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GitWhy — The Context Layer for Git README

The full upstream README, mirrored here for reference. Install config, tool schemas, adoption signals, and an original overview live on the GitWhy — The Context Layer for Git listing page.

GitWhy Agent Skills

Agent skills for GitWhy — save the reasoning, decisions, and trade-offs behind AI-generated code.

Terminal

npx skills add gitwhy-cli/gitwhy

Or install for a specific agent:

Terminal

npx skills add gitwhy-cli/gitwhy --agent claude
npx skills add gitwhy-cli/gitwhy --agent cursor
npx skills add gitwhy-cli/gitwhy --agent codex

Teaches your AI coding agent to save, retrieve, and search structured context linked to git commits. Works via MCP tools or CLI commands.

Trigger phrases:

Install the GitWhy CLI first:

Terminal

curl -fsSL https://gitwhy.dev/install.sh | sh

Or via Homebrew:

bash

brew install gitwhy-cli/tap/git-why

Then run setup:

bash

git why setup