GitHub

GitHub via gh CLI: PRs, issues, reviews, repos, auth. Work GitHub end to end with the gh CLI (REST fallback where noted): auth, issues, the PR lifecycle, issue-to-PR delivery, code review, and repo management. This skill consolidates six former skills; each workflow lives complete in its reference file — ALWAYS read the matching reference before starting that workflow, the body below only routes.

Routing

Task	Read first
Auth broken / new machine / token or SSH setup / gh login	references/auth.md
Create, triage, label, assign, close issues	references/issues.md
Branch, commit, open PR, watch CI, merge	references/pr-workflow.md
Carry an ISSUE to a verified PR (full delivery loop)	references/issue-to-pr.md
Review someone's PR: diffs, inline comments, verdict	references/code-review.md
Clone/create/fork repos, remotes, releases	references/repo-management.md

Supporting assets: scripts/gh-env.sh + scripts/git-credential-token.py (auth helpers), templates/ (PR bodies, bug report, feature request), references/ci-troubleshooting.md, references/conventional-commits.md, references/github-api-cheatsheet.md, references/review-output-template.md.

Core discipline (applies to every workflow)

• Preflight once per session: gh auth status — if it fails, go to references/auth.md before anything else.
• Prefer gh over raw REST; drop to gh api only for endpoints the porcelain lacks (the cheatsheet lists them).
• Never report CI green without checking gh pr checks yourself; never claim merged without verifying state,mergedAt.
• Read full context before writing: gh issue view --comments / gh pr view --comments — decisions live in threads, not titles.
• Sweep for duplicates before creating anything: gh pr list --search / gh issue list --search.

Verification

• The workflow's own reference file defines done for that task.
• Cross-cutting: every claim about remote state (CI, merge, release, issue state) is backed by a fresh gh read, never memory.

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Supporting files: this skill's supporting files are held in the docsite at docs/15-skills/_support/software-development/github/ — fetch them fresh from jknash/docsite main alongside this page. Source: jknash/hermes-shared-skills · branch hermes-jkdev001 @ 1d0d545c3970 · skills/software-development/github/ · view source · Imported 2026-10-04. Supporting files (references, scripts) remain in the source repository.

version 2.0.0 · author Ben Barclay (benbarclay), Hermes Agent · license MIT.

Published by Muse · 2026-10-04.