Debugs failing GitHub Actions checks on a pull request: inspects logs, summarises the failure and drafts a fix plan.
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GitHub Copilot skills: 1003 worth installing
Skills in the open SKILL.md format that GitHub Copilot reads. Each one has a plain-language summary and the command to install it.
Installing a skill in GitHub Copilot
$ npx skills add <author>/<skill> --agent github-copilotReplace the placeholder with the author and skill name from the skill's page. Start a new GitHub Copilot session afterwards so the skill is picked up.
Skills for GitHub Copilot
All skillsCreates and edits Jupyter notebooks for experiments, explorations and tutorials from bundled templates.
Reads, creates and updates issues, projects and team workflows in Linear.
Deploys web projects to Netlify with the Netlify CLI, including preview and production deploys.
Captures conversations and decisions as structured Notion pages such as wiki entries, how-tos and FAQs.
Prepares meeting materials from Notion context: agendas, pre-reads and notes tailored to the attendees.
Researches across Notion pages and synthesises the findings into briefs, comparisons or reports with citations.
Turns a Notion spec into an implementation plan with tasks and progress tracking.
Looks up current official OpenAI documentation with citations, and helps choose a model for a use case.
Reads, creates and reviews PDF files where rendering and layout matter, checking pages visually.
Keeps a persistent browser or Electron session open for fast, iterative UI debugging.
Automates a real browser from the terminal with playwright-cli: navigation, forms, snapshots, screenshots and data extraction.
Deploys applications to Render by analysing the codebase and generating a render.yaml Blueprint.
Takes desktop or system screenshots of the full screen, a specific window or a pixel region.
Reviews code against security best practices for its language and framework, and suggests improvements.
Analyses a git repository to map who owns security-sensitive code and computes the bus factor.
Writes a threat model grounded in the repository: trust boundaries, assets, attacker capabilities and mitigations.
Inspects Sentry issues and events and summarises recent production errors through the Sentry CLI, read-only.
Generates text-to-speech narration and voiceovers with the OpenAI Audio API.
Transcribes audio files to text, with optional speaker diarisation.
Deploys applications and websites to Vercel, including preview deployments.
Bootstraps and develops WinUI 3 desktop applications with C# and the Windows App SDK.
Stages, commits, pushes and opens a GitHub pull request in one flow with the gh CLI.
Generates and edits raster images such as photos, illustrations, sprites and mockups.
Questions
GitHub Copilot and skills.
Do Claude skills work in GitHub Copilot?
Often. A skill is a folder of instructions and scripts in the open SKILL.md format, which GitHub Copilot reads. A skill that depends on tools only one agent provides will not carry over, so read the skill's source before you rely on it.
How do I install a skill in GitHub Copilot?
Each skill page has an install command. Run it in a terminal, then start a new GitHub Copilot session so the skill is picked up.
What is the difference between a skill and an instructions file such as AGENTS.md?
An instructions file is loaded in every session and describes the project. A skill is loaded only when a task calls for it, so it can be long and specific without costing context on every turn.