github
You MUST always activate this github skill whenever working with GitHub in any capacity, including but not limited to gh cli, API, Actions, issues, PRs and…
Skill by sammcj
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Works with Claude Code, Claude apps, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, OpenCode, Goose, Windsurf. Read the repository before you give any tool access to your data.
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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md and code. Checked Oct 25, 2026.
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- Skill name
github- Description
- You MUST always activate this github skill whenever working with GitHub in any capacity, including but not limited to gh cli, API, Actions, issues, PRs and other routine Github interactions.
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Metadata
- info: I moved these out of my global agent rules to save a few tokens
- Instructions
- 11 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub
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- SKILL.md
SKILL.md (first lines)
# GitHub
- Use the `gh` CLI tool for interacting with GitHub (issues, PRs, releases) and perform `gh` commands outside of the sandbox
- When when working with Github Actions, you should always check for and use the latest Actions versions that are at least 7 days old, you can use `pinact run -update --min-age 7` to achieve this
- For the general PR conversation timeline (not line-level review comments), use `gh pr view --comments` or the REST `/issues/N/comments` endpoint
- When you need to read line-level review comments with their resolved state (e.g. triaging bot or human review feedback), fetch them via GraphQL in one call: `gh api graphql -f query='query { repository(owner: "OWNER", name: "REPO") { pullRequest(number: N) { reviewThreads(first: 100) { nodes { id isResolved path line comments(first: 1) { nodes { author { login } body } } } } } } }' --jq '.data.repository.pullRequest.reviewThreads.nodes[] | select(.isResolved == false)'`
- When explicitly asked by the user to "close" or "resolve" a review comment, resolve the thread via the GraphQL mutation (do not reply to a comment unless instructed): `gh api graphql -f query='mutation($id: ID!) { resolveReviewThread(input: { threadId: $id }) { thread { isResolved } } }' -f id="PRRT_..."`
- Thread IDs start with `PRRT_`. Use `unresolveReviewThread` to reopen
- You can audit Github Actions security by running `zizmor .`From sammcj/agentic-coding, Apache-2.0.
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- Stars
- 167
- Forks
- 25
- Open issues
- 0
- Last commit (this folder)
- May 8, 2026 (5 months ago)
From GitHub (fetched Oct 24, 2026).
Details
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository
- github.com/sammcj/agentic-coding
- Website
- smcleod.net
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- GitHubgithub-graphql
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github skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/sammcj-github (last updated 2026-10-24)