github-cli

name	github-cli
description	Use this skill when the user shares a GitHub URL (issue or pull request). Automatically fetch details using GitHub CLI (gh command). Triggered by URLs like github.com/himkt/.claude/issues/123 or github.com/himkt/.claude/pull/123. Do NOT run gh commands directly — always invoke this skill first.

GitHub CLI Skill

Fetch GitHub issues and pull requests with gh + --json + --jq.

Workflow

1. Parse {owner}, {repo}, {number} from the URL. If only a number was given, run gh repo view --json nameWithOwner -q .nameWithOwner.
2. Always pass --jq to project fields and, when relevant, drop out-of-scope rows. Unfiltered comment/review/file payloads run to thousands of lines; a focused filter shrinks input 10–100×.

Use gh --jq directly — do not pipe to external jq. The local Bash validator rejects multi-command pipes.

Common select(...) predicates:

• Time window: select((.created_at | fromdateiso8601) > (now - 10800))
• Author: select(.user.login == "...")
• State: select(.state == "OPEN")
• Unresolved threads: select(.in_reply_to_id == null)

Fetch commands

# Issue
gh issue view {url} --json title,author,body,state,labels,comments --jq '...'

# PR overview
gh pr view {url} --json title,author,body,state,reviewDecision,baseRefName,headRefName,comments --jq '...'

# Diff (do NOT use gh api for diffs)
gh pr diff {url}              # full
gh pr diff {url} --name-only  # files only

# Inline review comments
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/comments --paginate --jq '[.[] | {user: .user.login, path, line, body, html_url, created_at}]'

# Review summaries
gh api repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{number}/reviews --paginate --jq '[.[] | {user: .user.login, state, body, submitted_at}]'

# CI checks
gh pr checks {url}

Creating a PR

gh pr create --fill                          # auto-populate title+body from commits
gh pr edit {number} --add-reviewer @copilot  # always request Copilot review immediately after

Use --title / --body-file only when the user explicitly asks for a custom title/body.