github-project SKILL.md skillA

github-project from netresearch/github-project-skill is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add netresearch/github-project-skill/github-project@v2.22.0

Pins v2.22.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
netresearch/github-project-skill
Path
skills/github-project/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
19
Latest version
v2.22.0, committed Nov 4, 2026
First version recorded
Sep 23, 2026
Size
6,270 bytes
Repository stars
10
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Use when bootstrapping a repo (apply branch protection before first PR), PRs won't merge or BLOCKED, AI reviewer pushback, auto-merge fails for Dependabot/Renovate, branch protection or rulesets, CI fails, authoring or consuming reusable workflows, editing a repo's own .github/workflows, harden-runner, or CODEOWNERS/PR templates.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# GitHub Project Skill

## When to Use

- **Post `gh repo create` + push, before first PR** — REQUIRED: `scripts/init-branch-protection.sh OWNER/REPO`
- **First issue/PR into a foreign repo** — `references/upstream-contributions.md` BEFORE filing
- Adding a workflow job — pitfall #6
- PR won't merge / threads
- Auto-merge fails (Dependabot/Renovate)
- Solo auto-approve
- Branch protection, rulesets
- GHA failures
- Signed-commit merge
- CodeQL
- Scorecard
- CODEOWNERS, templates, labels
- Fork PR merge base

## Quick Diagnostics

### PR Won't Merge

```bash
gh pr view PR --repo OWNER/REPO \
  --json mergeStateStatus,reviewDecision,mergeable,reviewThreads
```

### Solo Maintainer: Stuck on REVIEW_REQUIRED

First preserve the documented review contract (`references/review-policy-contract.md`). For an authorized solo-maintainer setup, either `assets/pr-quality.yml.template` (auto-approve, approvals >= 1) or `scripts/init-branch-protection.sh OWNER/REPO --solo` (approvals 0, conversation resolution kept) — `references/auto-merge-guide.md` compares both.

### Auto-merge Setup
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add netresearch/github-project-skill/github-project@sha256:7de3698dc668ff52

The line at the top of this page pins the label v2.22.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

Badge

mdr badge

[![mdr](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_2jt7ewvpai3f6v75.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_2jt7ewvpai3f6v75)

3 badge image fetches in 30 days. What the badge shows.

Versions

The registry has recorded 19 versions of this file, between Sep 23, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 2 days.

versioncommittedcommitsizeaudit
v2.22.0 latest2026-11-04 e289054 6,270 BA view · diff
v2.22.02026-11-04 fef9601 5,783 BA view · diff
v2.21.32026-10-29 65a7234 5,783 BA view · diff
v2.21.32026-10-29 ceda9fc 5,745 BA view · diff
v2.21.32026-10-29 b3cd845 5,576 BA view · diff
v2.21.32026-10-25 08789f7 5,538 BA view · diff
v2.21.22026-10-23 7063feb 5,538 BA view · diff
v2.21.12026-10-23 b1f778c 5,538 BA view · diff
v2.21.02026-10-22 64088b0 5,538 BA view · diff
v2.21.02026-10-21 5a5858a 5,499 BA view · diff
v2.20.02026-10-21 23d6779 5,499 BA view · diff
v2.20.02026-10-19 0e2a3c7 5,410 BA view · diff
v2.19.42026-10-18 064ae89 5,410 BA view · diff
v2.19.42026-10-18 b37db24 5,282 BA view · diff
v2.19.42026-09-30 73a3ac0 5,040 BA view · diff
v2.19.42026-09-30 80d91a7 4,953 BA view · diff
v2.19.42026-09-27 590df0a 4,865 BA view · diff
v2.19.32026-09-24 8ace9d4 4,865 BA view · diff
v2.19.32026-09-23 966d887 4,786 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (6270 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

netresearch/github-project-skill · 10 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_2jt7ewvpai3f6v75
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=netresearch/github-project-skill/github-project
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/7de3698dc668ff5257adb83ef29702582361f013188b46177fe3550f621371c3

Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.

Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.

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