GitHub Agentic Workflows is a GitHub CLI extension that lets developers define AI-assisted repository automation in Markdown and run it through GitHub Actions. It is intended for tasks requiring interpretation or reasoning, such as issue triage, pull-request review, CI investigation, documentation maintenance, and dependency analysis. The catalogue entries provide skills and agents for working with these workflows.
Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to github/gh-aw. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/skills/agentic-workflows/SKILL.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/gh-awWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/github/gh-aw/agentic-workflows)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/github/gh-aw/agentic-workflows"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/github/gh-aw/agentic-workflows/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/github/gh-aw/agentic-workflows"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/github/gh-aw/agentic-workflows.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00028 | $0.01799 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00011 | $0.00720 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00360 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00003 | $0.00180 |
Grade A, and why
agentic-workflows scanned grade A with 1 finding against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured today.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Makes network callslowCapability
Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.
If GitHub API, `gh api`, or GitHub MCP downloads return HTTP 403 (including a token SAML-authorized for a different organization), do not retry with the same token. Fetch the public file without authentication from `http This is a copy
98% identical to agentic-workflows — 27 lines differ, which has more behind it and is treated as the original. This page carries a canonical link to it rather than competing with it.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 126 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Agentic Workflows Router
Use this skill when a user asks to design, create, update, debug, or upgrade GitHub Agentic Workflows in this repository.
This skill is a dispatcher: identify the task type, load the matching workflow prompt/skill file, and follow it directly. Keep responses concise and ask a clarifying question if the correct prompt is unclear.
Repository overlay (optional):
- If
.github/aw/instructions.mdexists, load it with@.github/aw/instructions.mdafter loading the matched prompt/skill. - Precedence: repository overlay instructions override upstream defaults when they conflict.
Read only the files you need:
Load these files from github/gh-aw (they are not available locally).
If GitHub API, gh api, or GitHub MCP downloads return HTTP 403 (including a token SAML-authorized for a different organization), do not retry with the same token. Fetch the public file without authentication from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/<path> instead, preserving its repository-relative path (including .github/). For example: curl --fail --silent --show-error --location 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gh-aw/main/.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md'. Use the same fallback for referenced instructions and SKILL.md files; never send an Authorization header or token to the raw URL. If the public download fails, report that error rather than proceeding without the required instructions. This fallback is for public github/gh-aw content only, not private or enterprise repositories.
.github/aw/action-container-substitutions.md.github/aw/agent-runtime-instructions.md.github/aw/agentic-chat.md.github/aw/agentic-workflows-mcp.md.github/aw/analyzing-runs.md.github/aw/asciicharts.md.github/aw/campaign.md.github/aw/charts-trending.md.github/aw/charts.md.github/aw/cli-commands.md.github/aw/compat.md.github/aw/configure-agentic-engine.md.github/aw/context.md.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow-trigger-details.md.github/aw/create-agentic-workflow.md.github/aw/create-shared-agentic-workflow.md.github/aw/debug-agentic-workflow.md.github/aw/debug-model-engine-misconfiguration.md.github/aw/debug-playbook.md.github/aw/debug-security-review.md.github/aw/dependabot.md.github/aw/deployment-status.md.github/aw/designer-mappings.md.github/aw/designer.md.github/aw/drive-memory.md.github/aw/enclaves.md.github/aw/evals.md.github/aw/experiments.md.github/aw/github-agentic-workflows.md.github/aw/github-mcp-server-pagination.md.github/aw/github-mcp-server-tools.md.github/aw/github-mcp-server.md.github/aw/instructions.md.github/aw/intent.md.github/aw/jobs.md.github/aw/ledger.md.github/aw/linter-workflows.md.github/aw/llms.md.github/aw/loop.md.github/aw/lsp.md.github/aw/maintainer.md.github/aw/mcp-clis.md.github/aw/memory-stateful-patterns.md.github/aw/memory.md.github/aw/messages.md.github/aw/multi-agent-research.md.github/aw/network.md.github/aw/optimize-agentic-workflow.md.github/aw/patterns.md.github/aw/playwright.md.github/aw/pr-reviewer.md.github/aw/release-workflow.md.github/aw/report.md.github/aw/reuse.md.github/aw/safe-outputs-automation.md.github/aw/safe-outputs-content.md.github/aw/safe-outputs-management.md.github/aw/safe-outputs-runtime.md.github/aw/safe-outputs.md.github/aw/serena-tool.md.github/aw/shared-safe-jobs.md.github/aw/skills.md.github/aw/subagents.md.github/aw/syntax-agentic.md.github/aw/syntax-checkout.md.github/aw/syntax-core.md.github/aw/syntax-engine.md.github/aw/syntax-tools-imports.md.github/aw/syntax.md.github/aw/test-coverage.md.github/aw/test-expression.md.github/aw/token-optimization-caching-budgets.md.github/aw/token-optimization-observability.md.github/aw/token-optimization.md.github/aw/triggers.md.github/aw/update-agentic-workflow.md.github/aw/upgrade-agentic-workflows.md.github/aw/visual-regression.md.github/aw/work-queue.md.github/aw/workflow-constraints.md.github/aw/workflow-editing.md.github/aw/workflow-patterns.md
What ships with it
2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
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agentic-workflows is a skill published in the GitHub repository github/gh-aw (5,406 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 28 tokens to every session and 1,799 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 1 finding (makes network calls). It is 98% identical to agentic-workflows, differing in 27 lines, and is treated as a copy.
Other skills, from other repositories
c-github
Interact with GitHub using the gh CLI and jq. Manage PRs, issues, repositories, and Actions workflows. Make raw API calls with gh api for anything not covered by built-in commands.
watch-pr
Watch a GitHub pull request for CI status, reviews, comments, merge conflicts, and terminal states using the gh-watch extension. Use when the user wants to monitor a PR, wait for CI, or track PR progress.
watch-tag
Watch a GitHub repository for new tags using the gh-watch extension. Use when the user wants to be notified when a tag is created, when a release is cut, or when a tag that includes a specific commit appears (e.g. "tell me when my merge ships in a release").
watch-branch
Watch a GitHub branch for new commits using the gh-watch extension. Use when the user wants to be notified when new commits are pushed to a branch, monitor main for merges, or track branch activity.
watch-commit
Watch a GitHub commit for CI status changes using the gh-watch extension. Use when the user wants to monitor a commit's CI checks, wait for a build to finish, or track CI progress on a specific SHA.
update-architecture-docs
Generate or update the architecture documentation in docs/content/architecture/. Use on "update architecture docs", "generate architecture documentation", "regenerate architecture docs", or after any structural change to the codebase.