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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 408 453

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

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 155 122

  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 80 38

  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 21 11

Repositories

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  • secure-code-game Public template

    A GitHub Security Lab initiative, providing an in-repo learning experience, where learners secure intentionally vulnerable code.

    skills/secure-code-game’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 2,560 MIT 317 0 1 Updated Jan 1, 2026
  • test-with-actions Public template

    Create workflows that enable you to use Continuous Integration (CI) for your projects.

    skills/test-with-actions’s past year of commit activity
    279 MIT 179 5 1 Updated Jan 1, 2026
  • deploy-to-azure Public template

    Create two deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure.

    skills/deploy-to-azure’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 168 MIT 115 6 8 Updated Jan 1, 2026
  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    skills/exercise-toolkit’s past year of commit activity
    26 MIT 20 2 1 Updated Dec 31, 2025
  • 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
    182 MIT 210 0 1 Updated Dec 31, 2025
  • skills-for-emu Public

    Guide on enabling GitHub Skills for EMU organizations

    skills/skills-for-emu’s past year of commit activity
    0 MIT 0 0 0 Updated Dec 19, 2025
  • getting-started-with-github-copilot Public template

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

    skills/getting-started-with-github-copilot’s past year of commit activity
    JavaScript 408 MIT 453 2 3 Updated Dec 18, 2025
  • introduction-to-git Public template

    Use Git version control to work on a game using command line (CLI) and VS Code

    skills/introduction-to-git’s past year of commit activity
    Shell 8 MIT 5 0 0 Updated Dec 17, 2025
  • 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) 9 Updated Dec 15, 2025
  • create-ai-powered-actions Public template

    Build intelligent Javascript based GitHub Actions that leverage GitHub Models.

    skills/create-ai-powered-actions’s past year of commit activity
    4 MIT 2 0 0 Updated Dec 15, 2025
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