# carbon-pr

Tallies Claude Code sessions for your active git branch and posts the footprint as a sticky PR comment.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 227
- Author: gwittebolle
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/gwittebolle/claude-carbon/tree/HEAD/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/carbon-pr

## What it does

The skill triggers the local `generate-pr-report.sh` script from `claude-carbon`. It resolves the installation path by inspecting Claude Code status line settings, environment variables, or plugin cache folders. It relies on `bash`, `jq`, and an authenticated `gh` CLI.

It aggregates recorded local sessions for the active branch and creates or edits a sticky comment on the open GitHub pull request. Passing `--pr <number>` targets an explicit PR, but the script refuses this flag for pull requests originating from forks.

Without `gh` authentication, the script cannot query or update pull requests. Sessions belong to the branch where they ended. Older session databases lacking the `git_branch` column can be repaired with `scripts/backfill.sh` as long as transcripts exist.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/carbon-pr/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install gwittebolle/claude-carbon carbon-pr
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/gwittebolle/claude-carbon --path skills/carbon-pr
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add gwittebolle/claude-carbon --skill carbon-pr -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/gwittebolle/claude-carbon/tree/HEAD/skills/carbon-pr/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- post Claude Code session metrics to an active pull request
- update sticky development footprint comments on GitHub
- summarize token usage and sessions for a specific branch
- backfill branch metadata for older session logs

## Example prompts
- Post our branch session report to the open pull request
- Update the sticky footprint comment on PR #15
- Check recorded Claude Code sessions for this branch

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: carbon-pr
description: Post the development footprint of the current branch as a sticky PR comment
---

Run the following bash script from the repository the PR belongs to, and present the output to the user.

```bash
#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Locate the install wired into the status line (honours CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR),
# then fall back to CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT / CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR / the default path.
# Windows (Git Bash): CLAUDE_* variables and the paths stored in settings.json can
# arrive in the native "C:\Users\..." spelling, which bash cannot open. cygpath
# ships with Git for Windows; everywhere else this is the identity function.
ccp() {
  case "${OSTYPE:-}" in msys*|cygwin*) ;; *) printf '%s' "$1"; return 0 ;; esac
  case "$1" in
    [A-Za-z]:[\\/]*|*\\*) cygpath -u "$1" 2>/dev/null || printf '%s' "$1" ;;
    *) printf '%s' "$1" ;;
  esac
}
CFG="$(ccp "${CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR:-$HOME/.claude}")"
# A jq the installer fetched into the data folder (a Mac older than macOS 15 has none)
if ! command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -x "$CFG/claude-carbon/bin/jq" ]; then PATH="$CFG/claude-carbon/bin:$PATH"; fi
REPO_DIR=""
if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1 && [ -f "$CFG/settings.json" ]; then
  SL_CMD="$(jq -r '.statusLine.command // empty' "$CFG/settings.json" 2>/dev/null)"
  # statusLine.command stores a path, shell-escaped, or in double quotes on Windows:
  # unquote, expand ~ and unescape spaces
  SL_CMD="${SL_CMD#\"}"; SL_CMD="${SL_CMD%\"}"
  SL_CMD="${SL_CMD//\\ / }"; SL_CMD="${SL_CMD/#\~/$HOME}"; SL_CMD="$(ccp "$SL_CMD")"
  [ -n "$SL_CMD" ] && [ -f "$SL_CMD" ] && REPO_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$SL_CMD")/.." 2>/dev/null && pwd)"
fi
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && [ -n "${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT:-}" ] && REPO_DIR="$(ccp "$CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT")"
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && [ -n "${CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR:-}" ] && REPO_DIR="$(ccp "$CLAUDE_CARBON_DIR")"
if [ -z "$REPO_DIR" ]; then
  # Pure marketplace installs reach here: no statusLine.command in settings.json and
  # no CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT in a skill's bash env. Pick the newest cached plugin copy,
  # keeping only candidates that ship the PR report script.
  CACHE_LATEST=""
  for D in "$CFG/plugins/cache"/*/claude-carbon/*/; do
    [ -f "${D}scripts/generate-pr-report.sh" ] || continue
    if [ -z "$CACHE_LATEST" ] || [ "$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$CACHE_LATEST" "$D" | sort -V | tail -1)" = "$D" ]; then
      CACHE_LATEST="$D"
    fi
  done
  [ -n "$CACHE_LATEST" ] && REPO_DIR="${CACHE_LATEST%/}"
fi
[ -z "$REPO_DIR" ] && REPO_DIR="$HOME/code/claude-carbon"

bash "$REPO_DIR/scripts/generate-pr-report.sh"
```

The script sums the local Claude Code sessions recorded for the current branch of the current project and posts (or updates in place) one sticky comment on the branch's open PR, through the user's own `gh` auth. Report its final line to the user as printed; never recompute or reformat the numbers.
````
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