How to use
- Copy the installation command and review the source package before installing it in your own agent environment.
- Check the source document for required tools, credentials and supported hosts.
- Describe your input and desired deliverable; review the output against the source material.
npx skills add https://github.com/paulrberg/agent-skills --skill cli-ghBefore you start
- Installation does not include a model subscription, API allowance or permission to access your files.
- Repository stars and installation counts describe activity, not an independent quality or security test.
Rendered from the source repository. Headings, examples, code, tables, links, and referenced images are preserved.
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.
- Use installed
gh <command> <subcommand> --helpto resolve flags, JSON fields, and command behavior; CLI JSON field
names can differ from API fields. Prefer --json with --jq for structured output.
- Preview broad writes with the repository, exact targets, commands, and issue/PR impact. An already requested ordinary
write does not require a second approval.
Notable Flags (gh 2.98+)
gh pr checkout --worktree <path>andgh issue develop --checkout --worktree <path>check out into a linked git
worktree instead of switching the current branch.
gh search issues --search-type semantic|hybridranks by relevance: issues only, one page, no--sort/--order, not
on GitHub Enterprise Server.
gh config set api_host <gateway> --host <host>routes that host's API traffic through a gateway; experimental and
not a security boundary.
--attach '<file>#<alt>'on issue/PR create, edit, and comment uploads images or videos; route those writes through
yeet.
Completion
Complete when command output verifies the requested GitHub data or state. After a write, fetch the resulting resource. On a partial or ambiguous failure, check whether it changed before retrying. Report the verified state and URL or stable identifier; include the concrete error and next action when incomplete, and distinguish an unknown result from a confirmed failure.
