Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx agentmods add skills/github/gh-aw/github-issue-querynpx skills add github/gh-aw --skill github-issue-querygit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/github/gh-awWhat 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 | $0.00016 | $0.00750 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00375 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00003 | $0.00150 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00002 | $0.00075 |
Grade A, and why
github-issue-query scanned grade A with 0 findings 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 yesterday.
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.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 109 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
GitHub Issue Query Skill
Query GitHub issues efficiently with built-in jq filtering.
Important: jq Parameter is Optional
The --jq parameter is optional. Without --jq, this skill returns schema and data size information instead of full data.
Use this to avoid oversized responses and inspect structure before targeted queries.
Use --jq '.' to get all data, or use a more specific filter for targeted results.
Usage
Use this skill to query issues from the current repository or any specified repository.
Basic Query (Returns Schema Only)
To list issues from the current repository:
./query-issues.sh
# Returns schema and data size, not full data
Get All Data
To get all issue data:
./query-issues.sh --jq '.'
With Repository
To query a specific repository:
./query-issues.sh --repo owner/repo
With jq Filtering
Use the --jq argument to filter and transform the output:
# Get only open issues
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | select(.state == "OPEN")'
# Get issue numbers and titles
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | {number, title}'
# Get issues by a specific author
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | select(.author.login == "username")'
# Get issues with specific label
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | select(.labels | map(.name) | index("bug"))'
# Count issues by state
./query-issues.sh --jq 'group_by(.state) | map({state: .[0].state, count: length})'
Common Options
--state: Filter by state (open, closed, all). Default: open--limit: Maximum number of issues to fetch. Default: 30--repo: Repository in owner/repo format. Default: current repo--jq: (Optional) jq expression for filtering/transforming output. If omitted, returns schema info
Example Queries
Find issues with many comments:
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | select(.comments.totalCount > 5) | {number, title, comments: .comments.totalCount}'
Get issues assigned to someone:
./query-issues.sh --jq '.[] | select(.assignees | length > 0) | {number, title, assignees: [.assignees[].login]}'
What ships with it
1 file 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.
- yesterday First seen · 109 lines · 16 tokens per session scan A d775cb8ae820
github-issue-query is a skill published in the GitHub repository github/gh-aw (5,050 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 16 tokens to every session and 750 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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