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Skill NinetrixAI/skills-hub/skills/gh-master

The playbook library. Teach your agents what the docs won't

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npx -y skills add NinetrixAI/skills-hub --skill gh-master

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GitHub CLI mastery — PRs, issues, releases, Actions, code search, and raw API calls via gh

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GitHub CLI Master

Full GitHub operations from the terminal using gh. Covers PRs, issues, releases, CI/CD, and the API escape hatch.

When this applies

Managing pull requests (create, review, merge, diff)
Triaging issues (list, create, comment, close)
Monitoring or triggering CI/CD workflow runs
Creating releases and tags
Searching code or repositories
Any GitHub operation

Auth

gh authenticates via GITHUB_TOKEN env var or gh auth login. Check with gh auth status.

Pull Requests

gh pr list                                    # open PRs
gh pr list --state merged --limit 5           # recent merges
gh pr view 42                                 # full details
gh pr diff 42                                 # view diff
gh pr create --title "feat: X" --body "..."   # create PR
gh pr create --draft                          # draft PR
gh pr review 42 --approve                     # approve
gh pr review 42 --request-changes -b "fix X"  # request changes
gh pr merge 42 --squash --delete-branch       # merge
gh pr checks 42                               # CI status
gh pr checkout 42                             # switch to PR branch

Issues

gh issue list                                 # open issues
gh issue list --label bug --state open        # filtered
gh issue view 15                              # full details
gh issue create --title "Bug: X" --body "..." # create
gh issue comment 15 --body "update: ..."      # comment
gh issue close 15 --reason completed          # close
gh issue reopen 15                            # reopen
gh issue edit 15 --add-label priority         # add label

CI/CD — Workflow Runs

gh run list                                   # recent runs
gh run list --workflow ci.yml --branch main    # filtered
gh run view 123456                            # run details
gh run view 123456 --log-failed               # failed job logs
gh run rerun 123456 --failed                  # rerun failed jobs
gh workflow run deploy.yml -f env=prod        # trigger workflow
gh workflow list                              # list workflows

Releases

gh release list                               # list releases
gh release view v1.2.0                        # details
gh release create v1.3.0 --title "v1.3.0" --notes "changelog" # create
gh release create v1.3.0 --generate-notes     # auto-generate notes
gh release create v2.0.0-rc1 --prerelease     # pre-release
gh release upload v1.3.0 dist/*.tar.gz        # upload assets

Search

gh search repos "agent framework" --language python --sort stars
gh search code "def run_agent" --repo owner/repo
gh search issues "memory leak" --repo owner/repo --state open
gh search prs "fix auth" --repo owner/repo

Repo Operations

gh repo view owner/repo                       # repo info
gh repo clone owner/repo                      # clone
gh repo fork owner/repo                       # fork
gh repo create my-repo --public               # create new

API Escape Hatch

For anything not covered by specific commands:

gh api /repos/owner/repo                      # GET (default)
gh api /repos/owner/repo/labels -f name=bug -f color=d73a4a  # POST
gh api graphql -f query='{ viewer { login }}'                 # GraphQL
gh api /repos/owner/repo/actions/runners --jq '.[].name'     # with jq

Decision Rules

Need PR CI status before merging → gh pr checks 42
CI failed → gh run view ID --log-failed to see why, then gh run rerun ID --failed
Need something not covered → gh api handles any GitHub endpoint
Large diff → gh pr diff 42 | head -200 to avoid overwhelming output
Check if issue exists before creating → gh search issues "error message" --repo owner/repo

Do

Use --json flag + --jq for structured output: gh pr list --json number,title --jq '.[].title'
Use --squash merge by default (cleaner history)
Link issues in PR body with Closes #N
Check gh pr checks before merging
Use gh run view --log-failed to diagnose CI failures

Don't

Merge PRs with failing checks (breaks main)
Force-merge without user confirmation (irreversible)
Use gh api with DELETE without user confirmation (destructive)
Create releases without checking latest version first (gh release list)
Rerun failed CI more than once without investigating logs (masks real failures)