commits of all uncommitted changes before anything else. Do not stash and forget; do not leave files behind. If commits are missing, make them.
  • Commit messages must end with exactly: Co-Authored-By: Paperclip <noreply@paperclip.ing>

2. Get changes cleanly on top of master

  • Fetch the target remote and rebase (or otherwise replay) your branch on top of the target master so the PR has no merge conflicts.
  • Re-verify after rebase: build/tests relevant to the change still pass at whatever depth the task warrants.

3. Guardrails checklist (every PR)

  • Never commit pnpm-lock.yaml — the repo has actions that manage it. If it is already in a commit, rewrite/drop that change before pushing.
  • Never change .github/workflows/* unless the underlying commit was explicitly about that and the task calls it out.
  • No design screenshots / wireframe images committed to the repo unless they are genuinely part of the work product.
  • Migrations: numbered incrementally with no conflicts against master. If master moved and took your number, renumber on top. Make migrations idempotent so users who already applied the old number are safe.
  • Greptile file limit: keep each PR under 100 changed files; if a PR exceeds that, split it into two.
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4. Open the PR

5. Review loops

  • Run the /greploop company skill: trigger Greptile review, address its comments, push, and repeat until Greptile gives 5/5 with zero unresolved comments (max 20 turns). Do not stop early while turns remain.
  • Then run the /prcheckloop company skill and address any verification / CI failures you can.
  • RUN GREPTILE UNTIL IT GETS TO 5/5 - DO NOT STOP UNTIL GREPTILE IS 5/5, all tests pass, all verification checks pass, and there are no merge conflicts.

6. Report back and hand off

  • Comment on the driving task: what you did, the PR URL(s), the worktree path (use ~ for home), Greptile score, and check status.
  • Create a pull_request work product for each opened PR (plus branch / commit work products where the branch or a commit is itself the handoff).
  • If the task requires follow-up per PR (e.g. sub-issues per PR), create them as the task directs and link them.

Hard rules

  • Never lose work: no orphaned stashes, no dropped files, no force-pushes that discard commits.
  • Always post the URLs to every pull request you created.

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

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr of paperclipai/paperclip.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit de9ab8e

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Questions about Prepare Paperclip PR

What does Prepare Paperclip PR do?

Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks. Prepare Paperclip PR is an agent skill from paperclipai/paperclip. Prepare a Paperclip branch for PR with commits, template body, and checks.

When should I use Prepare Paperclip PR?

Prepare Paperclip PR fits situations like: development work in your project.

How do I install Prepare Paperclip PR in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Prepare Paperclip PR in Codex?

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

Can I use Prepare Paperclip 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 paperclipai/paperclip --skill prepare-paperclip-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/prepare-paperclip-pr, .gemini/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr, .github/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr and .opencode/skills/prepare-paperclip-pr in your project.

What does Prepare Paperclip PR need to run?

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

Does Prepare Paperclip PR access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Prepare Paperclip 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 Prepare Paperclip PR use?

Prepare Paperclip 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 Prepare Paperclip PR use?

About 954 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.8k 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 Prepare Paperclip PR?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Prepare Paperclip PR: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Contributor-First PR Merge (HKUDS/OpenHarness, 16k stars) and Finishing A Development Branch (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Prepare Paperclip PR?

paperclipai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in paperclipai/paperclip, which has 99,905 GitHub stars. The repository holds 60 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 11, 2026.

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