github-sync-helper

A set of instructions and scripts for common Git and GitHub tasks, such as working with repositories, branches, issues, releases, and automated actions.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to clone repositories, create branches, commit and push changes, manage GitHub issues and labels, and follow branch-and-pull-request workflows.
Why use it?
It reduces repetitive command-line work and helps avoid unsafe changes, such as accidental overwrites or direct pushes to the main branch.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

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/openminis/minisskills/github-sync-helper
Any agent
npx skills add OpenMinis/MinisSkills --skill github-sync-helper
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenMinis/MinisSkills

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

Per session 124 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 2,941 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 $0.00124 $0.02941
Opus 5 $0.00062 $0.01470
Sonnet 5 $0.00025 $0.00588
Haiku 4.5 $0.00012 $0.00294

Measured 2d ago against content hash 775794c9d403, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

github-sync-helper 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 2d ago.

The scan reads SKILL.md. This mod also ships 1 executable file (scripts/gh_sync.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.

github-sync-helper/SKILL.md · 177 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 177 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Objectives

Codify GitHub/Git "basic operations" and common collaboration workflows into:

  1. A clear command quick reference (explanation + when to use)
  2. Executable one-click scripts (to avoid repetitive manual steps)
  3. Common outputs that are "numbered" whenever possible, so the user can reply with a number to choose an item directly, such as from a repository list

Security and Constraints (Must Be Followed)

No. Rule Reason
1 Do not output tokens: No command may echo or print $GITHUB_TOKEN to stdout Prevent leaks
2 Require a second confirmation for dangerous operations: deleting branches, emptying directories, forced overwrites, force pushes, and direct pushes to main These operations are hard to reverse
3 Use "branch + PR" collaboration by default; only "push directly to main" when the user explicitly requests it Reduce the risk of damaging the main branch
4 Run git status before push/pull Prevent accidental commits or overwrites

How to Run

  • Script entry point: sh /var/minis/skills/github-sync-helper/scripts/gh_sync.sh <command> [options]

The script runs in the "current Git repository directory" and must be run inside a repository.

Quick Reference for Basic Git/GitHub Operations (Explanation + Corresponding Script)

No. Category Operation One-sentence explanation Common command Script support
1 Initialize init Turn the current directory into a Git repository git init init
2 Get code clone Download a repository from a remote to local git clone <url> clone
3 Remote remote Manage remotes such as origin/upstream git remote -v/add/set-url/remove remotes/add-remote/add-upstream/set-remote-url/remove-remote
4 Branch branch View, create, or delete branches git branch -a/-d/-D branches/create-branch/delete-branches
5 Switch checkout/switch Switch to a branch git switch <b> checkout
6 View changes status/diff/log View working tree changes, diffs, or history git status git diff git log status/diff/log
7 Stage add Add changes to the staging area git add -A add
8 Commit commit Package the staging area into a commit git commit -m "..." commit
9 Sync fetch/pull/push Fetch, merge, or push commits git fetch git pull git push fetch/pull/push/push-main
10 Merge merge/rebase Merge branch history git merge git rebase merge/rebase (use with caution)
11 Stash stash Temporarily set aside uncommitted changes git stash stash
12 Tag tag Add a version tag to a commit git tag tag
13 Submodule submodule Manage subrepository dependencies git submodule submodule
15 GitHub platform issues/labels/milestones/releases/actions Manage platform objects through the GitHub API (API) gh-issues-list and others (see below)

Read the full file on GitHub · 177 lines

Files

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.

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. 2d ago First seen · 177 lines · 124 tokens per session scan A 775794c9d403

Subscribe to this mod's changes

github-sync-helper is a skill published in the GitHub repository OpenMinis/MinisSkills (394 stars, last pushed 13d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 124 tokens to every session and 2,941 once invoked, about $0.0006 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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