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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.

    9.6k 12.4k

  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 286 328

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

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 79 56

  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 68 40

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  • secure-code-game Public template

    A GitHub Security Lab initiative, providing an in-repo learning experience, where learners secure intentionally vulnerable code.

    skills/secure-code-game’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 2,474 MIT 298 0 2 Updated Sep 10, 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 68 MIT 40 1 1 Updated Sep 9, 2025
  • 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 11 MIT 3 1 (1 issue needs help) 4 Updated Sep 8, 2025
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    19 MIT 17 1 3 Updated Sep 8, 2025
  • skills/action-keyphrase-checker’s past year of commit activity
    TypeScript 3 MIT 4 0 7 Updated Sep 8, 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 66 MIT 69 0 0 Updated Sep 4, 2025
  • publish-packages Public template

    Use GitHub Actions to publish your project to a Docker image.

    skills/publish-packages’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 199 MIT 95 3 3 Updated Sep 2, 2025
  • reusable-workflows Public template

    Make a workflow reusable, call it in another workflow, and use a matrix strategy to run multiple versions.

    skills/reusable-workflows’s past year of commit activity
    87 MIT 57 0 4 Updated Sep 2, 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 8 MIT 7 0 0 Updated Sep 2, 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
    97 MIT 80 0 1 Updated Sep 2, 2025