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gh-cli · trailofbits | DecimalAI

devopsby trailofbits

gh-cli

trailofbits/gh-cli

Source trailofbits/skills ↗License CC-BY-SA-4.0

Enforces authenticated gh CLI workflows over unauthenticated curl/WebFetch patterns.

SkillScore83Maintained

Automatic

Coding pack

Last verified 8/7/2026

What it changes

Passed 17 of 21 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 21 without it.

Without skill63%

With skill83%

Checks it passed that the model alone missed

Recommends reading the file from a local clone.
Recommends using `gh repo view` instead of `wget`.
Advises against fetching directly from `raw.githubusercontent.com`.

and 3 more in the full report

5 fixed15 passed either way4 still failing0 broke

Pass-rate lift: +21 pp
Tokens: -29%
Agent turns: 0%
Response time: -47%

Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/7/2026v120 of 24 cases passed with skill · 21 comparable

Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.

Use this skill

Save it into your project's skills folder. Claude Code picks it up in its next session.

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/trailofbits-gh-cli/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/trailofbits-gh-cli/SKILL.md

Want it pinned and updatable? pip install "decimalai>=0.15", then decimalai skills add trailofbits-gh-cli, and start Claude Code with claude --plugin-dir "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.agents"

1 · One-time — install the CLI (docs ↗)

pip install "decimalai>=0.15"

2 · Get the skill — writes .agents/skills/trailofbits-gh-cli/ and pins it in .decimal/skills.lock

decimalai skills add trailofbits-gh-cli

No CLI? Get the same file — curl · raw file

curl -fsSL --create-dirs -o .claude/skills/trailofbits-gh-cli/SKILL.md https://app.decimal.ai/s/trailofbits-gh-cli/SKILL.md

Raw file: /s/trailofbits-gh-cli/SKILL.md ↗ · machine-readable summary at /s/trailofbits-gh-cli.json ↗

Safety checks: 3 of 3 passed

Code scan CleanIntent PassedContent Clean

See it in action

One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.

1 of 5

Prompt

I want to fetch public information for repository `vercel/next.js` from my shell prompt. Should I use `wget https://api.github.com/repos/vercel/next.js`?

What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked	Without skill	With skill
Recommends using `gh repo view` instead of `wget`.	Missed	Passed

case-24 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/7/2026 · answers are capped and redacted

What's inside

The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.

SKILL.md32 lines2 files

gh-cli

When to Use

Working with GitHub repositories, pull requests, issues, releases, or raw file URLs.
You need authenticated access to private repositories or higher API rate limits.
You are about to use curl, wget, or unauthenticated web fetches against GitHub.

When NOT to Use

The target is not GitHub.
Plain local git operations already solve the task.

Guidance

Prefer the authenticated gh CLI over raw HTTP fetches for GitHub content. In particular:

Prefer gh repo view, gh pr view, gh pr list, gh issue view, and gh api over unauthenticated curl or wget.
Prefer cloning a repository and reading files locally over fetching raw.githubusercontent.com blobs directly.
Avoid using GitHub API /contents/ endpoints as a substitute for cloning and reading repository files.

Examples:

gh repo view owner/repo
gh pr view 123 --repo owner/repo
gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls

For the hook implementation, see:

plugins/gh-cli/README.md
plugins/gh-cli/hooks/

Track record

Benchmark

17 / 21

test cases passed, vs 13 / 21 without

Adoption

Users: 0
Times used: 0

Safety and source details

SkillSafety

✓ 3 of 3 passed

Code scan15 of 15 checks clean

0 critical · 0 warning · 0 info — scanner v4 — 8/3/2026

View 15 scanner checks

live_secretremote_code_executionreverse_shelldata_exfiltrationssrf_metadataagent_snoopinganti_refusaldestructive_commandsobfuscated_unicodeunicode_homoglyphopaque_blobsuspicious_urltool_overreachtrigger_abuseprompt_injection_phrasing

IntentSafe

LLM judge · does the skill do what it claims

ContentClean

LLM judge · policy & harmful-content review

Source

Imported

trailofbits / skills

plugins/gh-cli/skills/gh-cli/SKILL.md

View on GitHub ↗

License CC-BY-SA-4.0Imported 8/3/2026Version v1Bundled 1 file

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gh-cli

When to Use

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Guidance

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