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copilot-cli-setup from robert-botto/skipwatch is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add robert-botto/skipwatch/copilot-cli-setup@git:20261017.19d598dPins git:20261017.19d598d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- robert-botto/skipwatch
- Path
examples/copilot-cli-setup/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- Latest version
- git:20261017.19d598d, committed Oct 17, 2026
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- Repository stars
- 5
- License
- MIT
Installs GitHub Copilot CLI with npm and starts it in the terminal with a GitHub login. Use when the user wants to get Copilot running in their terminal, for example "install GitHub Copilot CLI", "set up Copilot in my terminal", "how do I start the copilot command". Not for Copilot in VS Code or other editors, or for using Copilot CLI on a codebase after it is running.
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
# Install and start GitHub Copilot CLI ## What this does You end up with the `copilot` command installed globally and signed in to your GitHub account, ready to use in any terminal. The steps come from a 35 second GitHub video that installs it with npm and launches it. ## Prerequisites - Node with npm (as of 2026-04-02). The video says: "If you have Node, you can just open your terminal". - A GitHub account to log in with. ## Procedure 1. Open a terminal and install Copilot CLI globally with npm. ``` npm install -g @github/copilot ``` Expected: npm finishes with a line such as `added 2 packages in 798ms` and returns to the prompt. [on-screen 00:07] 2. Start Copilot CLI by typing its command. ``` copilot ``` Expected: Copilot CLI starts in the terminal, and logging in (step 3) follows directly. [on-screen 00:19] 3. Log in with your GitHub account. The video does not show the login prompt or its options, so follow whatever login prompt Copilot CLI shows you. > log in with your GitHub account and away you go. …
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How to install
mdr add robert-botto/skipwatch/copilot-cli-setup@sha256:530a79d93b2fee22The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.19d598d, 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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Source
robert-botto/skipwatch · 5 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_y4olswfe6pk3grwo GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=robert-botto/skipwatch/copilot-cli-setup GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/530a79d93b2fee221e12b9136a0114131ea1c4bbe17ac677e5ae8437829aca4d
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