Agent Task CLI

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Agent Task CLI is an AI Engineering skill for Claude Code, published by github in gh-aw.

4.9K stars495 forkson github/gh-awAdded 2026/08/16Repository updated 2026/08/16

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Install Agent Task CLI

Copy Agent Task CLI into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/github/gh-aw/tree/main/.github/skills/gh-agent-task ~/.claude/skills/gh-agent-task

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/github/gh-aw.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: .github/skills/gh-agent-task/SKILL.md in github/gh-aw
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/gh-agent-task
Collection: One of 25 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: AI Engineering — 2451 skills

What Agent Task CLI does

Agent Task CLI creates GitHub Copilot coding agent tasks from the command line, using natural language instructions that trigger automated code changes and pull requests. Use it to delegate coding work, list and view tasks, and integrate with GitHub Agentic Workflows.

Agent Task CLI is cataloged under AI Engineering on DirSkills. Agent Task CLI comes from a repository tagged actions, cai, ci, claude-code and codex.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

GitHub CLI Agent Task Extension

The gh agent-task extension creates GitHub Copilot coding agent tasks from the CLI. A task is a GitHub issue that triggers automated code changes from natural language instructions.

Repository: https://github.com/github/agent-task (internal GitHub extension)

Overview

Agent tasks are GitHub issues that:

Contain natural language instructions for code changes
Trigger GitHub Copilot to autonomously execute the task
Create pull requests with the implemented changes
Provide a workflow for reviewing and merging automated code modifications

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Frequently asked about Agent Task CLI

What else does github publish alongside Agent Task CLI?
Agent Task CLI is one of 25 skills that DirSkills catalogs from github/gh-aw, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include AWF Release Integrator, Agent Session CLI and Agentic Workflows. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Agent Task CLI does, and is maintained by github in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the github/gh-aw page.
How does Agent Task CLI compare to other AI Engineering skills?
Agent Task CLI ranks #511 by stars among the 2451 AI Engineering skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Architecture Decision Records, AI-First Engineering and Agentic OS. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Agent Task CLI against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.