worktrees

name	worktrees
description	This skill creates git worktrees with tmux sessions and spawns an AI agent with a prompt. Triggers: "create a worktree", "new worktree", "worktree for branch", "spawn worktree", "parallel branch", "work on branch in new session", "worktree-branch script". Creates isolated worktree directories with an AI agent running automatically. Not for regular git branching or checkout operations.

Worktrees

Create a git worktree in a new tmux session with an AI agent running a specific prompt.

Base branch

By default everything should have a base branch of main unless you're explicitly told otherwise.

Choosing the prompt file

Pick the best option based on what's available:

A) Issue or markdown file — if the work references an issue, plan, design doc, or spec, use --prompt-file with that path B) Text prompt — write the prompt text to a timestamped file in /tmp and pass that path via --prompt-file C) No prompt — if you want to continue working in your current session you can omit --prompt-file and continue modifying the created worktree in the current session

Prefer B) by default.

Command

Run from the repo's ./main worktree. If you are in a sibling worktree, run the command via (cd ../main && ...). A single branch argument creates a new sibling worktree from ./main HEAD. Use two branch arguments only when you intentionally want the new branch to start from an explicit source ref instead of local ./main HEAD.

Parameters

• $BRANCH - New branch/worktree name (e.g., my-feature)
• $SOURCE_REF - Optional explicit source ref for two-argument form (e.g., origin/feature-branch)
• $PROMPT_FILE - File path passed to --prompt-file; either an existing issue/plan/spec file or a generated temp file
• $PROMPT - Inline prompt text used only when creating a generated temp $PROMPT_FILE

Examples

# With an existing issue, plan, design doc, or spec
PROMPT_FILE="overlay/my-plan-spec.md"
~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" my-feature

# With a text prompt
PROMPT_FILE="/tmp/worktree-prompt-$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).md"
cat > "$PROMPT_FILE" <<'EOF'
$PROMPT
EOF

# New branch from ./main HEAD
~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" my-feature

# Same, when currently in a sibling worktree
(cd ../main && ~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" my-feature)

# New branch from ./main HEAD, no prompt file
~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi my-feature

# Rare: new branch from remote main instead of local ./main HEAD
~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" origin/main my-feature

# Existing remote branch, local branch/worktree becomes feature-branch
~/Scripts/worktree-branch --no-switch --pull --binary pi --prompt-file "$PROMPT_FILE" origin/feature-branch

Notes

• The new worktree session is created and marked recent, but not switched to
• The AI agent starts automatically in the 4th tmux window with the given prompt
• Do not use main my-feature to create a branch from main; use my-feature unless you intentionally need an explicit source ref

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