ThumbGate — temporary access to protected files

★ 7.0 · vibe-coding

thumbgate-protect is a Claude Code skill that inspects branch and release governance in a repository via ThumbGate and, only when the user explicitly approves, grants a scoped, time-limited exception so a protected-file edit or publish can proceed under audit. It reads the current posture with the get_branch_governance MCP tool — covering protected branches, release rules, and protected-file globs — then records a narrow approval via approve_protected_action, keeping pathGlobs to the smallest set needed and ttlMs as short as the task requires. Every approval is temporary and audited; protection resumes automatically once the TTL expires. Use this skill when you need a one-off exception for a specific file or branch, not to disable protection wholesale or grant standing exceptions.