gh-auth

What problem does it solve?

This Skill automatically authenticates the GitHub CLI using a token from the repository root (.gh-token.txt) when you encounter common login errors such as "gh auth login", "GH_TOKEN environment variable", or "not logged into any GitHub hosts". It streamlines command execution by ensuring you are authenticated before proceeding with GitHub operations.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Auto-authentication: Detects authentication errors and logs in to gh using the token from .gh-token.txt.
• Status Verification: Verifies success with gh auth status to confirm login.
• Seamless Retries: Automatically retries the original task after successful authentication.
• Security Best Practices: Reads the token from stdin and keeps the token file in .gitignore to protect credentials.

Quick Start

• Trigger an authentication check or run a GitHub CLI command that requires login. REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel) && gh auth login --with-token < "$REPO_ROOT/.gh-token.txt"
• Verify success: gh auth status
• Retry the original command if needed.