name: github description: "GitHub via gh CLI: PRs, issues, reviews, repos, auth." version: 2.0.0 author: Ben Barclay (benbarclay), Hermes Agent license: MIT platforms: [linux, macos, windows] metadata: hermes: tags: [github, gh, git, pull-requests, issues, code-review, repos, auth, ci] category: software-development

related_skills: [codebase-inspection, requesting-code-review]

GitHub

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.