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Enforces authenticated gh CLI workflows over unauthenticated curl, WebFetch, and MCP fetch patterns.

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Enforces authenticated gh CLI workflows over unauthenticated curl, WebFetch, and MCP fetch patterns. Use when working with GitHub URLs, API access, pull requests, or issues.

Use cases: backend, agent-building

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What this skill can do and what it asks for, from its SKILL.md. Checked Oct 25, 2026.

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  • codeload.github.com · found in install command

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Skill name
gh-cli
Description
Enforces authenticated gh CLI workflows over unauthenticated curl, WebFetch, and MCP fetch patterns. Use when working with GitHub URLs, API access, pull requests, or issues.
License
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Instructions
34 lines in SKILL.md · view on GitHub

Files (3)

  • SKILL.md
  • openai.yaml · agents/
  • trail-of-bits-mark.svg · assets/

SKILL.md (first lines)

# gh-cli

## When to Use

- Working with GitHub repositories, pull requests, issues, releases, or raw file URLs.
- You need authenticated access to private repositories or higher API rate limits.
- You are about to use `curl`, `wget`, `WebFetch`, or an MCP fetch tool against GitHub.

## When NOT to Use

- The target is not GitHub.
- Plain local git operations already solve the task.

## Guidance

Prefer the authenticated `gh` CLI over raw HTTP fetches for GitHub content. In particular:

- Prefer `gh repo view`, `gh pr view`, `gh pr list`, `gh issue view`, and `gh api` over unauthenticated `curl` or `wget`.
- Prefer cloning a repository and reading files locally over fetching `raw.githubusercontent.com` blobs directly.
- Avoid using GitHub API `/contents/` endpoints as a substitute for cloning and reading repository files.

Examples:

```sh
gh repo view owner/repo
gh pr view 123 --repo owner/repo
gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls
```

For the hook implementation, see:
- `plugins/gh-cli/README.md`
- `plugins/gh-cli/hooks/`

From trailofbits/skills, CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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License
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Repository
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Last checked
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gh-cli skill. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/skills/trailofbits-gh-cli (last updated 2026-10-24)