octocat
octocat is an agent skill published by mcollina. It lives in the mcollina/skills repository, which has 1,960 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-10-18.
This skill processes any `github.com` URL, triggering actions for git and GitHub operations via the gh CLI, including creating and reviewing pull requests, managing branches, and using git commands like log, blame, and bisect.
Install
skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads mcollina/skills’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.
npx skills add mcollina/skills
Maintenance
Use this skill whenever the prompt contains any `github.com` URL, even if the user only pastes a link and gives no GitHub-specific keywords. Handles git and GitHub operations using the gh CLI. Triggers include any GitHub link to an issue, pull request, commit, compare page, Actions run, release, discussion, or repository. Covers creating and reviewing PRs, repository security advisories (GHSA), their comments, and fix PRs in their temporary private forks, private vulnerability report discussions, watching CI checks, interactive rebasing, branch cleanup, submodule management, and repository archaeology with git log/blame/bisect.
Common questions about octocat
- What does octocat do?
- This skill processes any `github.com` URL, triggering actions for git and GitHub operations via the gh CLI, including creating and reviewing pull requests, managing branches, and using git commands like log, blame, and bisect.
- How do I install octocat?
- Run npx skills add mcollina/skills. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
- Who publishes octocat?
- mcollina.
- Is octocat maintained, and what licence does it use?
- Its repository has 1,960 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-10-18. The repository declares the MIT licence.