Gh Repo Bootstrap Agent Skill

Create a new GitHub repository with the gh CLI and bootstrap a local project in ~/projects with git init, README, remote setup, and initial push. Use when the user asks to create a repo (public/private) in their account, set up the local folder, add the upstream remote, and push the first commit.

3k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

ships runnable scripts

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

131

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/instructa/agent-skills --skill gh-repo-bootstrap

What comes with it

10 328 bytes besides the instruction

README.md

scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py

The instruction itself

10 sections, as written by the author

GH Repo Bootstrap

Overview

Create a GitHub repo in the authenticated account and initialize a matching local project under ~/projects/<name> with a git repo, initial commit, remote, and upstream push using the bundled script.

Workflow

1) Collect inputs

Require: repo name, visibility (public or private).
Optional: description, owner/org (if not default account), gitignore template, license key, remote name, projects directory, README toggle, initial commit message.

2) Verify prerequisites

Confirm gh is installed and authenticated (gh auth status).
Confirm git is installed and user.name + user.email are configured.
Confirm ~/projects exists or can be created.

3) Run the script

Use the bundled script to create the local repo, commit, create the remote, and push.

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py <name> --visibility public|private [options]

4) Report results

Return the local path, remote URL, and current branch.

Examples

Minimal public repo:

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py my-app --visibility public

Private repo with description:

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py my-app --visibility private --description "My new project"

Create repo in an organization:

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py my-app --visibility public --owner my-org

Add gitignore + license templates:

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py my-app --visibility public --gitignore Go --license mit

Skip README and customize initial commit message:

python3 scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py my-app --visibility public --no-readme --commit-message "Initial scaffold"

Notes

Fail safely if the target directory exists and is not empty, or if the GitHub repo already exists.
Create README.md by default; use --no-readme to skip it.
Fetch gitignore and license templates via gh api only when requested.
Use --projects-dir to override the default ~/projects root.

Scripts

scripts/gh_repo_bootstrap.py: canonical automation for local setup, remote creation, and initial push.

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take instructa/gh-repo-bootstrap from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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