Agent skill

GitHub Issues

by pymc-labs in pymc-labs/CausalPy

Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy. An agent skill from pymc-labs/CausalPy.

Apache-2.0Auto-check passed

Install GitHub Issues

skills CLI
$ npx skills add pymc-labs/CausalPy --skill github-issues -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install pymc-labs/CausalPy github-issues --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/pymc-labs/CausalPy.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/github-issues .claude/skills/github-issues && 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/

Facts

Skill name
github-issues
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~254 tokens
SKILL.md length
90 words
Files
5
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Apache-2.0

At a glance

Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy. An agent skill from pymc-labs/CausalPy.

  • Proposing an enhancement
  • SKILL.md covers When to use, References and Important behavior
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Analyzing existing issues

What it does

GitHub Issues is an agent skill from pymc-labs/CausalPy. Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy. Use when filing a bug, proposing an enhancement, analyzing existing issues, or splitting large work into parent-child sub-issues.

Its SKILL.md is about 250 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `reference/bug-report.md`, `reference/issue-creation.md` and `reference/issue-evaluation.md`).

It works with GitHub. The repository describes itself as: A Python package for causal inference in quasi-experimental settings. The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

  • Proposing an enhancement
  • Analyzing existing issues
  • Splitting large work into parent-child sub-issues

Example prompts

  • “/github-issues”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f17b30f. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    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 Issues loads about 254 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 50 tokens; SKILL.md has 90 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~50
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~254

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 pymc-labs/CausalPy at commit f17b30f, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© pymc-labs). 90 words, ~254 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github-issues/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
github-issues
description
Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy. Use when filing a bug, proposing an enhancement, analyzing existing issues, or splitting large work into parent-child sub-issues.

GitHub Issues

This skill covers issue creation, bug reporting, and issue evaluation workflows.

When to use

  • Filing a new issue (bug, enhancement, or task)
  • Evaluating an existing issue and proposing next steps
  • Preparing issue content for user review before posting
  • Breaking large work into one parent issue with sub-issues

References

Important behavior

  • If native sub-issues are not available, do not silently switch to fallback.
  • Explain the limitation and ask the user whether to proceed with markdown tracking links.

© pymc-labs, Apache-2.0. 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 4 other files in .agents/skills/github-issues of pymc-labs/CausalPy.

  • SKILL.md
  • reference/bug-report.md
  • reference/issue-creation.md
  • reference/issue-evaluation.md
  • reference/parent-child-issues.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f17b30f

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Works with

Questions about GitHub Issues

What does GitHub Issues do?

Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy. An agent skill from pymc-labs/CausalPy. GitHub Issues is an agent skill from pymc-labs/CausalPy. Create, evaluate, and triage GitHub issues for CausalPy.

When should I use GitHub Issues?

GitHub Issues fits situations like: proposing an enhancement; analyzing existing issues; splitting large work into parent-child sub-issues.

How do I install GitHub Issues in Claude Code?

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

How do I install GitHub Issues in Codex?

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

Can I use GitHub Issues 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 pymc-labs/CausalPy --skill github-issues -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-issues, .gemini/skills/github-issues, .github/skills/github-issues and .opencode/skills/github-issues in your project.

What does GitHub Issues need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: GitHub Issues is instructions for the agent only.

Does GitHub Issues access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is GitHub Issues 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 Issues use?

GitHub Issues 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 GitHub Issues use?

About 254 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 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 GitHub Issues?

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

pymc-labs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in pymc-labs/CausalPy, which has 1,200 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

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