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GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub in GitHub using interactive exercises.

Advance your GitHub journey

Learn how to use GitHub with interactive exercises designed for beginners and experts.

  • Learning should be fun: There are no simulations or boring tutorials here, just hands-on lessons created by GitHub and taught inside Issues using GitHub Actions.
  • Real projects: Learn new skills while working in your own copy of a real project.
  • Helpful guidance: Your favorite Octocat provides instructions and feedback throughout your journey.
  • Real workflow: Everything happens with real GitHub features, such as Issues, Actions, and Codespaces.

Use these resources to discover, create, and help us improve GitHub Skills:

Resource Description
🎓 GitHub Learn: Skills catalog Browse the full catalog of available Skills exercises.
📋 Project Board Tracking valid user reported issues and PR's across all Skills exercises.
👷 Exercise Creator Documentation and tooling for creating new exercises and updating existing ones.
📦 Exercise Template Repository template to use when creating a new exercise.
🧰 Exercise Toolkit Reusable resources used across exercises, including workflows, actions, and markdown templates.
📑 Changelog Monthly release notes for exercise and platform updates across Skills repositories.
🏢 Skills for EMU Guidelines on enabling GitHub Skills for Enterprise Managed User organizations.

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  1. getting-started-with-github-copilot getting-started-with-github-copilot Public template

    Learn, build, debug, and ship faster than ever with your favorite AI pair programmer.

    JavaScript 719 771

  2. integrate-mcp-with-copilot integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 239 259

  3. expand-your-team-with-copilot expand-your-team-with-copilot Public template

    Let Copilot coding agent tackle your issues directly on GitHub. No coding environment needed.

    JavaScript 178 98

  4. customize-your-github-copilot-experience customize-your-github-copilot-experience Public template

    Customize GitHub Copilot's behavior with custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes for your specific development workflows.

    JavaScript 73 52

  5. agent-orchestration-build-your-ai-dream-team agent-orchestration-build-your-ai-dream-team Public template

    This Skills Exercise is about Agent Orchestration through the CLI

    Shell 87 22

  6. agentic-workflows-that-read-the-room agentic-workflows-that-read-the-room Public template

    This is a GitHub Skills exercise on how to get started with Agentic Workflows where we will create simple use case to show the power of an Agentic Workflow

    Astro 62 21

Repositories

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  • secure-code-game Public template

    Learn to code securely while having fun through our popular open source in-editor experience, designed for developers, students, and anyone curious about security. Get started for free in under 2 minutes, playing right from your browser.

    skills/secure-code-game's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 2,815 MIT 382 1 3 Updated Sep 1, 2026
  • idea-to-merge-with-the-copilot-app Public template

    Exercise: Idea to Merge with the Copilot App

    skills/idea-to-merge-with-the-copilot-app's past year of commit activity
    Astro 18 MIT 3 0 1 Updated Aug 12, 2026
  • action-text-variables Public

    Load a text file and replace mustache style variables. Returns modified text as an output for use in other actions.

    skills/action-text-variables's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 22 MIT 5 1 (1 issue needs help) 11 Updated Aug 11, 2026
  • scale-institutional-knowledge-using-copilot-spaces Public template

    Learn how Copilot Spaces can scale institutional knowledge and streamline organizational processes.

    skills/scale-institutional-knowledge-using-copilot-spaces's past year of commit activity
    71 MIT 56 0 0 Updated Aug 9, 2026
  • build-applications-w-copilot-agent-mode Public template

    GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens - Building applications with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode

    skills/build-applications-w-copilot-agent-mode's past year of commit activity
    Shell 171 MIT 223 4 0 Updated Aug 9, 2026
  • agentic-workflows-that-read-the-room Public template

    This is a GitHub Skills exercise on how to get started with Agentic Workflows where we will create simple use case to show the power of an Agentic Workflow

    skills/agentic-workflows-that-read-the-room's past year of commit activity
    Astro 62 MIT 21 2 1 Updated Aug 8, 2026
  • releases Public

    Monthly changelog for everything GitHub Skills

    skills/releases's past year of commit activity
    2 2 0 0 Updated Jul 31, 2026
  • getting-started-with-github-copilot Public template

    Learn, build, debug, and ship faster than ever with your favorite AI pair programmer.

    skills/getting-started-with-github-copilot's past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 719 MIT 771 12 2 Updated Jul 31, 2026
  • skills-for-emu Public

    Guide on enabling GitHub Skills for EMU organizations

    skills/skills-for-emu's past year of commit activity
    6 MIT 6 0 0 Updated Jul 31, 2026
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit's past year of commit activity
    41 MIT 34 1 5 Updated Jul 27, 2026