GitHub Workflow

A comprehensive suite of GitHub workflow skills using the gh CLI and GitHub MCP tools.

Input Sanitization

• Repository names: owner/repo format, alphanumeric with hyphens and underscores only — reject shell metacharacters and null bytes
• Issue/PR numbers: positive integers only
• Labels and milestone names: alphanumeric, hyphens, underscores, spaces, and colons only

Available Skills

Issue Management

Skill	Purpose	Invoke
/gh-issue	Create/link/close issues	gh-issue, create issue
/gh-triage	Batch label and prioritize	gh-triage, triage issues

Pull Request Workflow

Skill	Purpose	Invoke
/gh-pr-status	Check PR status, CI, merge readiness	gh-pr-status, pr status
/gh-pr-request	Request reviewers	gh-pr-request, request review
/gh-pr-respond	View/respond to review comments	gh-pr-respond, pr comments
/gh-pr-merge	Merge PR with strategy	gh-pr-merge, merge pr
/gh-pr-update	Update PR branch with base	gh-pr-update, update pr

Releases & Tags

Skill	Purpose	Invoke
/gh-release	Create release with changelog	gh-release, new release
/gh-tag	Semantic version tagging	gh-tag, create tag
/gh-changelog	Generate changelog from PRs	gh-changelog, release notes

Repository Status

Skill	Purpose	Invoke
/gh-health	Repository health dashboard	gh-health, repo status
/gh-mine	My assigned/mentioned items	gh-mine, my issues
/gh-activity	Recent activity summary	gh-activity, what happened

Quick Reference

# Issue workflow
/gh-issue create       # Create new issue
/gh-triage             # Triage open issues

# PR workflow
/gh-pr-status          # Check current PR
/gh-pr-request @user   # Request review
/gh-pr-respond         # Handle comments
/gh-pr-merge           # Merge when ready

# Release workflow
/gh-changelog          # Generate notes
/gh-tag v1.2.0         # Create tag
/gh-release            # Create release

# Dashboard
/gh-health             # Repo overview
/gh-mine               # My items
/gh-activity           # Recent activity

Gotchas

• gh commands without --json output human-readable tables that are unreliable to parse — always use --json field1,field2 for programmatic use
• gh api results are paginated (30 items default) — use --paginate for complete results or --jq to filter
• gh pr create from a branch with no upstream fails — always git push -u origin <branch> first
• gh pr merge --auto requires branch protection rules enabled on the repo — fails silently without them
• hub CLI syntax is deprecated and incompatible with gh — never suggest hub commands
• gh issue create --label fails if the label doesn't exist — create labels first with gh label create

Related Skills

• /commit - Create commits with conventional messages
• /commit-push-pr - Full commit, push, and PR workflow
• /git-* - Local git operations
• /review-pr - Review pull requests