Learn-skills.dev gh

Use the GitHub CLI (`gh`) for repository operations including PR and issue inspection, GitHub search, checks, and API calls. Use when a user asks for GitHub URLs, PR metadata, issue details, checks, or repository automation.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/NeverSight/learn-skills.dev "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/data/skills-md/adampoit/ai/gh" ~/.claude/skills/neversight-learn-skills-dev-gh && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: data/skills-md/adampoit/ai/gh/SKILL.md

source content

Gh

Use

gh

for GitHub-related tasks.

gh pr view 123 --json number,title,body,commits,files,headRefName,url

Inspect PRs And Issues

View one PR as JSON:

gh pr view 123 --json number,title,body,commits,files,headRefName,url

List open PRs:

gh pr list --state open --json number,title,headRefName,url

View one issue as JSON:

gh issue view 456 --json number,title,body,comments,url

Search GitHub

Prefer

gh search

for code/repo/issue/PR discovery.

Code search:

gh search code "TODO repo:owner/repo path:src" --limit 20

Repository search:

gh search repos "topic:cli language:go" --limit 20 --json name,description,url

Issue search:

gh search issues "repo:owner/repo is:issue is:open label:bug" --limit 50 --json number,title,url,state,updatedAt

PR search:

gh search prs "repo:owner/repo is:pr is:open author:alice" --limit 50 --json number,title,url,state,updatedAt

Search tips:

Use qualifiers to reduce noise:
```
repo:
```
,
```
path:
```
,
```
language:
```
,
```
is:open
```
,
```
author:
```
,
```
label:
```
Start broad, then refine filters
Combine with local search (
```
rg
```
) in checked-out repos when validating context

Checks And CI

View checks for a PR branch:

gh pr checks 123

View run details with links:

gh run list --limit 20

API And Automation

Use

gh api

when subcommands do not expose required fields.

gh api repos/:owner/:repo/pulls --method POST -f title='My PR' -f head='feature-branch' -f base='main'

Prefer machine-readable output for automation:

Use
```
--json
```
where available
Use
```
gh api
```
output with
```
jq
```
for deterministic extraction of fields like
```
number
```
,
```
title
```
,
```
body
```
, and
```
url
```

URL Handling

When the user provides a GitHub URL, parse owner/repo/number and fetch details with

gh

commands instead of browser scraping.

Examples:

PR URL ->

gh pr view <number> --repo <owner>/<repo> ...

Issue URL ->

gh issue view <number> --repo <owner>/<repo> ...

Guardrails

Default to read-only operations unless the user explicitly requests mutation.

Read-only examples:

```
gh pr view
```
,
```
gh pr list
```
,
```
gh pr checks
```

gh issue view

gh search ...

gh run list

gh api

GET calls

Mutating examples (require explicit user intent):

```
gh pr create
```
,
```
gh pr merge
```
,
```
gh pr close
```

gh issue create

gh issue edit

gh issue close

```
gh api
```
POST/PATCH/DELETE calls