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name: frontmatter description: Generates YAML frontmatter metadata (date/time, git commit, branch, repository) for workflow documentation. Use when creating research docs, plans, or work summaries.

Frontmatter Generator

Collect metadata for document frontmatter by running:

Copy${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/skills/frontmatter/workflow-tools-frontmatter.sh

Output Format

CopyCurrent Date/Time (TZ): 2025-01-15 10:30:45 EST
Current Git Commit Hash: abc123...
Current Branch Name: main
Repository Name: my-project

If not in a git repository, only the date/time line is returned.

Mapping to YAML Frontmatter

Use the output to populate these fields: