GitHub CLI (gh) comprehensive reference for repositories, issues, pull requests, Actions, projects, releases, gists, codespaces, organizations, extensions, and all GitHub operations from the command line.
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.
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# GitHub CLI (gh)
Comprehensive reference for GitHub CLI (gh) - work seamlessly with GitHub from the command line.
**Version:** 2.85.0 (current as of January 2026)
## Prerequisites
### Installation
```bash
# macOS
brew install gh
# Linux
curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh
# Windows
winget install --id GitHub.cli
# Verify installation
gh --version
```
### Authentication
```bash
# Interactive login (default: github.com)
gh auth login
# Login with specific hostname
gh auth login --hostname enterprise.internal
# Login with token
gh auth login --with-token < mytoken.txt
# Check authentication status
gh auth status
# Switch accounts
gh auth switch --hostname github.com --user username
# Logout
gh auth logout --hostname github.com --user username
```
### Setup Git Integration
```bash
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The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260420.c261aaa, 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.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_a4zy76bmuk2o6qst
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=devantler-tech/agent-plugins/gh-cli
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a264cff792b924f529e4ff62d93c09b36f606cd4cba85e4b619ac04f1d02c4ad
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