Install
npx skills add mergifyio/mergify-cli --skill mergify-merge-protections
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install mergify@mergify
This skill is part of the plugin “mergify”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the mergify-merge-protections skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about mergify-merge-protections
What does the mergify-merge-protections skill do?
Use Mergify merge protections to control when PRs merge — PR dependencies (Depends-On header), delayed merges (Merge-After header), and scheduled freezes (CLI). ALWAYS use this skill when managing Mergify scheduled freezes, or when blocking a PR on another PR or delaying its merge with Mergify's Depends-On or Merge-After headers. Triggers on mergify freeze, Mergify scheduled freeze, Mergify merge freeze, Depends-On, Merge-After, Mergify merge protection.
How do I install mergify-merge-protections?
In a terminal: npx skills add mergifyio/mergify-cli --skill mergify-merge-protections. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use mergify-merge-protections?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is mergify-merge-protections safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
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