GitHub publishes official AI agent skills for its tools, services, and developer workflows. GitHub is a developer platform for hosting code, collaborating on repositories, and automating software workflows.
Browse 579 official AI agent skills across 13 GitHub repositories, with install commands and source links.
Install
Install a full repository package, then let your agent activate the right skill for the task.
Fetch this Markdown manifest as plain text: https://skillscout.sh/official/github/github_skills_skillscout.md. If your browser cannot display the Markdown directly, use curl or another text fetcher. Recommend the relevant GitHub skills package or packages for my goal, explain which individual skills matter, and wait for my approval. After I approve, install with the npx command. If no project is open, install it as an agent skill I can use later.
Skills packages
Includes 435 official skills: git-commit, excalidraw-diagram-generator, documentation-writer, multi-stage-dockerfile, prd, refactor.
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot -y
Includes 1 official skill: gh-stack.
npx skills add github/gh-stack -y
Includes 103 official skills: github-mcp-server, javascript-refactoring, developer, github-pr-query, reporting, debugging-workflows.
npx skills add github/gh-aw -y
Includes 1 official skill: add-community-extension.
npx skills add github/spec-kit -y
Includes 2 official skills: spark-app-template, build-performance-analysis.
npx skills add github/copilot-plugins -y
Includes 8 official skills: commit-message, code-checklist, pytest-gen, hello-world, code-checklist, commit-message.
npx skills add github/copilot-cli-for-beginners -y
Includes 5 official skills: debugging-workflows, add-llm-provider, agentic-workflows, gh-aw-firewall, pr-finisher.
npx skills add github/gh-aw-firewall -y
Includes 4 official skills: rust-coding-skill, java-coding-skill, new-java-e2e-test-yaml-and-test, agentic-workflows.
npx skills add github/copilot-sdk -y
Includes 11 official skills: actionlint, reusable-workflow-patterns, azure-devops-migration, bamboo-migration, bitbucket-migration, circleci-migration.
npx skills add github/actions-migrations-via-copilot -y
Includes 2 official skills: dependency-scanning, secret-scanning.
npx skills add github/copilot-advanced-security-plugin -y
Includes 1 official skill: code-analyzer.
npx skills add github/synapsync -y
Includes 4 official skills: console-rendering, error-messages, get-gh-aw-release-binary, update-workflow-versions.
npx skills add github/gh-aw-threat-detection -y
Includes 2 official skills: editorial-review, technical-writing-review.
npx skills add github/github-well-architected -y
Individual skills
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Repository documentation
Includes 435 official skills: git-commit, excalidraw-diagram-generator, documentation-writer, multi-stage-dockerfile, prd, refactor.
Install the full package:
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot -yInstall a specific skill:
npx skills add github/awesome-copilot@git-commit -yUse the package when you want your agent to choose the relevant skill from this official GitHub repository.
View github/awesome-copilot on GitHub