Agent skill

update-gitignore

Create or update .gitignore file

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Install this agent skill to your Project

npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/data/update-gitignore

SKILL.md

Context

  • Project guidelines: @CLAUDE.md
  • Operating system: !uname -s
  • Existing .gitignore status: !test -f .gitignore && echo ".gitignore found" || echo ".gitignore not found"
  • Project files: Analyze repository structure to detect technologies
  • Available templates: !curl -sL https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/list

Phase 1: Technology Detection

Goal: Identify operating systems and technologies to include in .gitignore

Actions:

  1. Detect operating systems and technologies from context
  2. Combine detected platforms with $ARGUMENTS into the generator request (e.g. <os>,<language>,<tool>)

Phase 2: Generate or Update .gitignore

Goal: Create or update .gitignore file using Toptal API

Actions:

  1. Generate or update .gitignore using the Toptal API
  2. Preserve existing custom sections when updating .gitignore
  3. Retain all custom rules from existing file

Phase 3: Confirmation

Goal: Present changes for user review

Actions:

  1. Show the repository changes (diff) to confirm the update
  2. Present the resulting diff for user confirmation

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