github-sync-upstream

github-sync-upstream is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from opendatahub-io/ai-helpers. It costs 100 tokens per session (746 once invoked), scanned A, original, Apache-2.0.

A workflow for merging changes from an upstream GitHub repository into a fork. An upstream repository is the original project; a fork is a separate copy where changes can be prepared.

In plain words
What is it for?
It helps detect or set repository remotes, create a sync branch, merge an optional commit or branch, resolve conflicts, and open a pull request.
Why use it?
It organizes fetching, merging, conflict handling, protected-file restoration, and pull-request creation for repository synchronization.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Part of the odh-git plugin — 6 skills shipped together

Install

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/opendatahub-io/ai-helpers/github-sync-upstream
Any agent
npx skills add opendatahub-io/ai-helpers --skill github-sync-upstream
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/opendatahub-io/ai-helpers

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Or install odh-git, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills.

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README.md
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Per session 100 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 746 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

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.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00100 $0.00746
Opus 5 $0.00050 $0.00373
Sonnet 5 $0.00020 $0.00149
Haiku 4.5 $0.00010 $0.00075

Measured 5d ago against content hash e9ab17c47a49, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-05, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-sync-upstream 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 5d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 5 executable files (scripts/clone-fork.sh, scripts/detect-remotes.sh, scripts/open-pr.sh, …), listed below but not scanned — reading those needs a real analyzer, not pattern matching.

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.

plugins/odh-git/skills/github-sync-upstream/SKILL.md · 80 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 80 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Sync Upstream

Merge upstream commits into a sync branch on the user's fork and open a PR to the target repo. See references/workflow.md for exact script invocations, exit-code handling, and the summary template.

Commit SHA (optional): $ARGUMENTS

Step 1: Determine Working Context

REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel 2>/dev/null) || REPO_ROOT=""

If REPO_ROOT is non-empty, run scripts/detect-remotes.sh --repo "${REPO_ROOT}" and ask via AskUserQuestion whether this is the correct repo. If yes → Step 2A. If no or not in a repo → Step 2B.

Step 2A: In-Repo Setup

Pre-fill upstream/target from detect-remotes output. Ask via AskUserQuestion to confirm: upstream repo, target repo, branches (default main). Run scripts/setup-remotes.sh, parse UPSTREAM_REMOTE and TARGET_REMOTE. Save ORIGINAL_BRANCH from current HEAD.

Step 2B: Clone From Scratch

Ask for upstream repo, target repo, and branches. If the user has a local clone, use its path and continue as Step 2A. If not, ask if they have a GitHub fork — run scripts/clone-fork.sh then scripts/setup-remotes.sh. If no fork exists, ask them to create one and re-run. Stop.

Save ORIGINAL_BRANCH from current HEAD.

Step 3: Protected Files

Protected files keep the target version, discarding upstream changes. Ask via AskUserQuestion for glob patterns to protect (or none). Suggest common examples: OWNERS*, .tekton/*.yaml, Dockerfile*konflux.

Step 4: Pre-flight Check

Verify origin does not point to upstream or target. If it does, tell the user to set origin to their personal fork and stop.

Step 5: Merge

Run scripts/sync-merge.sh. Handle exit codes 0 (success), 1 (conflicts), and 3 (duplicate branch) as described in references/workflow.md.

Step 6: Push and Open PR

Show PR summary and ask via AskUserQuestion: open a PR or just push? If confirmed, run scripts/open-pr.sh.

Step 7: Cleanup and Summary

Check out ORIGINAL_BRANCH. For Path B clones, inform the user of the temp directory. Display the summary per references/workflow.md.

Read the full file on GitHub · 80 lines

Files

What ships with it

8 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.

Changes

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.

  1. 5d ago First seen · 80 lines · 100 tokens per session scan A e9ab17c47a49

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github-sync-upstream is a skill published in the GitHub repository opendatahub-io/ai-helpers (37 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 100 tokens to every session and 746 once invoked, about $0.0005 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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