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Github Gist

glebis/github-gist

Publish files or Obsidian notes as GitHub Gists. Use when user wants to share code/notes publicly, create quick shareable snippets, or publish markdown to GitHub. Triggers include "publish as gist", "create gist", "share on github", "make a gist from this".

2k tokens
context cost
the whole folder, loaded on every use
3
files
ships runnable scripts
0
copies elsewhere
how many repositories repackaged it
337
stars on the repo
on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository 
npx skills add https://github.com/glebis/claude-skills --skill github-gist

What comes with it

5 877 bytes besides the instruction
.claude-plugin/plugin.json
scripts/publish_gist.py

The instruction itself

6 sections, as written by the author

GitHub Gist Publisher

Publish any file as a GitHub Gist for easy sharing.

Prerequisites

Uses gh CLI by default. Ensure you're authenticated:

gh auth status
# If not authenticated: gh auth login

Fallback: Set GITHUB_GIST_TOKEN env var with gist scope.

Usage

# Publish file as secret (unlisted) gist - DEFAULT
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md

# Publish as public gist (visible in your profile)
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md --public

# Custom description
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md -d "My awesome note"

# Override filename in gist
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md -f "readme.md"

# From stdin
echo "Hello" | python3 scripts/publish_gist.py - -f "hello.txt"

# Just get URL
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md --url-only

# Create and open in browser
python3 scripts/publish_gist.py /path/to/file.md --open

Options

| Flag | Description |

|------|-------------|

| --public | Create public gist (default is secret/unlisted) |

| -d, --description | Gist description |

| -f, --filename | Override filename |

| --url-only | Output only URL |

| --open | Open in browser |

| --api | Force API instead of gh CLI |

Output

{
  "url": "https://gist.github.com/user/abc123",
  "id": "abc123",
  "public": false,
  "filename": "file.md"
}

Example

Session log published with this skill: https://gist.github.com/glebis/3faaae6b907123929220e81add51a567

How to use it

Copy the folder

Take glebis/github-gist from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.