Git Wiki
Ingest sources into a git-backed, qmd-searchable personal wiki with cross-links and drift linting.
Test report
- Verdict
- Tested · Works
- Score
- Tested
- Jul 14, 2026
- Environment
- Claude Code 2.x (agent harness)
- Upstream re-checked
- Aug 10, 2026 · 6d0dae3
Actually ran the full pipeline for real (scaffolded a wiki with the bundled setup.sh, installed qmd via npx, ingested a BM25 note, queried it back at 93% relevance with correct citations) — but hit a real bug along the way: SKILL.md's ingest step 9 says 'qmd embed — only changed files are re-embedded' and stops there, when in fact newly created wiki pages are silently invisible to search until 'qmd update' is run first; embed alone reported 'All content hashes already have embeddings' and skipped the 3 new files entirely.
Scored on four weighted criteria — install, triggering, output vs. baseline, docs. How scoring works
- Installs cleanly 5/5
- Triggers reliably 5/5
- Output vs. baseline 9/10
- Docs & honesty 3/5
What Git Wiki does
Implements the Karpathy LLM-wiki pattern: saves raw sources immutably, writes synthesized wiki pages with cross-links, updates an index and append-only log, commits (and pushes to GitHub when a remote exists), and re-embeds for qmd hybrid search. Triggers on 'save this to my notes', 'what do I know about X', or 'lint the wiki'; requires git and the third-party qmd CLI, disclosed in its own compatibility field.
How to install Git Wiki
git clone https://github.com/rarce/git-wiki
cd git-wiki
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills
cp -r skills/git-wiki ~/.claude/skills/git-wiki
Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/
(per-project). Restart Claude Code after installing.
Commands — how to trigger Git Wiki
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/git-wikiIngest sources into a git-backed, qmd-searchable personal wiki with cross-links and drift linting.
It also activates on plain-language prompts like these:
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Save this article into my personal notes wiki with cross-links -
What do I already know about vector databases from my saved notes? -
Lint my notes wiki for stale links and broken cross-references
Frequently asked questions
- Is the Git Wiki skill free?
- Yes. The skill itself is free from rarce/git-wiki. SkillProof publishes the install command and an independent test verdict at no cost.
- Does Git Wiki work with Claude Code?
- We tested it with Claude Code 2.x (agent harness) on Jul 14, 2026. Verdict: Tested · Works. Actually ran the full pipeline for real (scaffolded a wiki with the bundled setup.sh, installed qmd via npx, ingested a BM25 note, queried it back at 93% relevance with correct citations) — but hit a real bug along the way: SKILL.md's ingest step 9 says 'qmd embed — only changed files are re-embedded' and stops there, when in fact newly created wiki pages are silently invisible to search until 'qmd update' is run first; embed alone reported 'All content hashes already have embeddings' and skipped the 3 new files entirely.
- What is the Git Wiki SkillProof Score?
- 8.8/10 — installs cleanly 5/5, triggers reliably 5/5, output vs. baseline 9/10, docs & honesty 3/5.
- How do I install Git Wiki?
- Copy the install command from this page, run it in your terminal, and restart Claude Code. Skills live in ~/.claude/skills/ (global) or .claude/skills/ inside a project.
- Can I use Git Wiki with Cursor, Copilot, Gemini CLI, Codex or other AI tools?
- The SKILL.md format is native to Claude (Claude Code, Desktop, claude.ai). The instructions inside adapt to other assistants: Cursor rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, Windsurf rules, Custom GPTs, AGENTS.md for OpenAI Codex, and GEMINI.md for Google Gemini CLI — our conversion guides cover each, and the free converter on the tools page does the wrapping for you.