version: "1.0.2" name: githubbing description: >- Installs and authenticates the GitHub CLI (gh) in a Claude.ai container, then runs gh commands against it. Use for "install gh", "gh auth", "create an issue or PR from the CLI", "gh is not authenticated", or any GitHub operation you want to issue as a gh command rather than a raw API call. This skill is the transport rather than the analysis. To understand what a repository does or contains, use exploring-codebases; to add a repo to the session, accessing-github-repos. metadata: version: 1.2.0 requires: configuring
Githubbing
Install and use GitHub CLI (gh) for authenticated GitHub operations.
1. Install
bash
bash /path/to/githubbing/scripts/install-gh.sh
2. Configure Authentication
gh reads tokens from GH_TOKEN or GITHUB_TOKEN environment variables.
python
from configuring import get_env
import os
token = get_env("GH_TOKEN") or get_env("GITHUB_TOKEN")
if token:
os.environ["GH_TOKEN"] = token
3. Verify