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GitHub Skills

Learn how to use GitHub with interactive courses designed for beginners and experts.
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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. introduction-to-github Public template

    Get started using GitHub in less than an hour.

    9k 10.9k

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

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

    JavaScript 162 207

  3. integrate-mcp-with-copilot Public template

    Learn how to use MCP Servers with GitHub Copilot

    JavaScript 30 25

  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 51 35

Repositories

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  • exercise-toolkit Public

    Toolkit to standardize and reuse common parts of Skills exercises

    13 MIT 12 0 0 Updated Jun 10, 2025
  • action-keyphrase-checker Public
    TypeScript 0 MIT 2 0 4 Updated Jun 9, 2025
  • secure-code-game Public template

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

    JavaScript 2,354 MIT 277 0 1 Updated Jun 6, 2025
  • deploy-to-azure Public template

    Create two deployment workflows using GitHub Actions and Microsoft Azure.

    JavaScript 150 MIT 103 5 2 Updated Jun 5, 2025
  • github-pages Public template

    Create a site or blog from your GitHub repositories with GitHub Pages.

    2,676 MIT 9,122 4 33 Updated Jun 3, 2025
  • introduction-to-secret-scanning Public template

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

    82 MIT 57 1 0 Updated Jun 4, 2025
  • write-javascript-actions Public template

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

    161 MIT 86 2 1 Updated Jun 3, 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) 4 Updated Jun 3, 2025
  • hello-github-actions Public template

    Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.

    980 MIT 1,349 2 8 Updated Jun 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# 152 MIT 121 1 2 Updated Jun 1, 2025
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