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GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub in GitHub using interactive exercises.

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. introduction-to-github Public template

    Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

    9.1k 11.2k

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

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

    JavaScript 210 237

  3. integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 43 32

  4. introduction-to-repository-management Public template

    Learn the basics of several GitHub features that can help support a collaborative, friendly, and healthy project.

    JavaScript 54 38

Repositories

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  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    16 MIT 13 0 0 Updated Jul 5, 2025
  • exercise-template Public template

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

    169 MIT 206 0 0 Updated Jul 4, 2025
  • hello-github-actions Public template

    Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.

    997 MIT 1,361 24 2 Updated Jul 1, 2025
  • secure-repository-supply-chain Public template

    Secure your supply chain, understand dependencies in your environment, know about vulnerabilities in those dependencies and patch them

    C# 160 MIT 129 1 2 Updated Jul 2, 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.

    JavaScript 6 MIT 2 1 (1 issue needs help) 2 Updated Jul 1, 2025
  • TypeScript 1 MIT 2 0 6 Updated Jun 30, 2025
  • expand-your-team-with-copilot Public template

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

    JavaScript 14 MIT 8 0 0 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • introduction-to-secret-scanning Public template

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

    84 MIT 60 0 0 Updated Jun 27, 2025
  • integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 43 MIT 32 2 1 Updated Jun 26, 2025
  • getting-started-with-github-copilot Public template

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

    JavaScript 210 MIT 237 2 1 Updated Jun 26, 2025