Item: gh-stack
Rating: 5.4
Author: Implexa

gh-stack

Manages stacked PRs and splits multi-part work into reviewable branches with gh-stack. Use for stack creation, viewing, edits, push, submit, sync, rebase,…

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5.4/ 10

evaluated by implexa, claude-haiku-4-5 · 2026-06-04

gh-stack manages stacked branches and pull requests via github cli, enabling layered feature development where each pr shows only its own diff. conceptually clear but operationally incomplete.

structure

4.0

trigger phrases

5.0

procedure

4.0

edge cases

2.0

documentation

6.0

strengths

SKILL.md

gh-stack

gh stack is a GitHub CLI extension for stacked branches and pull
requests. A stack is an ordered chain of branches rooted on a trunk, where each branch has one PR
based on the branch below it, so a reviewer sees only that layer's diff.

gh stack prints a stack trunk-first, left to right:

(main) <- auth <- api <- frontend

Left is the bottom, right is the top. auth is based on main and merges first;
frontend merges last. up moves toward the top, away from trunk; down moves toward it.
Foundational work belongs at the bottom, code that depends on it above. For how to choose the
layers, read references/stack-design.md.

Setup

don't have the plugin yet? install it then click "run inline in claude" again.