Cli Gh

This gives Claude command line access to GitHub through the gh CLI, covering the full workflow from creating PRs and issues to managing releases and codespaces. It's built with guardrails that block destructive operations like deleting repos, secrets, or codespaces, so you can hand it off without worrying about accidental deletion. The skill handles the everyday GitHub grind: checking PR status, triggering workflows, searching across repos, and managing labels. It even supports newer features like requesting Copilot code reviews directly from the command line. Most useful when you're already in the terminal and want Claude to automate the GitHub busywork without switching to the browser.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add paulrberg/agent-skills --skill cli-gh --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

GitHub CLI

This skill is coordination-exempt: skip the ai-coord gate for its declared work.

Routing

Use yeet to author or update a pull request, issue, issue comment, or discussion. yeet owns semantic analysis, repository templates, Paul's writing voice, idempotency, and direct posting. Route repository renames through repo-rename so GitHub and local continuity change together.

Authority

Read and inspect without confirmation.
Execute reversible or ordinary GitHub writes only when the user explicitly requested that outcome.
Never delete repositories, releases/assets, workflow runs/caches, secrets/variables, keys, codespaces, extensions, or gists.
Label deletion is the sole destructive exception: show the target repo, exact labels, commands, and issue/PR impact, then require approval in a subsequent message before gh label delete ... --yes.

Workflow

Resolve the repository explicitly when cwd is ambiguous. Let the first required read-only command validate authentication. Run gh auth status only for auth diagnosis.

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