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About

This skill enforces using the authenticated GitHub CLI (`gh`) instead of unauthenticated HTTP requests when interacting with GitHub. It should be used for API access, repository operations, or working with pull requests and issues to ensure authentication and higher rate limits. Key guidance includes preferring commands like `gh api`, `gh pr view`, and cloning repos over direct `curl` calls to raw GitHub URLs.

Quick Install

Claude Code

Recommended
Primary
npx skills add trailofbits/skills -a claude-code
Plugin CommandAlternative
/plugin add https://github.com/trailofbits/skills
Git CloneAlternative
git clone https://github.com/trailofbits/skills.git ~/.claude/skills/gh-cli

Copy and paste this command in Claude Code to install this skill

Documentation

gh-cli

When to Use

  • Working with GitHub repositories, pull requests, issues, releases, or raw file URLs.
  • You need authenticated access to private repositories or higher API rate limits.
  • You are about to use curl, wget, or unauthenticated web fetches against GitHub.

When NOT to Use

  • The target is not GitHub.
  • Plain local git operations already solve the task.

Guidance

Prefer the authenticated gh CLI over raw HTTP fetches for GitHub content. In particular:

  • Prefer gh repo view, gh pr view, gh pr list, gh issue view, and gh api over unauthenticated curl or wget.
  • Prefer cloning a repository and reading files locally over fetching raw.githubusercontent.com blobs directly.
  • Avoid using GitHub API /contents/ endpoints as a substitute for cloning and reading repository files.

Examples:

gh repo view owner/repo
gh pr view 123 --repo owner/repo
gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls

For the hook implementation, see:

  • plugins/gh-cli/README.md
  • plugins/gh-cli/hooks/

GitHub Repository

trailofbits/skills
Path: plugins/gh-cli/skills/gh-cli
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