How do I install here-be-git?

Run npx skills add intellectronica/agent-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.

Is here-be-git maintained, and what licence does it use?

Its repository has 298 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-04-25. The repository declares the CC0-1.0 licence.

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here-be-git

here-be-git is an agent skill published by intellectronica, listed under building agents. It lives in the intellectronica/agent-skills repository, which has 298 GitHub stars and is licensed under CC0-1.0; we last read it on 2026-09-16.

Initialise a git repository with optional commit instructions and .gitignore. Used when users indicate they want to set up version control in the current directory.

by intellectronica · one of 22 skills in intellectronica/agent-skills →

Install

skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads intellectronica/agent-skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.

npx skills add intellectronica/agent-skills

Maintenance

Stars

298

State

listed

Licence

CC0-1.0

From the repository

Initialise a git repository with optional agent commit instructions and .gitignore. Use when users say "here be git", "init git", "initialise git", or otherwise indicate they want to set up version control in the current directory.

View on GitHub ↗2026-09-16

here-be-git compared with similar skills

here-be-git compared with other skills for the same job, by publisher, what it does, repository stars and last update
Skill	Publisher	What it does	Repo stars	Last update
here-be-git (this page)	intellectronica	Initialise a git repository with optional agent commit instructions and .gitignore. Use when users say "here…	298	2026-04-25
copilot-sdk(same repository)	intellectronica	This skill helps with GitHub Copilot SDK work across Node.js/TypeScript, Python, Go, .NET, and Java. It cover…	298	2026-04-25
gog-cli(same repository)	intellectronica	Use this skill whenever the user wants to operate Google Workspace from the command line with gog/gogcli, inc…	298	2026-04-25
claude-handoff	mattpocock	Hand the current conversation off to a fresh background agent that picks up the work immediately.	303,549	2026-10-22
context-engineering	addyosmani	Optimizes agent context setup. Use when starting a new session, when agent output quality degrades, when swit…	110,611	2026-10-13
using-agent-skills	addyosmani	Discovers and invokes agent skills. Use when starting a session, or when you need to decide which skill or wo…	110,611	2026-10-13
agent-platform-inference	google	Connects to and performs inference with Google Cloud Agent Platform GenAI models, including First-Party Gemin…	21,580	2026-10-25

Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about here-be-git

What does here-be-git do?: Initialise a git repository with optional commit instructions and .gitignore. Used when users indicate they want to set up version control in the current directory.
How do I install here-be-git?: Run npx skills add intellectronica/agent-skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
Who publishes here-be-git?: intellectronica.
Is here-be-git maintained, and what licence does it use?: Its repository has 298 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-04-25. The repository declares the CC0-1.0 licence.

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