What problem does it solve? Working with the GitHub CLI (gh) involves recurring pitfalls: heredoc command substitutions that silently fail, PR-level comments created instead of thread replies, unscoped review checks that accept stale Copilot reviews, and single-page GraphQL reads that silently truncate review threads. This Skill documents tested patterns and hard blocking rules so these mistakes are not repeated. ## Core Features & Use Cases - Merge Gate Enforcement: Defines blocking verification gates before any gh pr merge — green CI, a Copilot review scoped to the current head commit, resolved automated-reviewer threads, and passing Codecov checks. - GraphQL Patterns Reference: Provides pagination-safe gh api graphql --paginate --slurp patterns for reading review threads to exhaustion, resolving threads, and counting unresolved bot comments without false-zero results. - PR and Messaging Conventions: Enforces conventional-commit PR titles, forbids #<number> wave references in titles, prohibits draft PRs and PR-level comments, and bans hard-wrapped markdown bodies with a mechanical awk checker. - Use Case: Before merging a pull request, run the head-SHA-scoped Copilot review query to confirm the current commit was actually reviewed, then resolve all automated-reviewer threads using the paginated GraphQL pattern. ## Quick Start Ask the agent to verify all merge gates and resolve the outstanding Copilot review threads on pull request number 13 using the github skill.