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Agent skill

Update Branch

by rhesis-ai in rhesis-ai/rhesis

Rebase a feature branch onto main and force-push it safely. An agent skill from rhesis-ai/rhesis.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Update Branch

skills CLI
$ npx skills add rhesis-ai/rhesis --skill update-branch -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install rhesis-ai/rhesis update-branch --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/rhesis-ai/rhesis.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/update-branch .claude/skills/update-branch && 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
update-branch
GitHub stars
397
Token cost
~269 tokens
SKILL.md length
119 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Rebase a feature branch onto main and force-push it safely. An agent skill from rhesis-ai/rhesis.

  • Syncing a branch with main
  • SKILL.md covers Conflicts and Pushing after a rebase
  • Calls git
  • Resolving rebase conflicts

What it does

Update Branch is an agent skill from rhesis-ai/rhesis. Rebase a feature branch onto main and force-push it safely. Use when updating, rebasing, or syncing a branch with main, or resolving rebase conflicts.

Its SKILL.md is about 270 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 collaboration layer for AI teams: domain experts annotate and review agent behavior, engineers improve the agent from what they find.

When your agent uses it

  • Syncing a branch with main
  • Resolving rebase conflicts

Example prompts

  • “/update-branch”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 08e7fb5. 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

Update Branch loads about 269 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 41 tokens; SKILL.md has 119 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~41
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~269

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 119 words (~269 tokens).

“Rebase onto main; don't merge main into the branch.”

— opening of SKILL.md by rhesis-ai, Custom licence
name
update-branch

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/update-branch of rhesis-ai/rhesis.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 08e7fb5

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Questions about Update Branch

What does Update Branch do?

Rebase a feature branch onto main and force-push it safely. An agent skill from rhesis-ai/rhesis. Update Branch is an agent skill from rhesis-ai/rhesis. Rebase a feature branch onto main and force-push it safely.

When should I use Update Branch?

Update Branch fits situations like: syncing a branch with main; resolving rebase conflicts.

How do I install Update Branch in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Update Branch in Codex?

Run `npx skills add rhesis-ai/rhesis --skill update-branch -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/update-branch in rhesis-ai/rhesis) into .agents/skills/update-branch in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Update Branch 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 rhesis-ai/rhesis --skill update-branch -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/update-branch, .gemini/skills/update-branch, .github/skills/update-branch and .opencode/skills/update-branch in your project.

What does Update Branch need to run?

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

Does Update Branch 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 Update Branch 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 Update Branch use?

Update Branch has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Update Branch use?

About 269 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 Update Branch?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Update Branch: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Code Design Rationale Investigator (cursor/plugins, 11k stars) and Contributor-First PR Merge (HKUDS/OpenHarness, 16k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Update Branch?

rhesis-ai (a GitHub organization) maintains it in rhesis-ai/rhesis, which has 397 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

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