Agent skill

GitHub

GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries.

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Install GitHub

skills CLI

$ npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw 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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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 openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a codex

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw 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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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 openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a cursor

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw 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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw.git --path skills/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 openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a gemini-cli

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

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install openclaw/openclaw 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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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 openclaw/openclaw 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 openclaw/openclaw --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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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 openclaw/openclaw --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 openclaw/openclaw 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/openclaw/openclaw.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/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/openclaw/openclaw/tree/main/skills/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: 392k
Used in: 2 other repos
Token cost: ~1.5k tokens
SKILL.md length: 518 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 93
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 8, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries.

SKILL.md covers Auth, PRs, Issues and CI/runs, plus 1 more section
Calls gh; reaches github.com

What it does

GitHub is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.5k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: The AI that really does things. Any OS. Any Platform. The lobster way. 🦞. The licence is MIT.

Example prompts

“/github”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1eb5970. 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
Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:
- github.com
Also links to:
- docs.github.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 loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 518 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~26
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.5k

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 openclaw/openclaw at commit 1eb5970, republished under its MIT licence (© openclaw). 518 words, ~1,463 tokens.

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

name: github
description: GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries.

GitHub

Use gh for GitHub. Use git for local commits/branches/push/pull. Use code-reading tools for deep reviews.

Auth

bash

gh auth status
gh auth login

Gateway HOME can differ from operator HOME. If gh auth exists elsewhere, set GH_CONFIG_DIR in the gateway service env and restart.

PRs

bash

gh pr list --repo owner/repo --json number,title,state,author,url
gh pr view 55 --repo owner/repo --json title,body,author,files,commits,reviews,reviewDecision
gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo
gh pr diff 55 --repo owner/repo
gh pr create --repo owner/repo --title "feat: title" --body-file /tmp/pr.md

When creating or refreshing a PR body, append this final footer only when the Runtime line supplies sessionUrl=<exact-url>. Replace <sessionUrl> with that URL verbatim; do not construct or modify it. Omit the footer when sessionUrl is absent. Preserve any publication marker before exactly one footer, and keep the footer final:

text

---
[View the OpenClaw team session](<sessionUrl>)

URLs work directly: gh pr view https://github.com/owner/repo/pull/55.

Async merges

Use the repository's native landing workflow when provided. For authorized programmatic merges elsewhere, use GitHub's async merge API through gh api; gh pr merge does not select this API. Supply the reviewed head SHA, preserve required reviews/checks, and check stack membership first: submitting a stacked PR also merges or queues its open downstack PRs, which need their own review and authorization.

bash

gh api -H 'X-Octopool-Require: merge-async-v1' \
  --method PUT repos/owner/repo/pulls/55/merge-async \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -f sha=REVIEWED_HEAD_SHA -f merge_method=squash -f merge_action=direct_merge
gh api -H 'X-Octopool-Require: merge-async-v1' \
  repos/owner/repo/pulls/55/merge-async/REQUEST_UUID \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' -H 'Cache-Control: max-age=0'

Keep the Octopool guard header first after api. Protected older wrappers reject it before they can rewrite merge authority; use an Octopool build containing the async guard if it is refused. The supported wrapper preserves SHA/method/action/bypass and only rewrites commit text. Native gh can pass the header through. Do not remove it, disable policy, or select a raw binary to work around a rejection.

Retain details.uuid from a 202 response before polling. pending means wait; merged includes details.sha, which still needs final PR/head verification. enqueued means queued, not merged: monitor the PR itself. To honor a configured queue, use merge_action=default (or merge_queue to explicitly enqueue), omitting direct-only method/title/message fields. Never enable bypass_rules without authorization.

On failed, report details.message. A 409 identifies an existing request; inspect its UUID and options without resubmitting. Lost replies, polling errors, and result expiry after 24 hours require reconciliation, never a blind retry or synchronous fallback. Poll with bounded waits and fresh reads. Async processing does not arm auto-merge for unmet checks; use the native workflow or gh pr merge --auto when that behavior is authorized.

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Landing ownership

When the user asks to land or merge a PR, the terminal outcome is the PR's verified GitHub state, not the end of a review, worker turn, or CI observation.

Keep the job active until gh pr view ... --json state,mergedAt,mergeCommit proves state is MERGED.
Treat review findings, merge conflicts, failed checks, and requested changes as continuation work when they are in scope. Patch them, rerun the required gates, and re-evaluate the exact updated head.
A pending check is a wait state, not completion. Use the repository's supported wait or merge workflow; do not claim success from partial green checks.
If work was delegated to a persistent session and that run stops before merge, continue the same session rather than treating its report as the final result.
Stop as blocked only when continuing requires new authority, unavailable credentials, or a product decision that cannot be inferred safely. Report the exact blocker and leave the PR unmerged.

Issues

bash

gh issue list --repo owner/repo --state open --json number,title,labels,url
gh issue view 42 --repo owner/repo --json title,body,comments,labels,state
gh issue create --repo owner/repo --title "Bug: ..." --body-file /tmp/issue.md
gh issue comment 42 --repo owner/repo --body-file /tmp/comment.md
gh issue close 42 --repo owner/repo --comment "Fixed in ..."

CI/runs

bash

gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --json status,conclusion,headSha,url
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed
gh run rerun <run-id> --repo owner/repo --failed

API

bash

gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/55 --jq '.title, .state, .user.login'
gh api repos/owner/repo/labels --jq '.[].name'
gh api --cache 1h repos/owner/repo --jq '{stars: .stargazers_count, forks: .forks_count}'

Use --json + --jq for structured output. Use --body-file for comments/bodies containing backticks, shell snippets, env names, or user text.

Files

Just SKILL.md in skills/github of openclaw/openclaw.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1eb5970

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in openclaw/openclaw, which our catalogue first saw on October 8, 2026.

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GitHub 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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Questions about GitHub

What does GitHub do?

GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries. GitHub is an agent skill from openclaw/openclaw. GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, CI/check logs, comments, reviews, releases, repos, and gh api queries.

How do I install GitHub in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github in openclaw/openclaw) 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 openclaw/openclaw --skill github -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github in openclaw/openclaw) 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 openclaw/openclaw --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 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: docs.github.com. 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 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.9k 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), Diagnosing Superpowers Sessions (obra/superpowers, 296k stars), GitHub Deep Research (bytedance/deer-flow, 83k stars) and Greploop (onyx-dot-app/onyx, 32k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains GitHub?

openclaw (a GitHub organization) maintains it in openclaw/openclaw, which has 391,610 GitHub stars. The repository holds 93 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: openclaw/openclaw 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

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub

Auth

PRs

Async merges

Landing ownership

Issues

CI/runs

API

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

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Install GitHub

Facts

At a glance

What it does

Example prompts

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

GitHub

Auth

PRs

Async merges

Landing ownership

Issues

CI/runs

API

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

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