Agent skill

GitHub

Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI. An agent skill from Dimillian/Skills.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install GitHub

skills CLI

$ npx skills add Dimillian/Skills --skill github -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dimillian/Skills github --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/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .claude/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .claude/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github

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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dimillian/Skills github --agent codex

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .agents/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .agents/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dimillian/Skills github --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .cursor/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .cursor/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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/Dimillian/Skills.git --path github

--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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install Dimillian/Skills github --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/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .gemini/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .gemini/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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 Dimillian/Skills github

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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .github/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .github/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -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 Dimillian/Skills github --agent opencode

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/github .opencode/skills/github && 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 "github" agent skill from https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills/tree/main/github into .opencode/skills/github/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "github", 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: github
GitHub stars: 4k
Token cost: ~480 tokens
SKILL.md length: 141 words
Files: 2
Skills in repo: 12
Repo updated: Mar 29, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI. An agent skill from Dimillian/Skills.

Works in 4 steps: Check PR status — identify which checks… → List recent runs — find the relevant run… → View the failed run — see which jobs and… → …
The user asks about GitHub issues
SKILL.md covers Pull Requests, API for Advanced Queries and JSON Output
Calls gh

What it does

GitHub is an agent skill from Dimillian/Skills. Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI. Use gh issue, gh pr, gh run, and gh api for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries. Use when the user asks about GitHub issues, pull requests, workflows, or wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status, create PR, list issues, or query the GitHub API.

Its SKILL.md is about 480 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. It works with GitHub. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

The user asks about GitHub issues
Wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status
Query the GitHub API

Example prompts

“/github”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Check PR status — identify which checks are failing
List recent runs — find the relevant run ID
View the failed run — see which jobs and steps failed
Fetch failure logs — get the detailed output for failed steps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 05ba982. 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 no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

GitHub loads about 480 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 141 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~480

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 Dimillian/Skills at commit 05ba982, republished under its MIT licence (© Dimillian). 141 words, ~480 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: github
description: Interact with GitHub using the `gh` CLI. Use `gh issue`, `gh pr`, `gh run`, and `gh api` for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries. Use when the user asks about GitHub issues, pull requests, workflows, or wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status, create PR, list issues, or query the GitHub API.

GitHub Skill

Use the gh CLI to interact with GitHub. Always specify --repo owner/repo when not in a git directory, or use URLs directly.

Pull Requests

Check CI status on a PR:

bash

gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo

List recent workflow runs:

bash

gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10

View a run and see which steps failed:

bash

gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo

View logs for failed steps only:

bash

gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed

Debugging a CI Failure

Follow this sequence to investigate a failing CI run:

Check PR status — identify which checks are failing:
bash
```
gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo
```
List recent runs — find the relevant run ID:
bash
```
gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10
```
View the failed run — see which jobs and steps failed:
bash
```
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo
```
Fetch failure logs — get the detailed output for failed steps:
bash
```
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed
```

API for Advanced Queries

The gh api command is useful for accessing data not available through other subcommands.

Get PR with specific fields:

bash

gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/55 --jq '.title, .state, .user.login'

JSON Output

Most commands support --json for structured output. You can use --jq to filter:

bash

gh issue list --repo owner/repo --json number,title --jq '.[] | "\(.number): \(.title)"'

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file in github of Dimillian/Skills.

SKILL.md
agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 05ba982

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Questions about GitHub

What does GitHub do?

Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI. An agent skill from Dimillian/Skills. GitHub is an agent skill from Dimillian/Skills. Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI.

When should I use GitHub?

GitHub fits situations like: the user asks about GitHub issues; wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status; query the GitHub API.

How do I install GitHub in Claude Code?

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

How do I install GitHub in Codex?

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

Can I use GitHub 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 Dimillian/Skills --skill github -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, .gemini/skills/github, .github/skills/github and .opencode/skills/github in your project.

What does GitHub need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, GitHub needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gh).

Does GitHub 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 GitHub 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 use?

GitHub is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does GitHub use?

About 480 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.9k 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 GitHub?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with GitHub: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Check PR (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars), Contributor-First PR Merge (HKUDS/OpenHarness, 16k stars) and Create Pull Request (cline/cline, 70k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub?

Dimillian (a GitHub user) maintains it in Dimillian/Skills, which has 3,984 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on March 29, 2026.

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

GitHub

Install GitHub

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub Skill

Pull Requests

Debugging a CI Failure

API for Advanced Queries

JSON Output

Files

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Questions about GitHub

Install GitHub

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub Skill

Pull Requests

Debugging a CI Failure

API for Advanced Queries

JSON Output

Files

Compare with similar skills

Similar skills

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