GitHub Authentication Setup

by HezaoHezao

GitHub Authentication Setup is a DevOps skill for Claude Code, published by HezaoHezao in poirot.

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Install GitHub Authentication Setup

Copy GitHub Authentication Setup 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/HezaoHezao/poirot/tree/master/poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/software-development/github-auth ~/.claude/skills/github-auth

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/HezaoHezao/poirot.git

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

In this catalog

Source file: poirot/backend/agents/skill/builtin_skills/software-development/github-auth/SKILL.md in HezaoHezao/poirot
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/github-auth
Collection: One of 37 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: DevOps — 798 skills

What GitHub Authentication Setup does

GitHub Authentication Setup configures HTTPS tokens, SSH keys, or gh CLI auth so an agent can work with GitHub repositories, pull requests, issues, and CI. Use it before cloning, pushing, or calling the GitHub API.

GitHub Authentication Setup is cataloged under DevOps on DirSkills. GitHub Authentication Setup comes from a repository tagged agent, agent-memory, agent-skill, agent-skills and agentic-ai.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

GitHub Authentication Setup

Sets up authentication so the agent can work with GitHub repositories, PRs, issues, and CI.

Detection Flow

When a user asks to work with GitHub, run this check first:

git --version
gh --version 2>/dev/null || echo "gh not installed"
gh auth status 2>/dev/null || echo "gh not authenticated"
git config --global credential.helper 2>/dev/null || echo "no git credential helper"

Decision tree:

If gh auth status shows authenticated → use gh for everything
If gh installed but not authenticated → use "gh auth" method
If gh not installed → use "git-only" method

Method 1: Git-Only (No gh)

HTTPS with Personal Access Token (Recommended)

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

Frequently asked about GitHub Authentication Setup

What else does HezaoHezao publish alongside GitHub Authentication Setup?
GitHub Authentication Setup is one of 37 skills that DirSkills catalogs from HezaoHezao/poirot, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Academic Paper Review, ArXiv Research and Architecture Diagram. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way GitHub Authentication Setup does, and is maintained by HezaoHezao in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the HezaoHezao/poirot page.
How does GitHub Authentication Setup compare to other DevOps skills?
GitHub Authentication Setup ranks #727 by stars among the 798 DevOps skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Backend Patterns, API Connector Builder and Migration. 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 GitHub Authentication Setup against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.