Agent skill

Gh

GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Gh

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh --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/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .claude/skills/gh && 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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .claude/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .agents/skills/gh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .agents/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .cursor/skills/gh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .cursor/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git --path src/skills/gh

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .gemini/skills/gh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .gemini/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .github/skills/gh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .github/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install bubbuild/bub gh --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bubbuild/bub.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/src/skills/gh .opencode/skills/gh && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "gh" agent skill from https://github.com/bubbuild/bub/tree/main/src/skills/gh into .opencode/skills/gh/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "gh", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: gh
GitHub stars: 1.7k
Token cost: ~798 tokens
SKILL.md length: 222 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 2
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 8, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool.

Manage GitHub repositories
SKILL.md covers Prerequisites, Repository Operations, Issue Operations and Pull Request Operations, plus 5 more sections
Calls gh; needs GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN
Work with issues and pull requests

What it does

Gh is an agent skill from bubbuild/bub. GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool. Use when Bub needs to (1) Create, view, or manage GitHub repositories, (2) Work with issues and pull requests, (3) Create and manage releases, (4) Run and monitor GitHub Actions workflows, (5) Create and manage gists, (6) Install and manage agent skills, or (7) Perform any GitHub operations via command line.

Its SKILL.md is about 800 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests and CI/CD. It works with GitHub, GitHub Actions and Python. The repository describes itself as: Bub it. Build it. A tiny agent runtime, composable with plugins. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Manage GitHub repositories
Work with issues and pull requests
Create and manage releases
Run and monitor GitHub Actions workflows

Example prompts

“/gh”

Requirements

A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit b4a61bf. 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
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
- gh
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:
- GH_TOKEN
- GITHUB_TOKEN
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Gh loads about 798 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 97 tokens; SKILL.md has 222 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~97
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~798

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

The full file from bubbuild/bub at commit b4a61bf, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© bubbuild). 222 words, ~798 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/gh/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: gh
description: GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool. Use when Bub needs to (1) Create, view, or manage GitHub repositories, (2) Work with issues and pull requests, (3) Create and manage releases, (4) Run and monitor GitHub Actions workflows, (5) Create and manage gists, (6) Install and manage agent skills, or (7) Perform any GitHub operations via command line.

GitHub CLI (gh) Skill

Interact with GitHub using the gh command line tool.

Run commands with Bub's bash tool, setting cwd to the target checkout when using local repository context. If it returns a running shell ID, collect the result with bash.output before retrying the command.

Prerequisites

Use the authentication source specified by the user or workspace. For github.com, GH_TOKEN takes precedence over GITHUB_TOKEN, and both override stored gh credentials.

Check authentication:

bash

gh auth status

If not authenticated, report the blocker; do not silently switch credentials. Run interactive login only when the user requests authentication setup:

bash

gh auth login

Repository Operations

bash

gh repo create <name> [--public|--private]
gh repo clone <owner/repo>
gh repo fork <owner/repo>
gh repo view [owner/repo]
gh repo list [owner]

Issue Operations

bash

gh issue create --title "Title" --body "Body"
gh issue list [--state open|closed]
gh issue view <number>
gh issue close <number>
gh issue comment <number> --body "Comment"

Pull Request Operations

bash

gh pr create --title "Title" --body "Body"
gh pr list [--state open|closed]
gh pr view <number>
gh pr checkout <number>
gh pr merge <number>
gh pr review <number> --approve

Release Operations

bash

gh release create <tag> --generate-notes
gh release list
gh release download <tag>
gh release upload <tag> <file>

Workflow Operations

bash

gh workflow list
gh workflow run <name>
gh run list
gh run view <run-id>
gh run watch <run-id>

Gist Operations

bash

gh gist create <file>
gh gist list
gh gist view <id>

Skill Operations

bash

gh skill search <query>
gh skill preview <owner/repo> <skill>
gh skill install <owner/repo> <skill> --dir .agents/skills
gh skill list --dir .agents/skills
gh skill update <skill> --dir .agents/skills --dry-run
gh skill update <skill> --dir .agents/skills --all

gh skill is in preview; check gh skill --help for availability. Run project-scoped commands from Bub's workspace and use --dir .agents/skills; use --dir "$HOME/.agents/skills" for user-scoped skills. Keep gh's source-tracking metadata so installed skills can be updated.

Tips

Use --web to open in browser
Use -R owner/repo to specify repository
Use --json with --jq for scripting
Use GH_PROMPT_DISABLED=1 and supply required flags for unattended execution.
Write issue, PR, and comment body files as UTF-8 Markdown with real newlines. Pass them with --body-file, or use --body-file - with a quoted heredoc to preserve shell-sensitive text.
Use an explicit --head with gh pr create to avoid implicit pushes or forks; the head branch must already exist remotely.

Files

Just SKILL.md in src/skills/gh of bubbuild/bub.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit b4a61bf

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Gh next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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GitHub PR Actions Fixopenteams-lab/openteams	627	—	~878	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	3 days ago
Code ReviewAzure/sap-automation	145	—	~7k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	today
ReviewdogAgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit	220	1 repos	~3k	Automated safety check: Pass	Custom licence	5 mo ago
Qv Devops PR Reviewtetherto/qvac	681	—	~2.5k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today

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Questions about Gh

What does Gh do?

GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool. Gh is an agent skill from bubbuild/bub. GitHub CLI skill for interacting with GitHub via the gh command line tool.

When should I use Gh?

Gh fits situations like: manage GitHub repositories; work with issues and pull requests; create and manage releases; run and monitor GitHub Actions workflows.

How do I install Gh in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (src/skills/gh in bubbuild/bub) into .claude/skills/gh in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gh in Codex?

Run `npx skills add bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (src/skills/gh in bubbuild/bub) into .agents/skills/gh in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Gh 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 bubbuild/bub --skill gh -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gh, .gemini/skills/gh, .github/skills/gh and .opencode/skills/gh in your project.

What does Gh need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Gh needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh) and credentials named GH_TOKEN and GITHUB_TOKEN. Our summary lists: A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN.

Does Gh access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use gh, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Gh 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 Gh use?

Gh is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Gh use?

About 798 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Gh?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gh: Renovate Actions PR Review (backnotprop/plannotator, 9.2k stars), GitHub PR Actions Fix (openteams-lab/openteams, 627 stars), Code Review (Azure/sap-automation, 145 stars) and Reviewdog (AgentSecOps/SecOpsAgentKit, 220 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Gh?

bubbuild (a GitHub organization) maintains it in bubbuild/bub, which has 1,679 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: bubbuild/bub on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Gh

Install Gh

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub CLI (gh) Skill

Prerequisites

Repository Operations

Issue Operations

Pull Request Operations

Release Operations

Workflow Operations

Gist Operations

Skill Operations

Tips

Files

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Gh

Install Gh

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub CLI (gh) Skill

Prerequisites

Repository Operations

Issue Operations

Pull Request Operations

Release Operations

Workflow Operations

Gist Operations

Skill Operations

Tips

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

Renovate Actions PR Review

GitHub PR Actions Fix

Code Review

Reviewdog

Qv Devops PR Review

CI

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