Auto Repo Setup & Git Safety

Diagnoses and repairs repos that won't run, then standardizes onboarding docs and guarded commit/push/history workflows.

Dev & CodingIntermediate★ 1,419⑂ 219AI score 9/10Last updated: Sep 22, 2026

What it does

Entry router: classifies your request into one of six modes (environment repair, session sync, hook diagnosis, repository handoff, Git safety, startup automation) so it only does the relevant work.
Evidence-first, read-only diagnosis: reads AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md, onboarding/runbooks, README, manifests, lockfiles and CI, then runs scripts/check_env.py to check only the toolchains your project actually declares — no installs, no printing secret values.
Smallest viable repair: captures the exact command, exit code and output, traces the failure to its declaring source, applies a minimal project-consistent fix, and re-verifies with the project's real smoke test.
Protects your work: never auto-stashes, merges, rebases, force-pushes or discards local changes just to make setup look green.
Git safety gates: reference docs must be read before commit, push, conflict resolution or history rewrite; public push, force push and rewrites require explicit approval, and leaked credentials must be revoked.

Who it's for

Developers onboarding onto a new machine or repo that simply won't start
Leads who need a repeatable ONBOARDING.md handoff for teammates
Anyone debugging duplicated SessionStart hook output or auditing project instructions/hooks
Anyone who committed a secret and wants a cautious history-cleanup path

Examples

"The dev server won't start" → manifest-based inventory → install only the one missing toolchain → run the documented smoke test and report evidence, changes and verification.
"Sync the latest remote before we work" → inspect branch/upstream/working tree → git pull --ff-only when clean; explain (never auto-merge) when local changes or diverged histories exist.
"My startup notice prints three times" → enumerate project/local/user/managed/plugin hook registrations, count them, identify which sessions fired, and state the root cause before editing config.

· · · Install guide · · ·

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Copy the auto-repo-setup folder from the GitHub repo daymade/claude-code-skills into my ~/.claude/skills/auto-repo-setup/.
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Install with a command instead

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

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Open a terminal.
Clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/daymade/claude-code-skills.git
Create the skills directory: mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
Copy the skill: cp -r claude-code-skills/auto-repo-setup ~/.claude/skills/
Confirm the bundled scripts/ and references/ folders came along.
To use the helper scripts, install Python 3.10+ and uv (manual inspection still works without them).
Restart Claude Code and try: "Diagnose why this repository won't run."

View source on GitHub ↗License: MIT