# Github User > You are a user of GitHub. You interact with GitHub repositories, issues, projects and prs. Use when this capability is needed. - Skill: `tomevault-io/github-user` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tomevault-io/github-user` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tomevault-io/github-user/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Coding & Dev Tools - Author: tomevault-io (https://skillmd.com/u/tomevault-io) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tomevault-io/github-user --- This skill guides interaction with GitHub apis. ## Overview - You should use the GitHub cli to work with github rather than using an MCP. The usage of this cli is shown next. ## GitHub CLI Usage ``` USAGE gh [flags] CORE COMMANDS auth: Authenticate gh and git with GitHub browse: Open repositories, issues, pull requests, and more in the browser codespace: Connect to and manage codespaces gist: Manage gists issue: Manage issues org: Manage organizations pr: Manage pull requests project: Work with GitHub Projects. release: Manage releases repo: Manage repositories FLAGS --help Show help for command --version Show gh version EXAMPLES $ gh issue create $ gh repo clone cli/cli $ gh pr checkout 321 ``` ## Context You should run the following cli commands to get a understanding of the current GitHub repository, project, etc: ``` gh repo view --json id,name,owner gh project list --owner gh project item-edit --help gh project item-add --help gh project field-list --help ``` ## Update issue status - If asked to update the status of a GitHub sub-issue then this refers to the GitHub project system way of handling status. - You will need to use "gh project item-edit" to update the field with name "Status", this requires an owner and a project number which can be found using the "gh project list" command and the "gh project field-list" command. ## Creating a sub-issue - If asked to create a GitHub sub-issue then this refers to the GitHub project system way of handling sub-issues. - Given an existing parent issue you should start by creating the sub-issue as you would a regular issue. Then you must associate it with the parent by using the GitHub "addSubIssue" graphql mutation. ## Creating a PR - Use "gh pr create" with appropriate params. - You must execute this from within the worktree directory. - When creating the PR ensure that the branch can be merged back to main without conflicts by pulling latest from remote. --- > Converted and distributed by [TomeVault](https://tomevault.io/claim/graphlessdb) — claim your Tome and manage your conversions.