Agent-Skills.md

Agent Skills: GitHub Skill

GitHub API operations - repositories, issues, pull requests, actions, code security, discussions, gists, and more. Use for GitHub-related tasks like managing PRs, issues, searching code, and monitoring workflows.

UncategorizedID: oimiragieo/agent-studio/github-mcp

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oimiragieo/agent-studio
oimiragieo
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pnpm dlx add-skill https://github.com/oimiragieo/agent-studio/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/github-mcp

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Skill Metadata

Name
github-mcp
Description
GitHub API operations - repositories, issues, pull requests, actions, code security, discussions, gists, and more. Use for GitHub-related tasks like managing PRs, issues, searching code, and monitoring workflows.

Mode: Cognitive/Prompt-Driven — No standalone utility script; use via agent context.

GitHub Skill

Overview

This skill provides access to the official GitHub MCP server with progressive disclosure for optimal context usage.

Context Savings: ~95% reduction

  • MCP Mode: ~50,000 tokens always loaded (80+ tools)
  • Skill Mode: ~500 tokens metadata + on-demand loading

Requirements

  • Docker installed and running
  • GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable set

Toolsets

The server provides 80+ tools across 19 toolsets:

| Toolset | Description | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | actions | Workflow management, runs, jobs, artifacts | | code_security | Scanning alerts, code analysis | | discussions | Forum interactions | | gists | Code snippets management | | issues | Issue creation, updates, commenting | | labels | Label management and filtering | | projects | GitHub Projects board management | | pull_requests | PR creation, review, merging | | repos | Code search, commits, releases, branches | | users | User search and management | | orgs | Organization and team management | | notifications | Notification management | | secret_scanning | Secret scanning alerts | | context | Context about the user |

Quick Reference

Use the gh CLI for GitHub operations:

# Get repository info
gh repo view anthropics/claude-code

# List issues
gh issue list --repo anthropics/claude-code

# Search code
gh search code "language:python MCP"

# Create issue
gh issue create --repo me/myrepo --title "Bug" --body "Description"

# List pull requests
gh pr list --repo anthropics/claude-code

Common Tools (Default Toolsets: 40 tools)

Repository Operations

  • search_repositories - Search for repositories
  • create_repository - Create a new repository
  • fork_repository - Fork a repository
  • list_commits - List repository commits
  • get_commit - Get commit details
  • get_file_contents - Get file contents from a repository
  • create_or_update_file - Create or update a file
  • delete_file - Delete a file
  • push_files - Push multiple files
  • search_code - Search for code across GitHub
  • list_branches - List repository branches
  • create_branch - Create a new branch
  • list_tags - List repository tags
  • get_tag - Get tag details
  • list_releases - List releases
  • get_latest_release - Get latest release
  • get_release_by_tag - Get release by tag

Issue Operations

  • list_issues - List repository issues
  • issue_read - Read issue details
  • issue_write - Create/update issues
  • add_issue_comment - Add a comment to an issue
  • search_issues - Search for issues
  • list_issue_types - List issue types (for organizations)
  • get_label - Get label details
  • sub_issue_write - Manage sub-issues
  • assign_copilot_to_issue - Assign Copilot to an issue

Pull Request Operations

  • list_pull_requests - List repository pull requests
  • pull_request_read - Read PR details
  • create_pull_request - Create a new PR
  • update_pull_request - Update a PR
  • update_pull_request_branch - Update PR branch
  • merge_pull_request - Merge a PR
  • search_pull_requests - Search for pull requests
  • pull_request_review_write - Create/submit PR reviews
  • add_comment_to_pending_review - Add comments to pending review
  • request_copilot_review - Request Copilot review

User & Team Operations

  • get_me - Get current authenticated user
  • search_users - Search for users
  • get_teams - Get organization teams
  • get_team_members - Get team members

Configuration

The skill uses Docker to run the official GitHub MCP server:

  • Image: ghcr.io/github/github-mcp-server
  • Auth: GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable

Environment Variables

| Variable | Required | Description | | ------------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------- | | GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN | Yes | GitHub PAT for authentication | | GITHUB_HOST | No | For GitHub Enterprise (default: github.com) | | GITHUB_TOOLSETS | No | Comma-separated toolsets to enable | | GITHUB_READ_ONLY | No | Set to 1 for read-only mode |

Limiting Toolsets

When using MCP, configure toolsets via environment variables:

# Only repos and issues
GITHUB_TOOLSETS=repos,issues

# Only pull requests and code security
GITHUB_TOOLSETS=pull_requests,code_security

Error Handling

If operations fail:

  1. Verify Docker is running: docker ps
  2. Check GitHub token is set: echo $GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
  3. Ensure token has required permissions for the operation
  4. Use gh auth status to verify authentication

Related

Memory Protocol (MANDATORY)

Before starting: Read .claude/context/memory/learnings.md

After completing:

  • New pattern -> .claude/context/memory/learnings.md
  • Issue found -> .claude/context/memory/issues.md
  • Decision made -> .claude/context/memory/decisions.md

ASSUME INTERRUPTION: If it's not in memory, it didn't happen.