Agent skill
github-api
How to interact with GitHub API. Use this skill for repos, PRs, issues, and user operations.
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Install this agent skill to your Project
npx add-skill https://github.com/majiayu000/claude-skill-registry/tree/main/skills/development/github-api
SKILL.md
GitHub API Skill
Authentication
powershell
# REST API
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "token YOUR_TOKEN"; "Accept" = "application/vnd.github.v3+json" }
# GraphQL API
$headers = @{ "Authorization" = "bearer YOUR_TOKEN"; "Content-Type" = "application/json" }
REST API Operations
Get User Info
powershell
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/user" -Headers $headers
Create/Update File
powershell
$contentBase64 = [Convert]::ToBase64String([System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8.GetBytes($content))
$body = @{ message = "commit msg"; content = $contentBase64; sha = $existingSha } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/contents/PATH" -Method PUT -Headers $headers -Body $body
Create PR
powershell
$body = @{ title = "PR title"; body = "desc"; head = "branch"; base = "main" } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls" -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $body
GraphQL API Operations
Update User Status (NOT available in REST API!)
powershell
$query = @{ query = 'mutation { changeUserStatus(input: {emoji: ":sparkles:", message: "Your status"}) { status { emoji message } } }' } | ConvertTo-Json
Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://api.github.com/graphql" -Method POST -Headers $headers -Body $query
Important Notes
- User status uses GraphQL, not REST (REST returns 404)
- README.md might be in .github/ folder
- GitHub releases use redirects, curl needs -L flag
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