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GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub in GitHub using interactive exercises.
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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 11.7k

  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 240 275

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

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 59 39

  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 59 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.

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    JavaScript 9 MIT 2 1 (1 issue needs help) 2 Updated Aug 1, 2025
  • customize-your-github-copilot-experience Public template

    Customize GitHub Copilot's behavior with custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes for your specific development workflows.

    skills/customize-your-github-copilot-experience’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 4 MIT 1 0 0 Updated Jul 31, 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 240 MIT 274 2 0 Updated Jul 30, 2025
  • modernize-your-legacy-code-with-github-copilot Public template

    Modernize a school's legacy accounting system from Cobol to Node.js with the help of GitHub Copilot.

    skills/modernize-your-legacy-code-with-github-copilot’s past year of commit activity
    COBOL 2 MIT 2 0 0 Updated Jul 30, 2025
  • build-applications-w-copilot-agent-mode Public template

    GitHub Copilot: The agent awakens - Building applications with GitHub Copilot Agent Mode

    skills/build-applications-w-copilot-agent-mode’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 44 MIT 55 3 0 Updated Jul 30, 2025
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    18 MIT 13 1 4 Updated Jul 30, 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 59 MIT 39 2 1 Updated Jul 25, 2025
  • introduction-to-github Public template

    Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

    skills/introduction-to-github’s past year of commit activity
    9,120 MIT 11,681 8 1 Updated Jul 25, 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
    91 MIT 70 0 0 Updated Jul 25, 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# 159 MIT 134 1 0 Updated Jul 25, 2025
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