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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 courses 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 with GitHub Actions.
  • Real projects: Learn new skills while working in your own copy of a real project.
  • Helpful bot: GitHub Actions provides instructions and feedback throughout your journey.
  • Real workflow: Everything happens with real GitHub features, such as Issues, Actions, and Codespaces.

Get started building your own courses with our GitHub Skills Quickstart Guide. 🌟

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  1. introduction-to-github introduction-to-github Public template

    Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

    9.1k 11.2k

  2. 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 206 234

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

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 39 31

  4. introduction-to-repository-management introduction-to-repository-management Public template

    Learn the basics of several GitHub features that can help support a collaborative, friendly, and healthy project.

    JavaScript 53 38

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  • 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 6 MIT 2 1 (1 issue needs help) 2 Updated Jun 30, 2025
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    16 MIT 13 1 3 Updated Jul 1, 2025
  • skills/action-keyphrase-checker’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 1 MIT 2 0 6 Updated Jun 30, 2025
  • expand-your-team-with-copilot Public template

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

    skills/expand-your-team-with-copilot’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 12 MIT 8 0 0 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • introduction-to-secret-scanning Public template

    Enable secret scanning to identify plain-text credentials and prevent them from being written to your repository

    skills/introduction-to-secret-scanning’s past year of commit activity
    83 MIT 59 0 0 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • secure-repository-supply-chain Public template

    Secure your supply chain, understand dependencies in your environment, know about vulnerabilities in those dependencies and patch them

    skills/secure-repository-supply-chain’s past year of commit activity
    C# 158 MIT 128 1 0 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • hello-github-actions Public template

    Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.

    skills/hello-github-actions’s past year of commit activity
    993 MIT 1,360 13 1 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    skills/integrate-mcp-with-copilot’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 39 MIT 30 2 1 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • 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 206 MIT 234 2 2 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • introduction-to-repository-management Public template

    Learn the basics of several GitHub features that can help support a collaborative, friendly, and healthy project.

    skills/introduction-to-repository-management’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 53 MIT 38 4 2 Updated Jun 26, 2025