discussion-commenter

name	discussion-commenter
description	Post Q&A entries from office hours writeups as comments to a GitHub Discussion. Use when the user wants to post writeup content to a discussion thread.

Discussion Commenter

Post Q&A entries from office hours writeups as individual comments to a GitHub Discussion.

Usage

Run the script with the writeup file path, discussion URL, and date:

uv run .github/skills/discussion-commenter/post_qas.py \
  "path/to/writeup.md" \
  "https://github.com/orgs/ORG/discussions/NUMBER" \
  "2026/01/06"

Arguments

1. writeup_path - Path to the markdown writeup file containing Q&As
2. discussion_url - Full URL to the GitHub discussion
3. date - Date string to prefix each comment (e.g., "2026/01/06")

Options

• --dry-run - Parse and display what would be posted without actually posting

Requirements

• GitHub CLI (gh) must be installed and authenticated
• User must have permission to comment on the discussion

Output

Each ## Question section in the writeup becomes a separate comment, formatted as:

**2026/01/06: Question Title**

Answer content...

Subsections (### Follow-up) are included in the parent question's comment.