gh-issues
Fetch GitHub issues, select candidates, spawn background fix agents, open PRs, and optionally process PR review comments.
Install / Use
npx skills add openclaw/openclawInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
AutomationSupported Platforms
Our assessment of gh-issues
gh-issues scores 92/100 on our quality scale, 743rd of 2,874 Automation skills we index (top 26%).
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 394,037 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated today, so gh-issues is actively maintained.
- Our last check on 2026-10-17 found the source still online.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 100/100, with no cautions. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
gh-issues compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than gh-issues; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gh-issues (this skill)by openclaw | 92 | 394.0k | today | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 109.5k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 79.0k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| Scraplingby D4Vinci | 100 | 98.3k | today | MCP Server |
| crawl4aiby unclecode | 100 | 87.0k | 1d ago | MCP Server |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install gh-issues?
- Run
npx skills add openclaw/openclaw. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does gh-issues work with?
- It is written for Claude Code and Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is gh-issues safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 100/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is gh-issues still maintained?
- The repository was last updated today, so gh-issues is actively maintained.
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Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.