GitHub Issue root cause analysis skill. An agent skill from ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills.

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Install GitHub Issue Rca

skills CLI
$ npx skills add ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills --skill github-issue-rca -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills github-issue-rca --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/agent-tools/github-issue-rca .claude/skills/github-issue-rca && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
github-issue-rca
GitHub stars
174
Token cost
~4.2k tokens
SKILL.md length
969 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
70
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

GitHub Issue root cause analysis skill. An agent skill from ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills.

  • Works in 7 steps: Gather Issue Information → Search and Analyze Similar Issues… → Code Repository Analysis → …
  • User asks to analyze issue root cause
  • SKILL.md covers Output Requirement, When to Use This Skill, Analysis Workflow and Report Format (Simplified), plus 1 more section
  • Reaches github.com

What it does

GitHub Issue Rca is an agent skill from ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills. GitHub Issue root cause analysis skill. Analyze specified GitHub issues to identify possible root causes by examining issue content, code repository, and related resources. Use when user asks to analyze issue root cause, investigate issue, RCA analysis, or troubleshoot GitHub issues. Provides investigation directions with probability estimates and explicitly states when root cause cannot be determined.

Its SKILL.md is about 4.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `references/common-patterns.md` and `references/examples.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Root cause analysis. It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: A comprehensive knowledge base for Huawei Ascend NPU development, structured as distributed Agent Skills. https://ascend-ai-coding.github.io/awesome-ascend-skills/.

When your agent uses it

  • User asks to analyze issue root cause
  • Investigate issue
  • Troubleshoot GitHub issues

Example prompts

  • “/github-issue-rca”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Gather Issue Information
  2. Search and Analyze Similar Issues (PRIORITY STEP)
  3. Code Repository Analysis
  4. External Context Investigation
  5. Cross-Reference Analysis with Similar Issues
  6. Root Cause Hypothesis Generation
  7. Generate Analysis Report and Save to File

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62a4ecb. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are markdown).

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

    • github.com

    Also links to:

    • stackoverflow.com

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

GitHub Issue Rca loads about 4.2k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 106 tokens; SKILL.md has 969 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~106
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~4.2k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~7k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 969 words (~4,165 tokens).

“This skill provides a systematic approach to analyzing GitHub issues and identifying their possible root causes, with emphasis on searching similar issues first and collecting all relevant links.”

— opening of SKILL.md by ascend-ai-coding
name
github-issue-rca

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/agent-tools/github-issue-rca of ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/common-patterns.md
  • references/examples.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62a4ecb

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Triagebot Action Bug Triagewithastro/astro63k—~639Automated safety check: PassCustom licence
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Questions about GitHub Issue Rca

What does GitHub Issue Rca do?

GitHub Issue root cause analysis skill. An agent skill from ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills. GitHub Issue Rca is an agent skill from ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills. GitHub Issue root cause analysis skill.

When should I use GitHub Issue Rca?

GitHub Issue Rca fits situations like: user asks to analyze issue root cause; investigate issue; troubleshoot GitHub issues.

How do I install GitHub Issue Rca in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills --skill github-issue-rca -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-tools/github-issue-rca in ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills) into .claude/skills/github-issue-rca in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install GitHub Issue Rca in Codex?

Run `npx skills add ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills --skill github-issue-rca -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/agent-tools/github-issue-rca in ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills) into .agents/skills/github-issue-rca in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use GitHub Issue Rca in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills --skill github-issue-rca -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/github-issue-rca, .gemini/skills/github-issue-rca, .github/skills/github-issue-rca and .opencode/skills/github-issue-rca in your project.

What does GitHub Issue Rca need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: GitHub Issue Rca is instructions for the agent only.

Does GitHub Issue Rca access the network?

SKILL.md names 2 domains. In commands or code: github.com; the agent is likely to contact it when it follows the instructions. As links in the text: stackoverflow.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Issue Rca safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does GitHub Issue Rca use?

No licence was found for GitHub Issue Rca or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does GitHub Issue Rca use?

About 4.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 17k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 2.9k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to GitHub Issue Rca?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub Issue Rca: OpenROAD Bug Fixer (The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD, 3.2k stars), Octocode Code Research (bgauryy/octocode, 949 stars), CI Triage (Mentra-Community/MentraOS, 2.4k stars) and Triagebot Action Bug Triage (withastro/astro, 63k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub Issue Rca?

ascend-ai-coding (a GitHub organization) maintains it in ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills, which has 174 GitHub stars. The repository holds 70 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: ascend-ai-coding/awesome-ascend-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.