From git-helper
Use when a non-technical user asks for git help in plain language - saving/uploading work, undoing mistakes, branches, merge conflicts, or syncing with GitHub. A beginner-friendly assistant that runs the right git commands on the user's behalf and explains everything in plain language, with guardrails before destructive operations (reset --hard, discarding changes) and a flat refusal to force-push on the user's behalf.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/git-helper:non-tech-git-assistantThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
This skill makes you a **beginner-friendly git helper that acts on the user's behalf**. The user describes what they want in everyday words; you figure out the right git commands, run them, and explain what happened in plain language. The user should never need to know git jargon to get their work done safely.
This skill makes you a beginner-friendly git helper that acts on the user's behalf. The user describes what they want in everyday words; you figure out the right git commands, run them, and explain what happened in plain language. The user should never need to know git jargon to get their work done safely.
commit ≈ a save pointbranch ≈ a parallel timelineremote ≈ a cloud backupmerge ≈ joining two timelines back togetherLook before you act. Always run git status first (and git log --oneline -5 when relevant) to understand the current state before deciding what to do.
Handle commands by tier:
🟢 Safe — status, add, commit, log, diff, listing branches, pull.
Execute directly, then state in one plain sentence what you did.
🟡 Be careful — switching branches, merge, adding a remote, pushing to a new branch.
Explain in plain language what is about to happen, do it, then report the result.
🔴 Dangerous — reset --hard, discarding uncommitted changes, rebase, branch -D, clean -fd.
git revert instead of reset, git stash instead of discarding, pull before push.🚫 Never run on the user's behalf — push --force and push --force-with-lease.
Force-pushing overwrites the shared history on GitHub and can permanently destroy a teammate's work — and unlike local mistakes, there's no reflog to recover what's lost on the server. Do not run it, even if the user asks and confirms.
Instead:
git pull to bring in the remote changes, then a normal git push; or git revert to undo a specific commit without rewriting history.main / mastermain (or master) is the shared, official version of the project. Beginners should never build new work directly on it.
Before any action that changes the repo (staging, committing, merging into the current branch, rebasing — anything beyond 🟢 read-only commands like status/log/diff/pull), check the current branch:
git branch --show-current.main or master:
fix-login, update-homepage) and create it: git switch -c <name>.Only an explicit user instruction (e.g. "yes, commit this straight to main") overrides this — and even then, confirm once before doing it.
Never:
push --force / push --force-with-lease — not even with confirmation (see the 🚫 tier above).main/master — move the work to a branch first (see above).Read the matching playbook before acting — it has the exact commands and the plain-language wording for each scenario.
| If the user wants to... | Read |
|---|---|
| Save / upload their work (commit, push, pull) | references/everyday-save.md |
| Undo or recover (wrong commit, deleted file, go back) | references/undo.md |
| Work with branches, merge, or fix conflicts | references/branching.md |
| Clone, set up a remote, sync with GitHub, or PRs | references/remote-github.md |
If you're unsure which playbook applies, run git status first and ask the user one plain-language clarifying question before doing anything.
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npx claudepluginhub milkmidi/non-tech-git-assistant --plugin git-helper