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auto-repo-setup

An agent skill by daymade, from daymade/claude-code-skills. Tags: debugging, devops, local-workflow, setup, version-control.

What it does

Diagnose, repair, and standardize repository setup and safe Git workflows for Claude Code or Codex. Use when a repository will not run, a collaborator is onboarding, dependencies or credentials are missing, the user wants startup sync, SessionStart output is duplicated, project instructions or hooks need auditing, or commit/push/conflict/history-cleanup needs a guarded workflow. Route ordinary startup behavior through project instructions or a natural language request; use lifecycle hooks only when behavior must occur before the first prompt and the target runtime has been verified.

Install

With the skills CLI, which installs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other agents:

npx skills add daymade/claude-code-skills --skill auto-repo-setup

Or copy the skill folder into Claude Code's skills directory by hand (~/.claude/skills for every project, or .claude/skills inside one):

git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills
cp -r claude-code-skills/auto-repo-setup ~/.claude/skills/auto-repo-setup

Safety box score

Grade C, moderate risk: 33 of 100 risk points, rated 2026-10-19. The grade rates what the skill and its scripts can reach on the machine of whoever installs it, across eight categories from shell execution to secrets access. How the score works.

This skill is a repository-operations helper that shells out to git for inspection and can persist Claude Code startup config in `.claude/settings.json` and `.gitignore`. Its main blast radius is repo-local configuration and session behavior, with network use only for the safe-sync / push-verification workflows it describes.

Category levels, from 0 (none) to 3 (high)
CategoryLevelWhy
Code & shell execution2 (moderate)It runs host commands during inspection and setup, e.g. `subprocess.run(...)` in `scripts/check_env.py` and the install/remove flow in `scripts/init_session_start_hook.py`.
Network access2 (moderate)The Git sync and push-safety workflows explicitly use remote operations like `git pull --ff-only` and `gh repo view`, so the skill can contact remotes and hosting APIs when used as intended.
Filesystem reach2 (moderate)It can write and replace repo files such as `.claude/settings.json` and `.gitignore`, and the startup hook manager persists those changes atomically.
Secrets & credentials1 (low)The scripts deliberately avoid reading secret values, but they do inspect `.env` presence and discuss credential revocation / replacement in history-cleanup guidance.
Privilege & persistence0 (none)There is no sudo, global install, service registration, shell-startup editing, or other elevated-system action in the shipped files.
Instruction hijack surface0 (none)The files add a guarded startup nudge (`matcher: "startup"`) but do not tell the agent to skip approvals, ignore rules, or follow remote instructions.
Irreversible actions2 (moderate)The skill can change future session behavior via managed hooks and can perform repo sync actions like fast-forward pulls; these are real actions but remain bounded and approval-gated for commits/pushes.
Transparency0 (none)All shipped content is plain text source; there are no binaries, embedded blobs, or decoded-at-runtime payloads.

Before installing

Rated 2026-10-19 by an automated review of 10 files from the skill's repository.

Source

Repository
daymade/claude-code-skills (all skills from this repository)
Path
auto-repo-setup/SKILL.md
Branch
main
Updated
2026-09-20