gh-safe-repo SKILL.md skillA

gh-safe-repo from ariesq/gh-safe-repo is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned

mdr add ariesq/gh-safe-repo/gh-safe-repo@git:20261027.c1dbcd9

Pins git:20261027.c1dbcd9 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade: A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind: SKILL.md skill
Repository: ariesq/gh-safe-repo
Path: skills/gh-safe-repo/SKILL.md
Versions recorded: 15
Latest version: git:20261027.c1dbcd9, committed Oct 27, 2026
First version recorded: Oct 15, 2026
Size: 22,230 bytes
Repository stars: 38
License: none declared

Drive the gh-safe-repo CLI to create a GitHub repository with hardened defaults, push a local project or copy an existing repo into a new hardened one, audit or fix settings on an existing repo (branch protection, rulesets, Dependabot alerts, secret scanning, push protection, Actions permissions, tag protection), or scan a local directory for secrets before publishing it. Use when asked to create/publish a GitHub repo, push a local project to a new repo, harden or audit repo security settings…

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

# gh-safe-repo

A CLI that applies safe defaults to GitHub repos. Six commands:

| Command | Target | Changes GitHub? | Needs |
|---|---|:-:|---|
| `new <owner/repo>` | a **new**, empty repo | yes | `owner` must equal the authenticated user |
| `push <path> <owner/repo>` | a **new** repo filled from a local git repo | yes | same, plus git credentials; scans `path` first |
| `copy <src-owner/repo> <owner/repo>` | a **new** repo copied from an existing one (not a fork) | yes | same, plus git credentials; scans the clone first |
| `audit <owner/repo>` | an **existing** repo, read-only | **no** | **admin** on the repo (org repos OK) |
| `fix <owner/repo>` | an **existing** repo | yes | **admin** on the repo (org repos OK) |
| `scan [path]` | a local directory (default `.`) | **no** | nothing — no GitHub calls at all |

Options are uniform by class. `new`, `push` and `copy` take
`--public`, `--dry-run`, `--yes`, `--json`. `fix` takes `--all`, `--dry-run`,
`--yes`, `--json`, `--migrate-branch-protection`. `audit` takes `--all` and
`--json`; `scan` takes only `--json`. Global, on either side of the command:
`--config PATH`, `--no-config`, `--debug`. There is no `--local`, no
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint

mdr add ariesq/gh-safe-repo/gh-safe-repo@sha256:e9cd08f3331d8449

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261027.c1dbcd9, 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](https://markdownregistry.com/badge/art_bimv7zvgvod4fasy.svg)](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_bimv7zvgvod4fasy)

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

Versions

The registry has recorded 15 versions of this file, between Oct 15, 2026 and Oct 27, 2026, more than one a day.

version	committed	commit	size	audit
git:20261027.c1dbcd9 latest	2026-10-27	c1dbcd9	22,230 B	A	view · diff
git:20261026.c7c92d8	2026-10-26	c7c92d8	21,973 B	A	view · diff
git:20261022.d9953bb	2026-10-22	d9953bb	20,039 B	A	view · diff
git:20261021.40e0990	2026-10-21	40e0990	19,793 B	A	view · diff
git:20261021.8a1ea1e	2026-10-21	8a1ea1e	19,779 B	A	view · diff
git:20261020.9bc7a04	2026-10-20	9bc7a04	19,540 B	A	view · diff
git:20261019.c2b5f66	2026-10-19	c2b5f66	19,342 B	A	view · diff
git:20261019.89d53ad	2026-10-19	89d53ad	16,977 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.99c999e	2026-10-15	99c999e	14,562 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.e42b1a4	2026-10-15	e42b1a4	13,921 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.6510f73	2026-10-15	6510f73	11,876 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.ae0c242	2026-10-15	ae0c242	11,220 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.420682d	2026-10-15	420682d	10,055 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.64e74ab	2026-10-15	64e74ab	10,055 B	A	view · diff
git:20261015.e11120f	2026-10-15	e11120f	9,424 B	A	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 (22230 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

ariesq/gh-safe-repo · 38 stars · license none declared · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch master

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_bimv7zvgvod4fasy
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ariesq/gh-safe-repo/gh-safe-repo
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e9cd08f3331d8449a1fea84520fa494202156555c4fe785758d13050ad17ad82

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