Get Started with GitAgent

by open-gitagent

Get Started with GitAgent is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by open-gitagent in opengap.

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Install Get Started with GitAgent

Copy Get Started with GitAgent into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/open-gitagent/opengap/tree/main/examples/gitagent-helper/skills/get-started ~/.claude/skills/get-started

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/open-gitagent/opengap.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: examples/gitagent-helper/skills/get-started/SKILL.md in open-gitagent/opengap
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/get-started
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Get Started with GitAgent does

Get Started with GitAgent guides installation of gitagent and creation of a first agent using scaffolding, configuration, and validation. Use when new to gitagent or setting up an initial agent.

Get Started with GitAgent is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Get Started with GitAgent comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-framework, agent-skills, agents and assistant.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

npm install -g @open-gitagent/opengap
opengap --version

Create Your First Agent

Walk the user through these steps:

Scaffold — Pick a template:

# Minimal (2 files)
opengap init --template minimal --dir ./my-agent

# Standard (with skills, tools, knowledge)
opengap init --template standard --dir ./my-agent

# Full (compliance, hooks, memory, workflows)
opengap init --template full --dir ./my-agent

Edit — Customize agent.yaml (name, description, model) and SOUL.md (identity, personality)

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Get Started with GitAgent

What else does open-gitagent publish alongside Get Started with GitAgent?
Get Started with GitAgent is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from open-gitagent/opengap, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Code Review, Compute Ladder and Create Agent. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Get Started with GitAgent does, and is maintained by open-gitagent in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the open-gitagent/opengap page.
How does Get Started with GitAgent compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Get Started with GitAgent ranks #701 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Get Started with GitAgent against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.