accessing-github-repos SKILL.md skillA
accessing-github-repos from oaustegard/claude-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/accessing-github-repos@v2.0.0Pins v2.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- oaustegard/claude-skills
- Path
plugins/github-and-git/skills/accessing-github-repos/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v2.0.0, committed Jul 7, 2026
- Size
- 8,870 bytes
- Repository stars
- 158
- License
- MIT
GitHub repository access in containerized environments using REST API and credential detection. Use when git clone fails, or when accessing private repos/writing files via API.
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
# Accessing GitHub Repositories Git clone is blocked in containerized AI environments (egress proxy rejects CONNECT tunnel), but full repository access is available via GitHub REST API and raw file URLs. ## Quick Start ### Public Repos (no setup needed) ```bash # Individual file via raw URL curl -sL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OWNER/REPO/BRANCH/path/file" # Directory tree via API curl -sL "https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/git/trees/BRANCH?recursive=1" ``` ### Private Repos or Write Access Requires GitHub Personal Access Token (PAT). See Setup section below. ## Setup ### Credential Configuration The skill automatically detects PATs from environment variables or project files: **Environment Variables** (checked in order): - `GITHUB_PAT` - `GH_PAT` - `GITHUB_TOKEN` - `GH_TOKEN` **Project Files** (Claude.ai): - `/mnt/project/.env` - `/mnt/project/github.env` Format: ```bash GITHUB_PAT=github_pat_11AAAAAA... ``` ### Creating a GitHub PAT 1. GitHub → Settings → Developer settings → Fine-grained tokens 2. Create token scoped to needed repositories 3. Set permissions: - **Contents: Read** - for private repo access - **Contents: Write** - for pushing files …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add oaustegard/claude-skills/accessing-github-repos@sha256:ac537461e827f56fThe line at the top of this page pins the label v2.0.0, 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.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Jul 7, 2026.
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (8870 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
oaustegard/claude-skills · 158 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-07 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_acsilzandk6bndjr GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=oaustegard/claude-skills/accessing-github-repos GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/ac537461e827f56fe277eae06a06c84ffb1b2562f30a7d0d2310090d2daa5e41
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