GH-SKILL(1)

🎀 GH-SKILL(1) — the group chat guide 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to the GitHub CLI manual page for gh-skill, and let me tell you, this one is a whole vibe ✨

✨ NAME ✨

gh-skill — install and manage agent skills (preview) 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

gh skill <command> [flags]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Install and manage agent skills from GitHub repositories. That's the whole thing, that's the assignment 🫶

⚠️ preview alert, no cap — working with agent skills in the GitHub CLI is in preview and subject to change without notice. So like... it works, but it might get a glow-up or a whole makeover with zero warning 😭 lowkey iconic of it.

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✨ AVAILABLE COMMANDS ✨

okay so these are the sub-commands, and each one has its own manual page because they're all main characters in their own right 👑

• gh-skill-install(1) — install agent skills from a GitHub repository (preview) 🧚
• gh-skill-list(1) — list installed skills (preview) 🍓
• gh-skill-preview(1) — preview a skill from a GitHub repository (preview) 🦋
• gh-skill-publish(1) — validate and publish skills to a GitHub repository (preview) 💜
• gh-skill-search(1) — search for skills across GitHub (preview) 🔥
• gh-skill-update(1) — update installed skills to their latest versions (preview) 🌈

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✨ ALIASES ✨

gh skills

yep, you can just say gh skills and it hits the exact same. plural girlies rise 🌸

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✨ EXIT CODES ✨

like, what did the command mean by that 💀 here's the tea:

• 0 — successful execution (slay, it ate) 👑
• 1 — error (oop)
• 2 — command canceled (you hit Ctrl+C, no judgment)
• 4 — authentication required (bestie you gotta log in first 🙈)

NOTE: specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information. iykyk — always check the sub-command's own page 💫

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

okay here's the actual receipts, copy these bad boys directly:

# Search for skills
$ gh skill search terraform

# Install a skill
$ gh skill install github/awesome-copilot documentation-writer

# List installed skills
$ gh skill list

# Preview a skill before installing
$ gh skill preview github/awesome-copilot documentation-writer

# Update all installed skills
$ gh skill update --all

# Validate skills for publishing
$ gh skill publish --dry-run

look at you go. genuinely obsessed 🎀✨

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• gh(1) — the parent, the blueprint, the original 💖

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okay that's the whole page, bestie!! and per the fine print: this was GitHub CLI v2.102.0, dated Oct 2026 — stay hydrated, back up your dotfiles, and go install a skill or two 😘💅🌟