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github from openhands/extensions is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add openhands/extensions/github@git:20261023.c05d420Pins git:20261023.c05d420 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- openhands/extensions
- Path
skills/github/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 8
- Latest version
- git:20261023.c05d420, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jan 8, 2026
- Size
- 7,703 bytes
- Repository stars
- 179
- License
- MIT
Interact with GitHub repositories, pull requests, issues, and workflows using the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable and GitHub CLI. Use when working with code hosted on GitHub or managing GitHub resources.
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
## Connection selection Use authenticated GitHub MCP tools first when they are available in the agent's environment. Detect this by tool availability, without depending on a particular MCP server name. Use the token and direct API instructions below only when GitHub MCP tools are unavailable or when raw API or `curl` access is explicitly needed. You have access to an environment variable, `GITHUB_TOKEN`, which allows you to interact with the GitHub API. <IMPORTANT> You can use `curl` with the `GITHUB_TOKEN` to interact with GitHub's API. ALWAYS use the GitHub API for operations instead of a web browser. ALWAYS use the `create_pr` tool to open a pull request If the user asks you to check GitHub Actions status, first try to use `gh` to work with workflows, and only fallback to basic API calls if that fails. Examples: - `gh run watch` (https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_run_watch) to monitor workflow runs - `gh pr checks 200 --watch --interval 10` to check until completed. </IMPORTANT> Windows PowerShell equivalents for the multi-line shell snippets below are in `references/windows.md`. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add openhands/extensions/github@sha256:fac2323775a7390fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.c05d420, 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.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_dy37yqxpkw5qvyxv)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 8 versions of this file, between Jan 8, 2026 and Oct 23, 2026, about one every 41 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261023.c05d420 latest | 2026-10-23 | c05d420 | 7,703 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.8bef908 | 2026-10-04 | 8bef908 | 6,622 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261004.8b05933 | 2026-10-04 | 8b05933 | 5,230 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260729.ee80646 | 2026-07-29 | ee80646 | 4,880 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260701.599cc4d | 2026-07-01 | 599cc4d | 4,886 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260302.3d32686 | 2026-03-02 | 3d32686 | 4,781 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260211.ef04210 | 2026-02-11 | ef04210 | 4,636 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260108.2035010 | 2026-01-08 | 2035010 | 2,424 B | A | view |
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 (7703 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
openhands/extensions · 179 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dy37yqxpkw5qvyxv GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=openhands/extensions/github GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/fac2323775a7390f7c305dff25482a972f73cb8259fd9260c79741e72c4aa974
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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