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GitWhy — The Context Layer for Git

The shared AI context engine for git — save, search, and share the reasoning behind code changes.

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Mar 28, 2026

Quick Install

npx -y gitwhy-mcp

GitWhy Agent Skills

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

Install

npx skills add gitwhy-cli/gitwhy

Or install for a specific agent:

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

What's Included

gitwhy skill

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:

  • "Save this session with GitWhy"
  • "What context do we have on authentication?"
  • "Show me the context tree"
  • "Post the context to the PR"

Prerequisites

Install the GitWhy CLI first:

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

Or via Homebrew:

brew install gitwhy-cli/tap/git-why

Then run setup:

git why setup

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