GH-SKILL-PUBLISH(1) GitHub CLI manual GH-SKILL-PUBLISH(1)

gh-skill-publish - Validate and publish skills to a GitHub repository (preview)

gh skill publish [<directory>] [flags]

Validate a local repository's skills against the Agent Skills specification and publish them by creating a GitHub release.

Skills are discovered using the same conventions as install:

  • skills/*/SKILL.md
  • skills/{scope}/*/SKILL.md
  • */SKILL.md (root-level)
  • plugins/{scope}/skills/*/SKILL.md

Validation checks include:

  • Skill names match the strict agentskills.io naming rules
  • Each skill name matches its directory name
  • Required frontmatter fields (name, description) are present
  • allowed-tools is a string, not an array
  • Install metadata (metadata.github-*) is stripped if present

After validation passes, publish will interactively guide you through:

  • Adding the agent-skills topic to the repository
  • Choosing a version tag (semver recommended)
  • Creating a GitHub release with auto-generated notes

Use --dry-run to validate without publishing. Use --tag to publish non-interactively with a specific tag. Use --fix to automatically strip install metadata from committed files without publishing. Review and commit the changes, then run publish again.

Validate without publishing
Auto-fix issues where possible without publishing (e.g. strip install metadata)
Version tag for the release (e.g. v1.0.0)

0: Successful execution

1: Error

2: Command canceled

4: Authentication required

NOTE: Specific commands may have additional exit codes. Refer to the command's help for more information.

# Validate and publish interactively
$ gh skill publish
# Publish with a specific tag (non-interactive)
$ gh skill publish --tag v1.0.0
# Validate only (no publish)
$ gh skill publish --dry-run
# Strip install metadata without publishing
$ gh skill publish --fix

gh-skill(1)

Apr 2026