Use the gh CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install GitHub

skills CLI
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill github -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills 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/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.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/

Facts

Skill name
github
GitHub stars
47k
Used in
2 other repos
Token cost
~553 tokens
SKILL.md length
219 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
1,394
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Use the gh CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries.

  • Works in 4 steps: Check PR status — identify which checks… → List recent runs — find the relevant run… → View the failed run — see which jobs and… → …
  • Tasks that involve Pull requests
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use, Pull Requests, API for Advanced Queries and JSON Output, plus 1 more section
  • Calls gh

What it does

GitHub is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use the gh CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries.

Its SKILL.md is about 550 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development, covering Pull requests. It works with GitHub. 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 Pull requests

Example prompts

  • “/github”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Check PR status — identify which checks are failing
  2. List recent runs — find the relevant run ID
  3. View the failed run — see which jobs and steps failed
  4. Fetch failure logs — get the detailed output for failed steps

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. 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 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 553 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 22 tokens; SKILL.md has 219 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~22
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~553

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 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 219 words, ~553 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/github/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
github
description
Use the `gh` CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries.
risk
safe
source
Dimillian/Skills (MIT)
date_added
2026-03-25

GitHub Skill

Use the gh CLI to interact with GitHub. Always specify --repo owner/repo when not in a git directory, or use URLs directly.

When to Use

  • When the user asks about GitHub issues, pull requests, workflow runs, or CI failures.
  • When you need gh issue, gh pr, gh run, or gh api from the command line.

Pull Requests

Check CI status on a PR:

bash
gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo

List recent workflow runs:

bash
gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10

View a run and see which steps failed:

bash
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo

View logs for failed steps only:

bash
gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed
Debugging a CI Failure

Follow this sequence to investigate a failing CI run:

  1. Check PR status — identify which checks are failing:
    bash
    gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo
  2. List recent runs — find the relevant run ID:
    bash
    gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10
  3. View the failed run — see which jobs and steps failed:
    bash
    gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo
  4. Fetch failure logs — get the detailed output for failed steps:
    bash
    gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed

API for Advanced Queries

The gh api command is useful for accessing data not available through other subcommands.

Get PR with specific fields:

bash
gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/55 --jq '.title, .state, .user.login'

JSON Output

Most commands support --json for structured output. You can use --jq to filter:

bash
gh issue list --repo owner/repo --json number,title --jq '.[] | "\(.number): \(.title)"'

Limitations

  • Use this skill only when the task clearly matches the scope described above.
  • Do not treat the output as a substitute for environment-specific validation, testing, or expert review.
  • Stop and ask for clarification if required inputs, permissions, safety boundaries, or success criteria are missing.

© sickn33, 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 1 other file in skills/github of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 11 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 2 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about GitHub

What does GitHub do?

Use the gh CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries. GitHub is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Use the gh CLI for issues, pull requests, Actions runs, and GitHub API queries.

When should I use GitHub?

GitHub fits situations like: tasks that involve Pull requests.

How do I install GitHub in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill github -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill github -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/github in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) 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 sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --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 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 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 553 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.2k 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 GitHub?

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Who maintains GitHub?

sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 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.