gh-account-switch

name	gh-account-switch
description	Switch authenticated GitHub CLI accounts and select the matching SSH identity.
argument-hint	<account>
disable-model-invocation	true

GitHub Account Switch

Switch the active gh account only when this skill is explicitly invoked.

Route

1. Run gh auth status; never infer the active account.
2. Require an exact authenticated target. If missing, list the accounts and ask which one.
3. Run gh auth switch --hostname github.com --user <account>.
4. Verify gh api user --jq .login exactly matches the target.

For Git over SSH, keep token identity and SSH identity separate:

Account	SSH host
nathanvale	github.com
myagentdojo	github-myagentdojo

Before clone, fetch, push, or remote changes, run ssh -T -o BatchMode=yes git@<host> and require Hi <account>!. GitHub returns exit 1 after successful authentication because it provides no shell.

Use the explicit host when cloning:

gh repo clone git@<host>:<owner>/<repo>.git

Safety

• Stop when the gh identity or SSH greeting does not match the target.
• Never print tokens or private keys.
• Switching accounts does not authorize SSH key, SSH config, Git remote, or repository changes.

gh auth switch --help owns switch flags and behavior.

Next Safe Action

Run gh auth status, then switch only when an exact target account was supplied.