PR Babysitter
openinterpreter/openinterpreter
Watches an open GitHub pull request until it merges, handling review comments, diagnosing CI failures and retrying flaky checks along the way.
Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction.
Install Ask Copilot
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilot --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .claude/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .claude/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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 install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilotType 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.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilot --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .agents/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .agents/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilot --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .cursor/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .cursor/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/ask-copilot--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilot --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .gemini/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .gemini/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilotInstalls 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).
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .github/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .github/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills ask-copilot --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/ask-copilot .opencode/skills/ask-copilot && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "ask-copilot" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/ask-copilot into .opencode/skills/ask-copilot/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "ask-copilot", 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
ask-copilot- GitHub stars
- 47k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.5k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 736 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,354
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction.
- Works in 3 steps: Request Explicit User Consent → Execute with Minimal Permitted Flags → Use Session Management (Optional)
- Tasks that involve Code review
- SKILL.md covers Overview, When to Use This Skill, How It Works and Examples, plus 5 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Ask Copilot is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction.
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 sits in Development, covering Code review. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Code review
Example prompts
- “/ask-copilot”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ec02547. 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 (its code samples are bash).
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
Ask Copilot loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 35 tokens; SKILL.md has 736 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit ec02547, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 736 words, ~1,546 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/ask-copilot/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- ask-copilot
- description
- Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction.
- category
- development
- risk
- critical
- source
- self
- source_repo
- cshara1/antigravity-awesome-skills
- source_type
- self
- date_added
- 2026-07-08
- author
- cshara1
- tags
- copilot, github, cli, review, prompt
- tools
- claude, cursor, gemini
Ask Copilot
Overview
This skill allows the agent to interact with GitHub Copilot CLI (copilot) in a non-interactive (headless) mode. Use this skill when the user explicitly wants secondary advice, code reviews, explanations, or code generation from GitHub Copilot's models.
Use source: self and source_type: self when the skill is original to this repository and does not require README external-source credit.
Copilot is an external service. Treat prompts, file paths, snippets, repository content, command output, and generated suggestions as data that may leave the local environment.
When to Use This Skill
- User Request Only: Use this skill ONLY when the user explicitly asks to "consult Copilot", "ask Copilot", "review with Copilot", or explicitly requests a second opinion using Copilot.
- Do NOT Invoke Automatically: To comply with privacy policies, the agent must not invoke this skill automatically for its own second opinions or checks without explicit user consent.
How It Works
Step 1: Request Explicit User Consent
Before executing any command that references local files, repository paths, snippets, command output, secrets-adjacent config, or private project context, you MUST obtain explicit user consent to send that material to GitHub Copilot.
Ask for separate approval before allowing Copilot to run tools, execute shell commands, edit files, install packages, or mutate the workspace.
Step 2: Execute with Minimal Permitted Flags
To prevent TUI lockups, execute the copilot command with headless flags. Do not use blanket bypasses such as --yolo, --allow-all-tools, or --allow-all-paths for routine Q&A or review.
- For Read-Only / General Q&A: Send only the user-approved, redacted text in the prompt. Do not grant Copilot broad local-path access; it is not needed when the prompt already contains the approved context.
- For Trusted Mutation Tasks: Prefer a scoped permission flag if the CLI supports one. Use blanket mutation bypasses only after the user explicitly authorizes Copilot to execute tools and mutate the workspace for the specific task.
Step 3: Use Session Management (Optional)
To maintain conversation context, use --name and --resume flags, or pass a --session-id on subsequent calls.
Examples
Example 1: General Question (Read-Only)
Does not require repository path access or mutation permissions.
copilot -p "Explain how to implement a debounce function in TypeScript" -sExample 2: Code Review (Approved File Excerpt)
Always confirm the exact file and excerpt with the user before executing. Keep the path in a quoted variable; build the prompt from a static instruction plus the approved excerpt. Shell does not re-evaluate command-substitution output, so metacharacters inside the reviewed file remain prompt text rather than shell syntax:
review_file="path/to/file.ts"
test -f "$review_file" || { echo "File not found: $review_file" >&2; exit 1; }
copilot -p "$(printf '%s\n\n' 'Review this approved excerpt for potential memory leaks:'; sed -n '1,220p' -- "$review_file")" -sNever construct a shell command by interpolating user-controlled prompt text, paths, issue content, or filenames into shell source. Use fixed command structure, quoted variables, and approved file content only.
Example 3: Named Session Management
copilot -p "Remember this session label for follow-up questions." -s --name "my-session-name"
copilot -p "Summarize the prior advice in this session." -s --resume "my-session-name"Show full SKILL.md (298 more words)Show less
Best Practices
- ✅ Do: Ask for user consent before uploading any project files to third-party endpoints.
- ✅ Do: Send only the approved, redacted excerpt; keep Copilot out of the broader workspace.
- ✅ Do: Keep untrusted values in quoted variables or command input, never in shell source.
- ✅ Do: Use
-s(silent) to suppress metadata and statistics, leaving only clean output. - ❌ Don't: Automatically trigger this skill for background second opinions without the user's explicit ask.
- ❌ Don't: Send files, logs, environment details, or private repository context to Copilot without explicit approval.
- ❌ Don't: use
--allow-all-pathsfor a review, or interpolate untrusted text insidecopilot -p "...". - ❌ Don't: Run
copilotwithout permission-bypass flags in background tasks, as it will hang waiting for interactive input.
Limitations
- This skill does not replace environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
- Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, or safety boundaries are missing.
- Copilot responses may be incomplete, outdated, or wrong; verify any proposed code locally before using it.
Security & Safety Notes
- The
--yoloflag bypasses all permission prompts and allows Copilot CLI to run arbitrary shell commands and mutate workspace files. It must be treated as a high-risk option and never used by default. - Always check that the code/files being sent do not contain sensitive credentials, API keys, or private environment variables.
- Prefer redacted snippets over whole files when only a small context sample is needed.
--allow-all-pathsgrants Copilot broader local visibility than a narrow review requires; it is not a read-only least-privilege flag.
Common Pitfalls
- Problem: The terminal hangs or the command times out.
Solution: Ensure both
-p(or--prompt) and the narrowest required non-interactive permission flag are present in the command arguments. Without required permission flags, the CLI may prompt for confirmation and hang headless processes.
Related Skills
@cli-assistant- How to interact with CLI tools in general.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/ask-copilot of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit ec02547
Used in 1 other repository
We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Code Review ChecklistshareAI-lab/learn-claude-code | 78k | 5 repos | ~1.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Backend Code Reviewlangflow-ai/langflow | 156k | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | |
| Understand Diff AnalysisEgonex-AI/Understand-Anything | 86k | 1 repos | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Mole Bug Patternstw93/Mole | 70k | — | ~2k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 |
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Questions about Ask Copilot
What does Ask Copilot do?
Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction. Ask Copilot is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use GitHub Copilot CLI in non-interactive mode to ask questions, review code, or generate snippets without manual interaction.
When should I use Ask Copilot?
Ask Copilot fits situations like: tasks that involve Code review.
How do I install Ask Copilot in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask-copilot in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/ask-copilot in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Ask Copilot in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/ask-copilot in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/ask-copilot in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Ask Copilot 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill ask-copilot -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/ask-copilot, .gemini/skills/ask-copilot, .github/skills/ask-copilot and .opencode/skills/ask-copilot in your project.
What does Ask Copilot need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Ask Copilot is instructions for the agent only.
Does Ask Copilot 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 Ask Copilot 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 Ask Copilot use?
Ask Copilot 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 Ask Copilot use?
About 1.5k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k 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 Ask Copilot?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Ask Copilot: PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars), Code Review Checklist (shareAI-lab/learn-claude-code, 78k stars), Backend Code Review (langflow-ai/langflow, 156k stars) and Understand Diff Analysis (Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything, 86k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Ask Copilot?
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,343 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,354 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.