Agent Skill

Gentle AI Branch PR skill

gentle-ai-branch-prGentleman-Programming/gentle-aiskills/branch-pr/SKILL.md

Create Gentle AI pull requests with issue-first checks. Trigger: creating, opening, or preparing PRs for review.

7.9kMIT

always on

30 tokname + description

once used

2,994 tokSKILL.md body

bundled files

repo stars

7.9kGitHub

Install the Gentle AI Branch PR skill

Skills CLI (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and others)

npx skills add https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai --skill gentle-ai-branch-pr

Claude Code, by hand (all projects)

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai.git /tmp/gentle-ai
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -R /tmp/gentle-ai/skills/branch-pr ~/.claude/skills/gentle-ai-branch-pr

For one project only, copy the folder into .claude/skills/ in that project instead. The agent picks it up when a task matches its description.

What it costs your context

Agent Skills load in three steps. Tokens counted with the o200k tokenizer; your model's count will differ a little.

When	What loads	Cost
Every session	Name and description	30 tok
When the agent uses it	The SKILL.md instructions	2,994 tok
Only if opened	No bundled files	—

Until it is used, gentle-ai-branch-pr costs about 45× less than the median MCP server we measured (1,362 tokens on every turn). Installing all 26 skills from Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai would load 1,022 tokens of descriptions. Skills vs MCP study

Checks

The name doesn't match its folder name, as the specification requires.

Checked 2026-10-22 · method

What's inside

The headings of its SKILL.md. Read the full file on GitHub.

Gentle AI — Branch & PR Skill
When to Use
Critical Rules
Workflow
Branch Naming
PR Body Format
Automated Checks
Conventional Commits
Format
Allowed Types
Breaking Changes
Examples
Commands
Setup
Testing Locally
Open a PR
Check PR Status

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