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Github CLI by tomevault-io — Agent Skill

Name: Github CLI
Author: tomevault-io

File contents

GitHub CLI helper skill for common gh operations. Requires gh CLI installed and authenticated.

Note: For creating/updating PR descriptions, use /mr-description-creator instead.

Actions

PR Operations

View PR status:

/github-cli pr status

View PR checks:

/github-cli pr checks

Merge PR:

/github-cli pr merge

View PR in browser:

/github-cli pr view --web

List PRs:

/github-cli pr list

Issue Operations

List issues:

/github-cli issue list

Create issue:

/github-cli issue create

View issue:

/github-cli issue view <number>

Repository Operations

View repo:

/github-cli repo view

Instructions

Step 1: Validate Environment

# Check gh is installed
gh --version

# Check gh is authenticated
gh auth status

If not installed, report: "Install gh CLI: https://cli.github.com" If not authenticated, report: "Run: gh auth login"

Step 2: Parse and Execute

Parse $ARGUMENTS and pass directly to gh:

gh $ARGUMENTS

Step 3: Report Result

Show gh output directly to user.

Examples

# View PR status
/github-cli pr status

# View PR checks (CI status)
/github-cli pr checks

# Merge current PR
/github-cli pr merge

# List open PRs
/github-cli pr list

# View PR in browser
/github-cli pr view --web

# List issues
/github-cli issue list

# Create issue interactively
/github-cli issue create

# View repo info
/github-cli repo view

# API calls
/github-cli api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls

# Any gh command works
/github-cli release list
/github-cli workflow list

Error Handling

Scenario	Action
gh not installed	"Install gh: https://cli.github.com"
Not authenticated	"Run: gh auth login"
gh command fails	Show gh error output

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---name: github-cli-6description: GitHub CLI (gh) wrapper for PR status, issues, and repository operations Use when this capability is needed.---GitHub CLI helper skill for common `gh` operations. Requires `gh` CLI installed and authenticated.**Note**: For creating/updating PR descriptions, use `/mr-description-creator` instead.## Actions### PR Operations**View PR status:**```/github-cli pr status```**View PR checks:**```/github-cli pr checks```**Merge PR:**```/github-cli pr merge```**View PR in browser:**```/github-cli pr view --web```**List PRs:**```/github-cli pr list```### Issue Operations**List issues:**```/github-cli issue list```**Create issue:**```/github-cli issue create```**View issue:**```/github-cli issue view <number>```### Repository Operations**View repo:**```/github-cli repo view```## Instructions### Step 1: Validate Environment```bash# Check gh is installedgh --version# Check gh is authenticatedgh auth status```If not installed, report: "Install gh CLI: https://cli.github.com"If not authenticated, report: "Run: gh auth login"### Step 2: Parse and ExecuteParse `$ARGUMENTS` and pass directly to `gh`:```bashgh $ARGUMENTS```### Step 3: Report ResultShow `gh` output directly to user.## Examples```bash# View PR status/github-cli pr status# View PR checks (CI status)/github-cli pr checks# Merge current PR/github-cli pr merge# List open PRs/github-cli pr list# View PR in browser/github-cli pr view --web# List issues/github-cli issue list# Create issue interactively/github-cli issue create# View repo info/github-cli repo view# API calls/github-cli api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls# Any gh command works/github-cli release list/github-cli workflow list```## Error Handling| Scenario | Action ||----------|--------|| gh not installed | "Install gh: https://cli.github.com" || Not authenticated | "Run: gh auth login" || gh command fails | Show gh error output |---> Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/gantisstorm) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.

Frequently asked questions

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