Finishing a Development Branch
obra/superpowers
Walks the last step of a branch: confirm tests pass, detect the git environment, ask how to integrate, carry out your choice and clean up the worktree.
A skill your agent uses when running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree, giving it its own dev ports, provisioning env/deps, and merging back.
Install Parallel Worktrees
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktrees --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .claude/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .claude/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktreesType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktrees --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .agents/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .agents/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktrees --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .cursor/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .cursor/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git --path .agents/skills/parallel-worktrees--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktrees --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .gemini/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .gemini/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktreesInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .github/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .github/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install theexperiencecompany/gaia parallel-worktrees --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees .opencode/skills/parallel-worktrees && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "parallel-worktrees" agent skill from https://github.com/theexperiencecompany/gaia/tree/master/.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees into .opencode/skills/parallel-worktrees/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "parallel-worktrees", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
parallel-worktrees- GitHub stars
- 308
- Token cost
- ~2.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 1,131 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 16
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree, giving it its own dev ports, provisioning env/deps, and merging back.
- Works in 3 steps: wt step copy-ignored — copies the… → mise run wt:env — allocates this… → pnpm install + nx run api:sync —…
- Running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree
- SKILL.md covers One-time setup (per machine), Create a worktree and start…, Ports and Single-instance bots — do NOT…, plus 3 more sections
- Calls mise, git and nx
What it does
Parallel Worktrees is an agent skill from theexperiencecompany/gaia. Use when running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree, giving it its own dev ports, provisioning env/deps, and merging back. Covers the port scheme, the single-instance bot constraint, and troubleshooting collisions.
Its SKILL.md is about 2.3k 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 Git worktrees. The repository describes itself as: Your proactive personal AI assistant & companion for daily productivity 🌎.
When your agent uses it
- Running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree
- Giving it its own dev ports
- Provisioning env/deps
Example prompts
- “/parallel-worktrees”
Requirements
- Docker
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- wt step copy-ignored — copies the gitignored secret files listed in
- mise run wt:env — allocates this worktree's ports → .env.worktree.
- pnpm install + nx run api:sync — concurrently; both are fast (pnpm shared
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 153e484. 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:
misegitnxpnpmgh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, pnpm 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
Parallel Worktrees loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 68 tokens; SKILL.md has 1,131 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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: notes
The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.
- NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:40
`.worktreeinclude` (`apps/api/.env`, `apps/web/.env.local`, `apps/bots/.env`) - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:42
nv` — allocates this worktree's ports → `.env.worktree`. - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:55
callback runs on the default ports: `rm .env.worktree` in that worktree (mise - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:61
and writes `.env.worktree` at the repo root. mise auto-loads that file for every - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:63
today's defaults. Delete `.env.worktree` to fall back to defaults. - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:80
above `apps/web/.env.local` (Next's load order puts `process.env` first), so the - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:81
to that worktree's own API even though `.env.local` - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:147
it, or confirm `.env.worktree` exists here (`cat .env.worktree`) and re-run - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:151
* — check `NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL` in `.env.worktree` - NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:153
- **`.env.worktree` missing** — run `mise run wt:env`. A brand-new worktree gets it
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 1,131 words (~2,259 tokens).
“Run multiple GAIA branches side by side. Each worktree gets its own copy of the repo, its own gitignored env files, and a deterministic set of dev ports so mise dev in one worktree never collides with another. Shared Docker…”
- name
- parallel-worktrees
Files
Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/parallel-worktrees of theexperiencecompany/gaia.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 153e484
Compare with similar skills
Parallel Worktrees next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parallel Worktrees this skilltheexperiencecompany/gaia | 308 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
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| Migrate Core Code to Submodulestinyhumansai/openhuman | 42k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Finishing A Development Branchfarm-fe/farm | 5.6k | 34 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Git Worktree Cleanuplobehub/lobehub | 83k | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Keep Codex Fastvibeforge1111/keep-codex-fast | 1.6k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Parallel Worktrees
What does Parallel Worktrees do?
A skill your agent uses when running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree, giving it its own dev ports, provisioning env/deps, and merging back. Parallel Worktrees is an agent skill from theexperiencecompany/gaia. Use when running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree, giving it its own dev ports, provisioning env/deps, and merging back.
When should I use Parallel Worktrees?
Parallel Worktrees fits situations like: running several GAIA branches at once with worktrunk (wt) — creating a worktree; giving it its own dev ports; provisioning env/deps.
How do I install Parallel Worktrees in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees in theexperiencecompany/gaia) into .claude/skills/parallel-worktrees in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Parallel Worktrees in Codex?
Run `npx skills add theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/parallel-worktrees in theexperiencecompany/gaia) into .agents/skills/parallel-worktrees in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Parallel Worktrees 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 theexperiencecompany/gaia --skill parallel-worktrees -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/parallel-worktrees, .gemini/skills/parallel-worktrees, .github/skills/parallel-worktrees and .opencode/skills/parallel-worktrees in your project.
What does Parallel Worktrees need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Parallel Worktrees needs the command-line tools its instructions call (mise, git, nx, pnpm and gh). Our summary lists: Docker.
Does Parallel Worktrees access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git and gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Parallel Worktrees safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (mentions a .env file), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Parallel Worktrees use?
Parallel Worktrees 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 Parallel Worktrees use?
About 2.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 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 Parallel Worktrees?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Parallel Worktrees: Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars), Finishing A Development Branch (farm-fe/farm, 5.6k stars) and Git Worktree Cleanup (lobehub/lobehub, 83k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Parallel Worktrees?
theexperiencecompany (a GitHub organization) maintains it in theexperiencecompany/gaia, which has 308 GitHub stars. The repository holds 16 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: theexperiencecompany/gaia on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.