GitHub Stale Branch Cleaner

Replaces a $45k DevOps Coordinator by auto-identifying, warning, and archiving stale Git branches.

The Problem

Engineering teams accumulate hundreds of abandoned Git branches that clutter repositories, slow down CI/CD pipelines, and confuse developers searching for active work. A junior DevOps person or senior engineer wastes 3-5 hours weekly manually hunting down and deleting stale branches. This overhead compounds as teams grow.

The Outcome

The agent connects to your GitHub account, scans all branches weekly, identifies ones with no commits or PR activity in 60+ days, posts automated warnings to associated PRs or Slack channels, and archives or deletes them after a grace period. It logs all actions for audit trails and respects branch protection rules.

Day in the Life

Mon 6am: Scans all branches in your GitHub org → flags 47 stale branches → posts warnings to Slack with 14-day grace period

Wed 2pm: Engineer sees Slack alert, reviews branch, marks as 'keep' → agent records exception and skips deletion

Fri 11pm: Grace period expires → agent archives 42 branches, deletes 5 with zero activity, sends summary report to #engineering

Deploy Specs

Runtime

python

Pattern

native-agent

Tier

low

Setup Time

minutes

Integrations

via Composiomanual setup

✓GitHub✓Slack

GitHub Source

Repository

Stars

License

MIT

Last Commit

Replace

DevOps Coordinator

$54,000/yr

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$99/month

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Also Replaces

×GitHub Advanced Security $21/mo

×Mergify $49/mo

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