gh-skill - Man Page

Install and manage agent skills (preview)

Synopsis

gh skill <command> [flags]

Description

Install and manage agent skills from GitHub repositories.

Working with agent skills in the GitHub CLI is in preview and subject to change without notice.

Available Commands

gh-skill-install(1)

Install agent skills from a GitHub repository (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)

Aliases

gh skills

Exit Codes

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

Example

# Search for skills
$ gh skill search terraform

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

# 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

See Also

gh(1)

Referenced By

gh(1), gh-skill-install(1), gh-skill-preview(1), gh-skill-publish(1), gh-skill-search(1), gh-skill-update(1).

May 2026 GitHub CLI manual