claudegoodies
Command

worktree-init

From davila7

Create parallel worktrees for multi-task development with Ghostty panels

Install

/worktree-init

Facts

Repository
davila7/claude-code-templates
Status
Actively maintained
Last commit
Declared tools
Bash(git:*), Bash(mkdir:*), Bash(ls:*), Bash(cat:*), Bash(ba
Source file
.claude/commands/worktree-init.md

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The instructions Claude Code reads when this command runs.

# Worktree Parallel Init

Create multiple git worktrees for parallel development: $ARGUMENTS

## Instructions

You are setting up parallel worktrees so the user can work on multiple tasks simultaneously in separate Ghostty terminal panels, each running its own Claude instance.

### Step 1: Validate Environment

1. Check this is a git repository: `git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree`
2. Get the repo name: `basename $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)`
3. Get the main branch name (check for `main` or `master`): `git symbolic-ref refs/remotes/origin/HEAD 2>/dev/null | sed 's@^refs/remotes/origin/@@'` — if that fails, default to `main`
4. Ensure working tree is clean: `git status --porcelain`. If dirty, warn the user and ask if they want to continue.
5. Fetch latest: `git fetch origin`

### Step 2: Parse Tasks

Parse tasks from `$ARGUMENTS`. Tasks are separated by `|` (pipe character).

If `$ARGUMENTS` is empty, use AskUserQuestion to ask the user to describe their tasks (they can provide multiple separated by `|`).

For each task description:
- Trim whitespace
- Generate a kebab-case branch name: `claude/<kebab-case-task>` (max 50 chars, alphanumeric and hyphens only)
- Generate a worktree directory path: `../worktrees/<repo-name>/claude-<kebab-case-task>`

### Step 3: Create Worktrees

For each task:

1. Create the parent directory if needed: `mkdir -p ../worktrees/<repo-name>`
2. C
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