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Interact with GitHub using the `gh` CLI. Use `gh issue`, `gh pr`, `gh run`, and `gh api` for issues, PRs, CI runs, and advanced queries. Use when the user asks about GitHub issues, pull requests, workflows, or wants to interact with GitHub repositories from the command line — including tasks like check CI status, create PR, list issues, or query the GitHub API.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/Dimillian/Skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/github" ~/.claude/skills/dimillian-skills-github && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: github/SKILL.md
source content

GitHub Skill

Use the 

gh
CLI to interact with GitHub. Always specify 
--repo owner/repo
when not in a git directory, or use URLs directly.

Pull Requests

Check CI status on a PR:

gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo

List recent workflow runs:

gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10

View a run and see which steps failed:

gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo

View logs for failed steps only:

gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed

Debugging a CI Failure

Follow this sequence to investigate a failing CI run:

  1. Check PR status — identify which checks are failing: 
    gh pr checks 55 --repo owner/repo
  2. List recent runs — find the relevant run ID: 
    gh run list --repo owner/repo --limit 10
  3. View the failed run — see which jobs and steps failed: 
    gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo
  4. Fetch failure logs — get the detailed output for failed steps: 
    gh run view <run-id> --repo owner/repo --log-failed

API for Advanced Queries

The 

gh api
command is useful for accessing data not available through other subcommands.

Get PR with specific fields:

gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/55 --jq '.title, .state, .user.login'

JSON Output

Most commands support 

--json
for structured output. You can use 
--jq
to filter:

gh issue list --repo owner/repo --json number,title --jq '.[] | "\(.number): \(.title)"'