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GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub in GitHub using interactive exercises.
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Advance your GitHub journey

Learn how to use GitHub with interactive courses designed for beginners and experts.

  • Learning should be fun: There are no simulations or boring tutorials here, just hands-on lessons created by GitHub and taught with GitHub Actions.
  • Real projects: Learn new skills while working in your own copy of a real project.
  • Helpful bot: GitHub Actions provides instructions and feedback throughout your journey.
  • Real workflow: Everything happens with real GitHub features, such as Issues, Actions, and Codespaces.

Get started building your own courses with our GitHub Skills Quickstart Guide. 🌟

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  1. getting-started-with-github-copilot getting-started-with-github-copilot Public template

    Learn, build, debug, and ship faster than ever with your favorite AI pair programmer.

    JavaScript 458 490

  2. integrate-mcp-with-copilot integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 162 137

  3. expand-your-team-with-copilot expand-your-team-with-copilot Public template

    Let Copilot coding agent tackle your issues directly on GitHub. No coding environment needed.

    JavaScript 91 43

  4. customize-your-github-copilot-experience customize-your-github-copilot-experience Public template

    Customize GitHub Copilot's behavior with custom instructions, prompts, and chat modes for your specific development workflows.

    JavaScript 35 13

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  • modernize-your-legacy-code-with-github-copilot Public template

    Modernize a school's legacy accounting system from Cobol to Node.js with the help of GitHub Copilot.

    skills/modernize-your-legacy-code-with-github-copilot’s past year of commit activity
    COBOL 14 MIT 4 0 0 Updated Feb 5, 2026
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    27 MIT 22 2 3 Updated Feb 4, 2026
  • exercise-template Public template

    <<Not an exercise>> A template to make exercise templates. Search and replace "replace-me".

    skills/exercise-template’s past year of commit activity
    184 MIT 209 1 2 Updated Feb 4, 2026
  • introduction-to-secret-scanning Public template

    Enable secret scanning to identify plain-text credentials and prevent them from being written to your repository

    skills/introduction-to-secret-scanning’s past year of commit activity
    104 MIT 99 0 1 Updated Feb 4, 2026
  • create-applications-with-the-copilot-cli Public template

    Use GitHub Copilot CLI to manage issues and build a Node.js calculator application.

    skills/create-applications-with-the-copilot-cli’s past year of commit activity
    1 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Feb 3, 2026
  • hello-github-actions Public template

    Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.

    skills/hello-github-actions’s past year of commit activity
    1,040 MIT 1,426 0 4 Updated Feb 3, 2026
  • publish-docker-images Public template

    Build and publish Docker images using GitHub Actions.

    skills/publish-docker-images’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 209 MIT 106 0 0 Updated Feb 3, 2026
  • action-text-variables Public

    Load a text file and replace mustache style variables. Returns modified text as an output for use in other actions.

    skills/action-text-variables’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 17 MIT 3 1 (1 issue needs help) 10 Updated Feb 3, 2026
  • review-pull-requests Public template

    Collaborate and work together on GitHub.

    skills/review-pull-requests’s past year of commit activity
    HTML 305 MIT 230 3 6 Updated Feb 1, 2026
  • write-javascript-actions Public template

    Write your own GitHub JavaScript Action and automate customized tasks unique to your workflow.

    skills/write-javascript-actions’s past year of commit activity
    178 MIT 99 0 0 Updated Jan 29, 2026
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