gh-status-check

name	gh-status-check
description	Check the current operational status of all GitHub services. Queries the public githubstatus.com API -- no authentication required. Use when the user says: "is github down", "github status", "check github", "are github actions working", "github service status"
metadata	{"verb":"check"}

GitHub Status Check Skill

Query the GitHub Status API to report on current platform health.

The API is public and requires no authentication. Base URL: https://www.githubstatus.com/api/v2/

Steps

1. Fetch Overall Status

curl -s https://www.githubstatus.com/api/v2/status.json

This returns a JSON object with status.indicator (one of none, minor, major, critical) and status.description.

2. Fetch Component Statuses

curl -s https://www.githubstatus.com/api/v2/components.json

Each component has a name and status field. Key components to report on:

• Git Operations
• API Requests
• Actions
• Packages
• Pages
• Codespaces
• Copilot
• Pull Requests
• Issues

Component status values: operational, degraded_performance, partial_outage, major_outage.

3. Check for Unresolved Incidents

curl -s https://www.githubstatus.com/api/v2/incidents/unresolved.json

If there are active incidents, extract:

• Incident name and status (investigating, identified, monitoring, resolved)
• Affected components
• Latest update message and timestamp

4. Present the Status Report

## GitHub Status - <timestamp>

**Overall**: <indicator emoji> <description>

### Services
| Service | Status |
|---------|--------|
| Git Operations | operational |
| API Requests | operational |
| Actions | degraded_performance |
| ... | ... |

### Active Incidents (if any)
**<incident name>** -- <status>
- Impact: <affected components>
- Latest update (<timestamp>): <message>

Use these indicators:

• operational -> "OK"
• degraded_performance -> "Degraded"
• partial_outage -> "Partial Outage"
• major_outage -> "Major Outage"

5. Summary

Tell the user:

• Whether GitHub is fully operational or has issues
• Which specific services are affected (if any)
• Whether there are active incidents and their current status