> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.wirevow.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# gitvow-skills

> Agent skills that teach Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI and Factory to ask the gitvow record: why a file looks the way it does, who wrote

Agent skills that teach Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot CLI and Factory to ask the [gitvow](https://wirevow.dev/gitvow/) record: why a file looks the way it does, who wrote these lines, what was tried before, and what to hand off.

```sh theme={"dark"}
npx skills add https://github.com/wirevow/gitvow-skills --all
```

| Skill            | Command it teaches          | Use when                                                           |
| ---------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `gitvow-why`     | `gitvow why <path>`         | before changing code you did not write; when asked why code exists |
| `gitvow-trace`   | `gitvow trace <path>[:a-b]` | a region looks surprising; before deleting unclear code            |
| `gitvow-recall`  | `gitvow recall <words>`     | starting a task; a bug looks familiar                              |
| `gitvow-handoff` | `gitvow handoff`            | ending a session; switching agents                                 |

Requires `gitvow` 0.7 or later on the agent's PATH (`pip install gitvow`). Each skill is a `SKILL.md` in the common Agent Skills format under `skills/`; install individually with `npx skills add https://github.com/wirevow/gitvow-skills --skill gitvow-why`.

The skills read only the redacted record that gitvow writes (trailers, session notes, snapshots, ledger). They never read transcripts. Documentation: [https://wirevow.dev/gitvow/guides/skills/](https://wirevow.dev/gitvow/guides/skills/)

Apache-2.0.