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Summary

Adds gh skill (aliased as gh skills) a new command group for installing and managing agent skills from GitHub repositories. Skills are markdown-based instruction files (SKILL.md) that extend AI coding agents with reusable capabilities.

This is a preview feature and subject to change.

Commands

  • gh skill install - Install skills from a GitHub repository or local directory. Supports multiple agent hosts (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Antigravity) with project-scope and user-scope placement. Includes --pin for version pinning, --agent/--scope for placement control, and interactive host selection in TTY mode.
  • gh skill preview - Render a skill's SKILL.md in the terminal via the configured pager without installing. Includes a file tree and interactive file picker for multi-file skills.
  • gh skill search - Search public repositories for skills using the GitHub Code Search API. Results are ranked by relevance with interactive install support. Supports --json, --jq, and --template output flags.
  • gh skill update - Check installed skills for updates by comparing local tree SHAs against remote. Scans all known host directories automatically. Supports --force, --all, and --unpin.
  • gh skill publish - Validate skills against the Agent Skills specification and publish via GitHub releases. Checks naming rules, frontmatter fields, and directory conventions. Supports --dry-run and --tag for non-interactive use.

tommaso-moro and others added 11 commits April 15, 2026 15:43
Cover the three primary discovery entry points with httpmock-based tests.
DiscoverSkills: happy path, truncated tree, no skills, API error, dedup.
DiscoverSkillByPath: path resolution, namespaces, invalid name, missing
directory, missing SKILL.md. DiscoverLocalSkills: convention matching,
root skill, no skills, nonexistent directory.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test InstallLocal public API instead of private installLocalSkill

Replace tests that called installLocalSkill directly with tests through
InstallLocal. Adds coverage for AgentHost+Scope resolution path,
multiple skills, and missing Dir/AgentHost error. Fixes symlink test
to require.NoError on os.Symlink.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test partial failure in concurrent Install

Add test where one of two skills fails (500 on tree fetch). Asserts
that result.Installed contains the successful skill and err wraps the
failed skill name. Fixes test loop to not clear Dir for partial failure
cases.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Refactor update tests to table-driven pattern

Consolidate 16 individual test functions into 3 standalone + 3 table
tests matching cli/cli conventions. Fix ArgsPassedToOptions to use
iostreams.Test() instead of os.Stdout/os.Stderr. Use GitHub-branded
test data. No coverage lost.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add update execution test that verifies SKILL.md is rewritten

All prior update tests used DryRun or hit early exits. New test
exercises the full fetch-and-rewrite path: stale treeSHA triggers
re-download, SKILL.md is overwritten with new content and metadata.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Use heredoc.Doc for multiline SKILL.md strings in update tests

Replace escaped newline strings with heredoc.Doc backtick literals
for readability, matching cli/cli conventions.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add interactive update path tests

Cover confirm-and-apply, confirm-cancelled, and no-metadata prompt
paths in TestUpdateRun. These interactive branches were previously
untested since all prior tests used non-TTY or DryRun.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test no-metadata prompt enrichment through full update path

Add test where a skill with no GitHub metadata is prompted for origin,
user provides owner/repo, skill gets enriched and proceeds through
version resolution and file rewrite. Covers lines 222-224 in update.go.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Replace deprecated cs.Gray with cs.Muted

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test namespaced skill update with --dir base resolution

Cover the filepath.Dir double-up path for namespaced skills (name
contains '/') when using --dir. Verifies the install base is resolved
correctly so the update writes to the right directory.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test install failure during update reports error and preserves file

Cover the path where version resolution succeeds but blob fetch fails
during the actual install. Verifies stderr error message, SilentError
return, and that the original SKILL.md is not modified.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Dedupe resolveGitRoot/resolveHomeDir into installer, rename scanAllHosts

Move ResolveGitRoot and ResolveHomeDir to the installer package to
eliminate duplication between install and update commands. Fix
ResolveGitRoot to check RepoDir before calling ToplevelDir.

Rename scanAllHosts to scanAllAgents to match registry naming. Add
test exercising scanAllAgents via updateRun without --dir.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Use heredoc.Doc for multiline YAML strings across all test files

Convert 13 escaped-newline frontmatter strings to heredoc.Doc for
readability. Applies to discovery, frontmatter, install, update,
publish, and preview test files. Preserves edge-case test strings
and fmt.Sprintf interpolations as-is.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Use git.Client.Copy() instead of struct copy to avoid mutex copy

Fixes go vet 'copies lock value' warnings in publish command where
*git.Client was copied by value to set a different RepoDir. Rename
terse variable names (bc/ic/dc) to branchGit/ignoreGit/dirGit.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Rewrite publish tests: table-driven through publishRun

Consolidate 35 test functions into 2: TestNewCmdPublish (4 cases for
CLI arg parsing) and TestPublishRun (22 cases exercising all behavior
through the command's run function). No individual helper function
tests — every codepath tested through publishRun scenarios.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove .gitkeep from acceptance/testdata/skills

Delete the placeholder .gitkeep file from acceptance/testdata/skills. The directory no longer needs a placeholder file to be tracked in the repository.

Rename testPublishGitClient to newTestGitClient

Rename the test helper function testPublishGitClient to newTestGitClient in pkg/cmd/skills/publish/publish_test.go and update all call sites accordingly. This is a purely refactor/name-change with no behavioral changes to tests.

Fix Windows CI: set USERPROFILE alongside HOME in tests

os.UserHomeDir() uses USERPROFILE on Windows, not HOME. All tests
that redirect HOME for lockfile isolation now also set USERPROFILE
to the same temp directory.

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Use range-over-int in acquireLock retry loop

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test lock acquisition edge cases through RecordInstall

Make lockRetries and lockRetryInterval configurable (package-level vars)
so tests can avoid the 3s retry wait. Add two RecordInstall cases:
- Stale lock (>30s old) is broken and install succeeds
- Fresh lock exhausts retries, proceeds best-effort without lock

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Rename test helpers for lockfile tests

Rename setupHome to setupTestHome and readLockfile to readTestLockfile in internal/skills/lockfile tests, and update all call sites and comments accordingly. This is a refactor-only change to clarify test helper names with no behavior change.

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test read() degradation through RecordInstall, delete TestRead

Move corrupt JSON and wrong version cases into TestRecordInstall table.
RecordInstall calls read() internally, so these exercise the same
degradation paths through the public API. Verifies the lockfile is
rewritten with correct version and new data after recovery.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix InstalledAt preservation test to actually prove preservation

Move the update-preserves-InstalledAt case out of the table into a
standalone subtest that reads InstalledAt between two RecordInstall
calls and asserts exact equality. The table version only checked
NotEmpty which couldn't detect if InstalledAt was overwritten.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Merge duplicate plugin test into TestMatchSkillConventions table

The standalone TestDuplicatePluginSkills_DifferentAuthors re-implemented
dedup logic that belongs in DiscoverSkills. Replace with a table case
that tests convention matching only. Dedup is already covered by
TestDiscoverSkills.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix broken validateName max-length test case

Replace make([]byte, N) (which produces null bytes) with
strings.Repeat to actually test the 64-character boundary. Add
positive test for valid 64-char name.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Replace name-matching hack with createDir field in TestDiscoverLocalSkills

Use a struct field instead of comparing tt.name to control whether
the test directory is created. Prevents silent breakage if someone
renames the test case.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Improve collisions tests: table-driven FormatCollisions, exercise DisplayName

Convert TestFormatCollisions to table test with nil-input case. Update
single collision case to use different conventions (plugins vs skills)
so DisplayName() logic is actually exercised in the assertion.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add tests for MatchesSkillPath, DiscoverSkillFiles, ListSkillFiles, FetchDescriptionsConcurrent

Also cover previously untested branches: root convention matching,
annotated tag dereference failure, empty tag_name/default_branch
fallbacks, recursive walkTree with subtrees, and skill directory
deduplication.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test full GitHub key stripping in InjectLocalMetadata

Add all 7 github-* keys to the input metadata and assert all are
absent after injection. Previously only tested github-owner and
github-repo removal.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test Serialize trailing-newline addition for body without newline

Add case where body doesn't end in newline and assert the output
has one appended. Previously this branch was uncovered.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test InjectGitHubMetadata with no existing frontmatter

Add case where content has no --- delimiters, exercising the
RawYAML == nil branch that creates frontmatter from scratch.
Also fix test data to use GitHub-branded names.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Convert TestInjectLocalMetadata to table-driven with no-metadata case

Add case for content with no frontmatter, exercising the meta == nil
branch. Aligns with table-driven pattern used throughout.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Replace name-matching hack with useAgentHost field in TestInstallLocal

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add tests for ResolveGitRoot

Cover RepoDir shortcut, nil client fallback, and empty RepoDir
fallback. Skip ResolveHomeDir — it's a thin os.UserHomeDir wrapper
with no logic to test.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Test OnProgress callback in both single and multi-skill Install paths

Cover the progress reporting branches in Install for both the
single-skill fast path (len==1) and the concurrent multi-skill path.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Cover missing InstallDir error branches and malformed URL in registry

Add user-scope-without-homeDir and invalid-scope cases to TestInstallDir.
Add malformed URL case to TestRepoNameFromRemote. Coverage 80.5% → 87.8%.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Rewrite install tests: table-driven through installRun and runLocalInstall

Consolidate 48 individual test functions into 6: TestNewCmdInstall (10
cases for CLI parsing), TestInstallRun (21 cases for remote install
flow), TestRunLocalInstall (10 cases for local install flow), plus
TestIsLocalPath, TestIsSkillPath, TestFriendlyDir for pure input
classification. Delete zero-value Help test. All behavior tested
through public functions instead of calling internal helpers directly.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix data race in OnProgress test with atomic counter

The OnProgress callback was appending to a shared slice from concurrent
goroutines. Replace with sync/atomic counter to avoid the race.

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add interactive install tests for skill selection, scope, host, and overwrite

Exercise the interactive TTY paths in installRun: MultiSelectWithSearch
for skill selection, Select for scope prompt, MultiSelect for host
selection, and Confirm for overwrite declined.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Exercise skillSearchFunc fully through interactive mock

Update the interactive skill selection test to use 31 skills (exceeding
maxSearchResults cap), include a skill without a description, and have
the mock call searchFunc with both empty and filtered queries. Verifies
the MoreResults count, label formatting, and truncation branches.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fill remaining install coverage gaps

Add local path detection cases to TestNewCmdInstall. Add interactive
repo prompt, user scope selection, overwrite without metadata, and
single exact match cases to TestInstallRun. Add bare tilde expansion
to TestRunLocalInstall.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Move HOME/USERPROFILE setenv to test loops, remove per-case duplication

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add isTTY field to install test tables, centralize TTY setup

Move TTY configuration from individual opts funcs into the test loops.
Each table case declares isTTY: true/false and the loop sets all three
streams accordingly.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove INSTALL_TARGET env var hack from install test

Metadata injection is already proven by installer package tests.
This test only needs to verify installRun orchestrates correctly.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add ScopeChanged: true to all install tests with explicit Scope

Ensures tests simulate the same state cobra produces when --scope is
explicitly provided, preventing silent codepath divergence if the
default scope behavior changes.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix assert.Error → require.Error in TestNewCmdSearch

Prevents nil panic on err.Error() if the command unexpectedly returns nil.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Improve preview test quality and coverage

- Fix assert.Error/assert.NoError → require.Error/require.NoError to
  prevent nil panics in TestNewCmdPreview and TestPreviewRun
- Add renderAllFiles edge case tests: maxFiles cap (20 files), maxBytes
  cap (512KB), and FetchBlob error fallback message
- Replace custom discardWriter with io.Discard
- Use GitHub-branded names (monalisa) in new tests

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add search test coverage: rate limits, owner scope, blob enrichment

- Add HTTP 429 and 403+Retry-After rate limit test cases
- Add owner-scoped no-results test (exercises noResultsMessage branch)
- Add blob description enrichment test (exercises fetchDescriptions path)
- Replace custom splitOnSpaces with strings.Fields
- Replace custom discardWriter with io.Discard

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove low-value alias test for preview command

The test only asserts a string literal matches another string literal.
Alias presence is already visible in the command definition.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Replace local pluralize with text.Pluralize

The internal/text package already provides this function via go-gh.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Inline collapseWhitespace — just strings.Fields + Join

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Doc: suggest using go-humanize for star formatting

Co-Authored-By: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Return cmdutil.CancelError on user cancellation in publish and update

Both commands returned nil (success exit) when the user declined
confirmation. The core CLI pattern is to return CancelError so the
process exits with a non-zero status.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Add interactive publish prompt tests and isTTY field

Cover all prompt branches in runPublishRelease:
- Topic confirm + semver tag selection + final confirm (happy path)
- Custom tag input path (select idx=1)
- Final confirm declined (CancelError)
- Immutable releases prompt (enable via PATCH)

Add isTTY field to test table struct for centralized TTY setup,
matching the pattern used in install tests. Add auto-confirm
prompters to existing TTY tests that now need them.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove duplicate giturl import alias in publish

The git package was imported twice — once as 'git' and again as
'giturl'. Use git.ParseURL directly.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Fix data race in search enrichment

fetchDescriptions and fetchRepoStars run concurrently but both wrote
to fields of the same skillResult slice elements, triggering the race
detector. Refactor both functions to return index-keyed maps instead
of mutating the slice directly. enrichSkills merges the maps into the
slice after both goroutines complete.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

refactor: remove Claude plugin branding, align with Open Plugin Spec

Replace all 'Claude plugin' references with generic 'plugin' terminology
to align with the vendor-neutral Open Plugin Spec
(https://github.com/vercel-labs/open-plugin-spec).

Changes:
- Rename .claude-plugin/ to .plugin/ (spec §5.1 vendor-neutral manifest)
- Rename claudePluginJSON/claudeAuthor types to pluginJSON/pluginAuthor
- Rename claudeMarketplaceJSON to marketplaceJSON
- Rename generateClaudePlugin to generatePlugin
- Remove 'Claude Code' from plugin-related comments, help text, and flags
- Update install.go plugins/ convention message

Factual host references (Claude Code as an agent name, .claude/skills
directories) are intentionally preserved — those are product names, not
plugin branding.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

Remove --plugins flag from publish command

Remove the --plugins flag and all associated plugin generation code from
the publish flow. This was scope creep — the publish command should focus
on validating and publishing skills, not generating plugin
manifests.

Removed:
- --plugins flag and Plugins option field
- generatePlugin, generateMarketplace, buildPluginDescription functions
- pluginJSON, marketplaceJSON, marketplacePlugin types
- Related tests and help text

The install command's ability to discover and pluck skills from plugin-
structured repositories (plugins/ convention) is preserved.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

don't fall back on default branch if you can't fetch latest release

improve search algo by using square rot instead of log for stars, and reduce weight for exact name match

add support for --unpin flag when updating a skill
…t it: cursor, codex, gemini CLI, github copilot, antigravity.

excluded: claude code
remove git sha because we only need git tree sha

remove github-owner from frontmatter, and make github-repo support full url. Only support github.com as host, error out otherwise
support specifying a sha in gh skills preview command
Co-authored-by: Sam Morrow <info@sam-morrow.com>
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Pull request overview

Adds a new preview “gh skill/skills” command group to GitHub CLI for discovering, previewing, installing, publishing, and updating markdown-based agent skills (SKILL.md) from GitHub repositories, including host/scope-aware install locations and metadata/lockfile support.

Changes:

  • Introduces gh skill root command and wires it into gh root.
  • Implements core skill plumbing: discovery conventions, frontmatter metadata injection, host registry, lockfile + cross-process locking, and installer.
  • Adds skill search, skill preview, and skill update commands plus unit + acceptance test coverage and supporting testscript fixtures.
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File Description
pkg/cmd/skills/update/update.go Implements gh skill update including scanning installed skills, prompting for missing metadata, and reinstalling updated skills.
pkg/cmd/skills/skills.go Adds top-level gh skill command group and subcommand registration.
pkg/cmd/skills/search/search.go Implements gh skill search via GitHub Code Search with ranking, enrichment, paging, JSON output, and interactive install flow.
pkg/cmd/skills/search/search_test.go Unit tests for search flags/validation, ranking/deduping, and API behaviors (including rate limiting).
pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go Implements gh skill preview to resolve refs, discover skills, render a file tree, and page rendered content (interactive + non-interactive).
pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview_test.go Unit tests for preview resolution, interactive selection, file browsing, and rendering limits.
pkg/cmd/root/root.go Wires the new skill command into the CLI root.
internal/skills/source/source.go Adds supported-host enforcement and repo URL parsing/building for metadata.
internal/skills/source/source_test.go Tests for repo URL building/parsing and supported-host validation.
internal/skills/registry/registry.go Defines supported agent hosts and install-dir resolution for project/user scopes.
internal/skills/registry/registry_test.go Tests agent lookup, directory resolution, and helper utilities.
internal/skills/lockfile/lockfile.go Adds .skill-lock.json read/repair/write logic with file locking and install recording.
internal/skills/lockfile/lockfile_test.go Tests lockfile creation, updates, corruption recovery, and lock contention handling.
internal/skills/installer/installer.go Implements remote/local install flows, metadata injection, safe path handling, and lockfile recording.
internal/skills/installer/installer_test.go Tests install behaviors (local/remote, metadata injection, traversal defense, progress, lockfile writing).
internal/skills/frontmatter/frontmatter.go Frontmatter parsing + serialization and GitHub/local metadata injection helpers.
internal/skills/frontmatter/frontmatter_test.go Tests parsing/serialization and metadata injection semantics.
internal/skills/discovery/discovery.go Repo/local skill discovery (multiple conventions), ref resolution, file listing, blob fetching, and name validation.
internal/skills/discovery/collisions.go Detects install-name collisions across discovered skills.
internal/skills/discovery/collisions_test.go Tests collision detection and formatting.
internal/flock/flock.go Adds OS-agnostic sentinel error for lock contention.
internal/flock/flock_unix.go Implements non-blocking exclusive file locks on Unix via flock.
internal/flock/flock_windows.go Implements non-blocking exclusive file locks on Windows via LockFileEx.
internal/flock/flock_test.go Tests lock acquisition, contention behavior, and error cases.
go.mod Promotes golang.org/x/sys to a direct dependency (needed for Windows locking).
git/client.go Adds RemoteURL, IsIgnored, and ShortSHA helpers used by skills UX and other flows.
git/client_test.go Tests new git client helpers (RemoteURL, IsIgnored, ShortSHA).
acceptance/acceptance_test.go Adds a TestSkills testscript suite entrypoint and import ordering adjustment.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-update.txtar Acceptance coverage for update flows (dry-run + force reinstall) against a local skills dir.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-update-noinstalled.txtar Acceptance coverage for update with no installed skills.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-search.txtar Acceptance coverage for search, JSON output, and short-query validation.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-search-page.txtar Acceptance coverage for pagination behavior.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-search-noresults.txtar Acceptance coverage for no-results behavior in non-TTY.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-publish-lifecycle.txtar End-to-end publish/install/preview/update lifecycle acceptance script.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-publish-dry-run.txtar Acceptance coverage for publish validation dry-run paths and aliases.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-preview.txtar Acceptance coverage for preview rendering and missing-skill errors.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-preview-noninteractive.txtar Acceptance coverage for non-interactive preview requiring a skill name.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install.txtar Acceptance coverage for install into user scope and custom --dir with metadata + lockfile checks.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-scope.txtar Acceptance coverage for project vs user scope install paths.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-pin.txtar Acceptance coverage for pinned vs unpinned install behavior.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-nonexistent-skill.txtar Acceptance coverage for installing a missing skill from a valid repo.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-nested-files.txtar Acceptance coverage for installing skills with nested directories.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-invalid-repo.txtar Acceptance coverage for invalid/nonexistent repo errors.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-invalid-agent.txtar Acceptance coverage for invalid agent ID flag validation output.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-from-local.txtar Acceptance coverage for local directory installs with local metadata injection.
acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-install-force.txtar Acceptance coverage for overwrite semantics with --force.
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Comment thread pkg/cmd/skills/preview/preview.go
Comment thread pkg/cmd/skills/search/search_test.go Outdated
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result, err := frontmatter.Parse(string(data))
if err != nil {
return installedSkill{}, false
}
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parseInstalledSkill returns ok=false when frontmatter.Parse errors (e.g. malformed YAML frontmatter). That causes scanInstalledSkills to silently skip the skill entirely, so gh skill update won’t report or skip it with a warning (despite later logic intending to skip invalid metadata per-skill). Consider returning ok=true with metadataErr set (or a dedicated parse error field) so the caller can warn and continue, instead of dropping the skill from the scan.

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Comment thread pkg/cmd/skills/search/search.go
Comment thread pkg/cmd/skills/search/search.go Outdated
SamMorrowDrums and others added 2 commits April 15, 2026 16:41
- Update comment in relevanceScore() from '10 000 points' to '3 000 points'
  to match the actual implementation value of 3_000
- Update corresponding test comment for consistency
- Fix typo: 'swaped' → 'swapped' in formatStars comment

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…, fail on path traversal

- preview: remove 'fetched > 0' guard so the 512KB size cap applies
  uniformly to all files including the first
- update: return skills with corrupted YAML frontmatter with metadataErr
  set instead of silently dropping them from scan results
- installer: fail installation when a path traversal is detected in
  remote or local skill files instead of silently skipping

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Comment thread acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-search-noresults.txtar Outdated
When a directory argument is provided to `gh skill publish`, the remote
detection now correctly uses the target directory's git remotes instead
of the current working directory's remotes.

Previously, `detectGitHubRemote` used the factory-provided git client
which pointed to the CWD. This meant that running
`gh skill publish /path/to/repo-bar` from inside repo-foo would detect
repo-foo's remotes and potentially create the release on the wrong repo.

The fix copies the git client and sets `RepoDir` to the target directory,
matching the pattern already used by `detectMissingRepoDiagnostic` and
`checkInstalledSkillDirs`.

Co-authored-by: BagToad <47394200+BagToad@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Skills with the same name but different namespaces (e.g.
skills/kynan/commit and skills/will/commit) were being collapsed
into a single search result because extractSkillName discarded the
namespace. This also caused deduplicateByName to cap results
across different namespaces as if they were the same skill.

Changes:
- Add MatchSkillPath to discovery package returning both name and
  namespace (the existing MatchesSkillPath is kept for compat)
- Add Namespace field to skillResult in search
- Fix deduplicateResults to use repo/namespace/name as the dedup key
- Fix deduplicateByName to cap by namespace-qualified name
- Update table, prompt, and JSON output to show qualified names
- Use skill path for install subprocess when namespace is present,
  ensuring unambiguous install of namespaced skills
- Add namespace to --json fields and relevance scoring/filtering
- Add unit tests for namespace dedup, qualified names, and filtering
- Add acceptance test for namespaced skill search and install

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Remove the now-unused newTestGitClient helper that was left behind
after refactoring tests to use initGitRepo directly. This fixes the
golangci-lint 'unused' error in CI.

Co-authored-by: BagToad <47394200+BagToad@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
- Keep skillName as bare name in JSON output for backward compat;
  namespace is available as a separate --json field
- Fix Namespace field comment to cover plugin namespaces too
- Trim /SKILL.md from install path arg to match comment
- Rename acceptance test to skills-install-namespaced since it
  tests install disambiguation, not search

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
SamMorrowDrums and others added 17 commits April 15, 2026 23:49
Add cmdutil.DisableAuthCheckFlag for --from-local on install so that
installing from a local directory does not require authentication.
This follows the same pattern used by attestation verify for its
--bundle flag.

The --dry-run flag on publish is intentionally left with auth enabled
because dry-run validation includes remote repository checks (security
settings, tag protection, topics).

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…local-flags

Disable auth check for local-only skill flags
The parentPath parameter in the contents API path was not URL-encoded,
which would cause failures when paths contain spaces or other special
characters. Apply url.PathEscape() to parentPath, consistent with
the rest of the file. commitSHA is left unescaped since SHAs are
hex-only and never need encoding.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…nt-path

URL-encode parentPath in skills discovery API call
Co-authored-by: Kynan Ware <47394200+BagToad@users.noreply.github.com>
Signed-off-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>
Signed-off-by: Babak K. Shandiz <babakks@github.com>
docs(skill): polish skill commadset docs
Replace the hardcoded skills/ directory requirement in the publish
command with the shared DiscoverLocalSkills() function used by install
and other commands. This removes the opinionated restriction that skills
must live under a skills/ directory and supports all discovery
conventions:

- skills/*/SKILL.md
- skills/{scope}/*/SKILL.md
- */SKILL.md (root-level)
- plugins/{scope}/skills/*/SKILL.md

All per-skill validation (frontmatter, spec-compliant naming, metadata
stripping, etc.) is preserved.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
Like gh pr create, skill publish now automatically pushes unpushed
local commits before creating a release. This prevents the footgun
where a release is created against stale remote state when the user
has local commits that haven't been pushed yet.

The ensurePushed function checks for unpushed commits using
git rev-list @{push}..HEAD. If commits exist or the branch has
never been pushed, it pushes automatically and prints a status
message. This matches the CLI's opinionated-defaults philosophy
of doing the right thing by default.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…hed-check

feat(skills): auto-push unpushed commits before publish
…discovery

Publish: use shared discovery logic instead of requiring skills/ directory
)

Remove the dead code block that silently swallowed errors from
opts.HttpClient() and opts.Config() when creating an API client.
Instead, create the client with proper error propagation inside the
remote-checks block where it is actually needed.

Changes:
- Remove the error-swallowing client == nil fallback (lines 363-376)
- Create the API client inside the remote repo checks block with
  proper error returns from HttpClient() and Config()
- Resolve host from repoInfo first, then fall back to config
- Remove the now-unreachable 'client == nil' early exit before publish

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…e-dedup

fix: preserve namespace in skills search deduplication
@williammartin williammartin self-requested a review April 16, 2026 14:27
Comment thread acceptance/testdata/skills/skills-publish-dry-run.txtar
SamMorrowDrums and others added 2 commits April 16, 2026 16:37
The skills-publish-dry-run acceptance test expected 'no skills/ directory
found' on stderr, but the actual error message from discovery is
'no skills found in <dir>'. Update the stderr matcher accordingly.

Co-authored-by: Copilot <223556219+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
…ce-test

Fix skills-publish-dry-run acceptance test error message mismatch
@BagToad BagToad merged commit 97af1a5 into trunk Apr 16, 2026
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