Agent Skills
Instruction packs that give your AI agent know-how — some work anywhere, some only with the tool they came with.
✦ Standalone skills3,373
Self-contained. Install one into any project and it works on its own — no other software needed.
🧰 Tool add-ons952
Come bundled with a specific tool and only work together with it — they teach your agent how to operate that tool.
Communication · Official
2 standalone skills
secret-scanning
✓★ 36,202by github
Guide for configuring and managing GitHub secret scanning, push protection, custom patterns, and secret alert remediation. For pre-commit secret scanning in AI coding agents via the GitHub MCP Server, this skill references the Advanced Security plugin (`advanced-security@copilot-plugins`). Use this skill when enabling secret scanning, setting up push protection, defining custom patterns, triaging alerts, resolving blocked pushes, or when an agent needs to scan code for secrets before committing.
codeql
✓★ 36,202by github
Comprehensive guide for setting up and configuring CodeQL code scanning via GitHub Actions workflows and the CodeQL CLI. This skill should be used when users need help with code scanning configuration, CodeQL workflow files, CodeQL CLI commands, SARIF output, security analysis setup, or troubleshooting CodeQL analysis.