Use Case
GitHub Knowledge Base isn't just for solo use β teams can share skills and build consistent AI workflows across the organization. Manage a local GitHub knowledge base and provide GitHub search capabilities via gh CLI. Use when users ask about repos, PRs, issues, request to clone GitHub repositories, explore codebases, or need information about GitHub projects. Supports searching GitHub via gh CLI and managing local KB with GITHUB_KB.md catalog. Configure via GITHUB_TOKEN and GITHUB_KB_PATH environment variables. This guide covers how to deploy GitHub Knowledge Base for your team, standardize prompts, and create shared workflows that everyone can use.
Install GitHub Knowledge Base in your project directory: .claude/skills/github-kb/
Commit the skill folder to your repository so the whole team has access
Document your team's standard prompts in a shared README
Use GitHub Knowledge Base in code reviews, standups, and planning sessions
Iterate: collect feedback from the team and refine your prompts
Copy these prompts and use them with your AI agent after installing GitHub Knowledge Base
How can my team use GitHub Knowledge Base together?
Set up GitHub Knowledge Base for our project so everyone can use it
Create a shared workflow using GitHub Knowledge Base for our team
Select your agent
Option 1: Install via CLI (recommended)
Recommended (no pre-install needed)
npx clawhub@latest --dir ~/.claude/skills install github-kbOr via clawhub CLI (if already installed)
clawhub --dir ~/.claude/skills install github-kbβ οΈ Requires Node.js 18+. No Node? Use Option 2 below to download the ZIP instead. Install Node.js β
Option 2: Manual install (no Node required)
Download the ZIP, extract it, and place the folder at the path below. Restart your agent to activate.
Install path
~/.claude/skills/github-kb/π‘Extract and place the folder at the path above, then restart your agent.