Navigating GitHub

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user asks to set up GitHub
• Says teach me github
• With set up my repo
• Help me with github

Example prompts

• “teach me github”
• “set up my repo”
• “help me with github”
• “/navigating-github”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Designed for Claude Code and Continue
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash(git:*), Bash(gh:*), Bash(ssh:*), Bash(test:*), Bash(echo:*), AskUserQuestion

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Route
2. 2Infer Skill Level

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 80f86df. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Glob
  • Grep
  • Bash(git:*)
  • Bash(gh:*)
  • Bash(ssh:*)
  • Bash(test:*)
  • Bash(echo:*)
  • AskUserQuestion

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • gh
  • git
  • brew
  • apt
  • winget

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

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use gh and git, 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.

• Compatibility

  Designed for Claude Code and Continue

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Navigating GitHub loads about 2.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~14k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 928 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~150

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~2.3k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~14k

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

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:122

  - Never commit secrets — check for `.env`, API keys before staging

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 jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 80f86df, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 928 words, ~2,306 tokens.

name

navigating-github

description

First-time GitHub setup and interactive git learning. Walks users from zero to a working GitHub repo, then teaches git through 9 hands-on lessons on their actual project. Adapts language and depth to skill level — inferred from environment, not questionnaires. Two modes: Setup (guided onboarding) and Learn (progressive curriculum from commits to CI/CD). Use when the user asks to set up GitHub, learn git, or says "teach me github". Trigger with "set up my repo", "help me with github", "teach me github", "learn git", "what are branches", "teach me PRs", or "how do I use github".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Glob, Grep, Bash(git:*), Bash(gh:*), Bash(ssh:*), Bash(test:*), Bash(echo:*), AskUserQuestion

compatibility

Designed for Claude Code and Continue

version

2.5.0

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

license

MIT

tags

github, git, beginner, intermediate, advanced, vibe-coding, version-control, learning, onboarding

User: "help me with github"
Agent: [checks — no .git, gh not authenticated]
Agent: "Starting from scratch. First, connect to GitHub..."
Agent: [walks through gh auth login, git config, git init, gh repo create]
Agent: "Repo is live at github.com/user/project. Run /github-learn to
       start learning commits and branches."

User: "teach me github"
Agent: "Make a small change to any file — add a comment, fix a typo."
User: [edits a file]
Agent: "Now save that change: git add README.md"
Agent: "That moved the change to the staging area — like putting a letter
       in an envelope. Now seal it: git commit -m 'Update README'"
Agent: [verifies understanding before moving to next step]

User: "/github-learn rebase"
Agent: "Create a branch with 3 small commits, then we'll squash them."
Agent: [guides through git rebase -i, explains pick/squash/fixup]

© jeremylongshore, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 7 other files (references) in skills/.curated/navigating-github of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/claude-github-platforms.md
• references/error-recovery-playbook.md
• references/git-concepts-glossary.md
• references/github-review-apps.md
• references/learning-curriculum.md
• references/safety-rules.md
• references/skill-assessment-guide.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 80f86df