Agent skill

Ghx

Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passedDevelopment

Install Ghx

skills CLI

$ npx skills add holon-run/holon --skill ghx -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

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

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 holon-run/holon --skill ghx -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install holon-run/holon ghx --agent codex

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

Manual copy

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

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install holon-run/holon ghx --agent cursor

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

Manual copy

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

--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 holon-run/holon --skill ghx -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

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

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 holon-run/holon --skill ghx -a github-copilot

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

Manual copy

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

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

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/holon-run/holon.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ghx .opencode/skills/ghx && 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 "ghx" agent skill from https://github.com/holon-run/holon/tree/main/skills/ghx into .opencode/skills/ghx/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ghx", 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: ghx
GitHub stars: 154
Token cost: ~1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 312 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 14
Repo updated: Oct 9, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews.

Works in 3 steps: Never inline large markdown or JSON… → Always pass long bodies through files → Use --body-file - only when stdin is…
Tasks that involve Pull requests
SKILL.md covers Summary, When To Use, Do Not Use and Prerequisites, plus 3 more sections
Calls gh; needs GITHUB_TOKEN and GH_TOKEN

What it does

Ghx is an agent skill from holon-run/holon. Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k 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. It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: An agent workbench for ongoing work: preserve goals and progress, connect events and schedules, and resume when the next condition is met. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Pull requests

Example prompts

“/ghx”

Requirements

A credential in GITHUB_TOKEN

Workflow steps

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

Never inline large markdown or JSON payloads on the command line.
Always pass long bodies through files
Use --body-file - only when stdin is clearly available and intentional.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c29bd95. 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:
- GITHUB_TOKEN
- GH_TOKEN
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Ghx loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 24 tokens; SKILL.md has 312 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~24
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1k

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 holon-run/holon at commit c29bd95, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© holon-run). 312 words, ~1,013 tokens.

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

name: ghx
description: Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews.

GHX Skill

Summary

Use this skill as shared guidance for raw gh and gh api usage in GitHub issue, pull request, and review workflows. It focuses on safe command patterns, payload handling, and common collection/publish recipes.

This skill is guidance-only. It does not provide scripts, wrappers, or executable entrypoints.

When To Use

Collecting issue or PR context directly from GitHub with gh
Publishing PR bodies, issue comments, or review replies safely
Looking for reusable GitHub CLI patterns without depending on repo-local scripts
Standardizing GitHub CLI safety rules across multiple skills

Do Not Use

As a command or executable tool
When a task needs Holon runtime internals rather than GitHub CLI guidance
As a replacement for the task-specific logic in github-review, github-pr-fix, or github-issue-solve

Prerequisites

gh CLI authentication is required.
GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN must have the scopes required by the target repository operations.
jq is recommended when you need structured filtering or JSON post-processing.

Safety Rules

Payload handling

Never inline large markdown or JSON payloads on the command line.
Always pass long bodies through files:
- gh issue create --body-file <file>
- gh issue comment --body-file <file>
- gh pr create --body-file <file>
- gh pr edit --body-file <file>
Use --body-file - only when stdin is clearly available and intentional.

Good:

bash

cat > /tmp/comment.md <<'EOF'
## Summary
Detailed markdown with quotes, backticks, and newlines.
EOF
gh issue comment 123 --repo owner/repo --body-file /tmp/comment.md

Bad:

bash

gh issue comment 123 --repo owner/repo --body "## Summary
Detailed markdown with quotes, backticks, and newlines."

Raw JSON payloads

Prefer gh api --input <file> for complex request bodies.
When passing many scalar fields, prefer repeated -f key=value flags over hand-built shell strings.

Common Recipes

Collect issue context

bash

gh issue view 123 --repo owner/repo --json number,title,body,state,url,author,createdAt,updatedAt,labels
gh api repos/owner/repo/issues/123/comments --paginate

Collect PR context

bash

gh pr view 123 --repo owner/repo --json number,title,body,state,url,baseRefName,headRefName,headRefOid,author,createdAt,updatedAt,mergeable,reviews,changedFiles,additions,deletions
gh pr view 123 --repo owner/repo --json files
gh pr diff 123 --repo owner/repo
gh api graphql -f query='
  query($owner:String!, $repo:String!, $number:Int!) {
    repository(owner:$owner, name:$repo) {
      pullRequest(number:$number) {
        reviewThreads(first:100) {
          nodes {
            isResolved
            comments(first:100) {
              nodes { id body path line author { login } }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }' -F owner=<owner> -F repo=<repo> -F number=<pr_number>

Create or update a PR

bash

gh pr create --repo owner/repo --title "Title" --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md --head feature/x --base main
gh pr edit 123 --repo owner/repo --title "Updated title" --body-file /tmp/pr-body.md

Post a PR-level comment

bash

gh api repos/owner/repo/issues/123/comments -X POST --input /tmp/comment.json

Example payload:

json

{
  "body": "Comment body"
}

Reply to a review comment

bash

gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/123/comments -X POST \
  -F in_reply_to=456789 \
  -f body='Thanks, fixed in the latest commit.'

Post a review with inline comments

Use gh api with a JSON payload file so body text and inline comments stay structured and reproducible.

Notes

Prefer explicit repository targeting via --repo owner/repo in automation.
Prefer machine-readable --json output when subsequent steps need structured data.
When collecting many records, remember --paginate for REST endpoints.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/ghx of holon-run/holon.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit c29bd95

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Contributor-First PR MergeHKUDS/OpenHarness	16k	1 repos	~847	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	4 mo ago
Create Pull Requestcline/cline	70k	1 repos	~1.6k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today
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Questions about Ghx

What does Ghx do?

Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews. Ghx is an agent skill from holon-run/holon. Guidance for safe, reliable GitHub CLI workflows across issues, pull requests, and reviews.

When should I use Ghx?

Ghx fits situations like: tasks that involve Pull requests.

How do I install Ghx in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Ghx in Codex?

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

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

What does Ghx need to run?

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

Does Ghx 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 Ghx 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 Ghx use?

Ghx 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 Ghx use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k 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 Ghx?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ghx: 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 Ghx?

holon-run (a GitHub organization) maintains it in holon-run/holon, which has 154 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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

Install Ghx

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GHX Skill

Summary

When To Use

Do Not Use

Prerequisites

Safety Rules

Payload handling

Raw JSON payloads

Common Recipes

Collect issue context

Collect PR context

Create or update a PR

Post a PR-level comment

Reply to a review comment

Post a review with inline comments

Notes

Files

Compare with similar skills

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