Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Capture interface or documentation pages with Playwright and embed the screenshots in a GitHub pull request description. Reviewers can inspect visual changes without checking out the branch, using images hosted on a temporary branch.
- Show documentation page changes in a pull request
- Share screenshots of new or updated UI components
- Present generated API references or diagrams for review
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Extract lessons from corrections, praise, and unexpected cases in conversations. Organize findings by confidence level and propose updates to individual agent histories or shared team decisions, with changes shown for approval before saving.
- Capture lessons after correcting an agent
- Record successful output formats
- Consolidate lessons at the end of a session
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Explains how Squad CLI records its installed version and handles upgrades, including which files it replaces or preserves. It also covers checking npm release channels and using cached version information when assessing available updates.
- Checking the installed Squad CLI version
- Reviewing files affected by an upgrade
- Checking npm release channels
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Set up separate commands for personal and work GitHub accounts on Windows. Detects accounts already signed in through GitHub CLI, asks which serves each role, creates PowerShell shortcuts and CMD wrappers, and verifies the selected usernames.
- Separate personal and work GitHub operations
- Add account-specific shortcuts to PowerShell
- Run account-specific GitHub commands from CMD
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Clean up stored agent state in `.squad/` by compressing histories, pruning old logs, archiving stale decisions, and removing orphaned inbox files. Use it after long sessions or before starting work with many agents to reclaim context space.
- Preparing for work that starts many agents
- Cleaning up after long sessions or sprints
- Managing oversized history files or stored state
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Plan task handoffs between agents on different machines using Git to share YAML task and result files. This implementation specification describes validation, execution limits, result reporting, and GitHub Issues as an additional route for urgent requests.
- Designing GPU task handoffs from a laptop to a DevBox
- Standardizing task and result files across machines
- Designing urgent requests through labeled GitHub Issues
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guides Squad documentation writing and review using Microsoft Style Guide rules and project conventions. It covers clear English, consistent page structure, practical examples near the top, and matching test updates when documentation pages are added.
- Standardizing English documentation style
- Structuring feature and scenario pages
- Reviewing preview notices and related links
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guide agents through failures with timed retries, alternative methods, targeted fixes, and clear handoffs. It also explains when to continue with partial results, helping teams choose a recovery approach that fits the problem.
- Retrying temporary API and network failures
- Switching methods when a tool fails
- Diagnosing build and test errors
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Prepare an open pull request for human merging from a GitHub Copilot cloud agent. Address review threads, validate changes locally, resolve branch conflicts, and report remaining blockers, including the need for a human to rerun CI.
- Addressing unresolved pull request review threads
- Fixing prior CI failures with local validation
- Resolving conflicts and preparing a merge handoff
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Create GitHub Copilot coding tasks from plain-language instructions using the GitHub CLI extension. Tasks become issues that trigger code changes and pull requests for review, with commands to list tasks, inspect details, and update instructions.
- Delegate a bug fix to GitHub Copilot
- Create a task from a written specification
- List tasks and inspect their details
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Define and check GitHub Copilot instructions and specialized agents using Markdown files. It explains file locations, configuration fields, tool access, path-specific rules, and workflow integration, with examples for documentation, testing, reviews, and other development tasks.
- Defining repository-wide coding standards
- Applying instructions to specific directories
- Creating agents for README and test writing
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Follow gh-aw development conventions with checks matched to Go, JavaScript, and workflow changes. Provides staged validation commands, capitalization rules, and pointers to more detailed guidance for specific parts of the codebase.
- Choosing validation commands for gh-aw changes
- Checking work before progress reports and handoff
- Keeping product capitalization consistent
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guides the refactoring of large JavaScript files into smaller CommonJS modules within gh-aw. It covers source placement, function exports, tests, and action builds so extracted code remains testable and is included in generated actions.
- Splitting a large JavaScript file by responsibility
- Extracting utilities shared across workflows
- Adding tests for extracted modules
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Review and implement gh-aw workflows and Go code with security checks for untrusted input, shell commands, dependency versions, and permissions. The skill also covers event-specific conditions and tools that inspect workflows for errors and security risks without running them.
- Reviewing issue and PR input handling for injection risks
- Checking conditions in workflows with multiple event triggers
- Reviewing action version pins and job permissions
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Resolve merge conflicts in generated workflow lock files by rebuilding them from merged Markdown sources. The skill checks for leftover conflict markers, stages regenerated files, and verifies that unresolved paths and whitespace errors are cleared.
- Merging origin/main when only workflow lock files conflict
- Resuming a merge after resolving source conflicts
- Checking workflow Markdown for leftover conflict markers
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Rewrite long prompts into shorter, clearer instructions for language models. Preserve essential requirements while removing repetition, defining scope, and making output formats and success criteria explicit to reduce ambiguity and unnecessary tokens.
- Shortening a long prompt while preserving requirements
- Clarifying vague instructions and success criteria
- Making output formats and length limits explicit
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Use this reference to configure GitHub access for AI agents through MCP, a protocol for connecting agents to tools. Covers tool selection, authentication, read-only access, and migration of existing workflow settings.
- Configuring GitHub access for an AI agent
- Selecting tools for issues and pull requests
- Migrating allowed lists to toolsets
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Write and edit gh-aw documentation using Diátaxis, a framework that separates learning, task instructions, reference, and explanations. Apply Astro Starlight Markdown conventions while keeping examples focused and removing repeated or unnecessary content.
- Write a beginner tutorial with a working result
- Create a guide for a specific task
- Standardize CLI and API reference pages
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Use concrete JSON and Markdown examples to structure Sergo tool caches, strategy histories, improvement tasks, and reports. The templates show which fields to record and how to organize findings for review.
- Formatting a cached snapshot of available tools
- Recording analysis strategies and their results
- Structuring improvement tasks and analysis reports
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Implement HTTP headers that pass GitHub Actions secrets through environment variables in gh-aw’s copilot engine. This reference explains secret extraction, generated MCP configuration, execution-step settings, and tests for keeping secret values out of configuration files.
- Passing API keys to HTTP MCP servers
- Reviewing generated configuration for secret handling
- Supporting secret expressions with default values
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Helps agents work within gh-aw tool restrictions by checking the allowlist, diagnosing denied calls, and choosing permitted alternatives. It guides agents to complete available work and report specific limitations before repeated denials end the session.
- Handling a denied tool call
- Checking commands against an allowlist
- Finding permitted alternatives
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Create and manage coding tasks for GitHub Copilot from the command line. The skill covers writing clear implementation requests, listing and updating sessions, and connecting task creation to automated GitHub workflows that produce pull requests for review.
- Request bug fixes from GitHub Copilot
- List and update existing coding tasks
- Create implementation tasks from labeled issues
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Guide gh-aw release preparation and assess whether command-line changes break existing usage. The reference covers changesets, which record release changes, version previews, release steps, firewall log classification, and summaries of Go module usage.
- Preview a release version and changelog
- Assess command-line compatibility and changeset types
- Interpret allowed and blocked traffic in firewall logs
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026
Official · GitHub CopilotFreeSummary Configure Skillz in Docker to expose SKILL.md instructions, resources, and helper scripts as tools for MCP clients, applications that connect to tool servers. Covers skill folder layouts, ZIP packaging, environment variables, and workflow integration.
- Connect skills to GitHub Agentic Workflows
- Configure Skillz with Docker
- Organize skill folders and ZIP archives
github/gh-aw☆ 5.4KUpdated Oct 22, 2026