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SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0

SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Netresearch DTT GmbH

name: github-project description: “GitHub repository setup and platform-specific features. This skill should be used when creating new GitHub repositories, configuring branch protection rules, setting up GitHub Issues/Discussions/Projects, creating sub-issues and issue hierarchies, managing PR review workflows, configuring Dependabot/Renovate auto-merge, setting up merge queues with GraphQL enqueuePullRequest mutations, or checking GitHub project configuration. Focuses on GitHub platform features, not CI/CD pipelines or language-specific tooling. By Netresearch.”

GitHub Project Skill

GitHub platform configuration and repository management patterns. This skill focuses exclusively on GitHub-specific features.

New repo? Run this BEFORE the first PR: bash skills/github-project/scripts/init-branch-protection.sh OWNER/REPO Applies required_conversation_resolution: true + 1-approver baseline so the “abort merge if unresolved threads” rule is structurally enforced, not just documented. See skills/github-project/SKILL.md → Required First Step After gh repo create for the full flow (baseline, required checks, merge queue).

🔌 Compatibility

This is an Agent Skill following the open standard originally developed by Anthropic and released for cross-platform use.

Supported Platforms:

• ✅ Claude Code (Anthropic)
• ✅ Cursor
• ✅ GitHub Copilot
• ✅ Other skills-compatible AI agents

Skills are portable packages of procedural knowledge that work across any AI agent supporting the Agent Skills specification.

Scope Boundaries

This Skill Covers:

• Branch protection rules and PR workflows
• CODEOWNERS configuration
• GitHub Issues, Discussions, Projects
• Sub-issues and issue hierarchies (parent/child relationships)
• Dependabot/Renovate auto-merge
• GitHub Releases configuration
• Repository collaboration features

Delegate to Other Skills:

• CI/CD pipelines → go-development, php-modernization, typo3-testing
• Security scanning (CodeQL, gosec) → security-audit
• SLSA, SBOMs, supply chain → enterprise-readiness
• Git branching strategies, conventional commits → git-workflow

Triggers

Setup & Configuration:

• Creating a new GitHub repository
• “Check my GitHub project setup”
• “Configure branch protection”
• “Set up GitHub Issues/Discussions”
• “How do I require PR reviews?”
• “Auto-merge Dependabot PRs”
• “Configure CODEOWNERS”

Sub-Issues & Issue Hierarchies:

• “Create sub-issues”
• “Add child issues to parent”
• “Link issues as parent/child”
• “Break down issue into sub-tasks”
• “Set up issue hierarchy”
• “Convert checklist to sub-issues”

Troubleshooting (PR Merge Blocked):

• “PR can’t be merged” / “merge is blocked”
• “unresolved conversations” / “unresolved comments”
• “required reviews not met”
• “CODEOWNERS review required”