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title: "github-project"
description: "GitHub repository setup, branch protection, and configuration"
canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/github-project
last-updated: 2026-09-22
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# github-project
GitHub repository setup, branch protection, and configuration
- Slug: github-project
- Publisher: Netresearch DTT GmbH
- Repository: https://github.com/netresearch/github-project-skill
- Manifest: plugin.json
- Version: 2.19.2
- License: (MIT AND CC-BY-SA-4.0)
- Category (editorial): integrations
- Skills: 1 (github-project)
- MCP servers: 0
- Stars: 8
- Repository created: 2025-12-13
- Repository last pushed: 2026-09-22
- Publisher type: Organization
- Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/github-project
- Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json

## What github-project does, in the publisher's words

GitHub platform configuration and repository management patterns. This skill focuses exclusively on GitHub-specific features.

> New repo? Run this BEFORE the first PR: > bash skills/github-project/scripts/init-branch-protection.sh OWNER/REPO > Applies required_conversation_resolution: true + 1-approver baseline so the > "abort merge if unresolved threads" rule is structurally enforced, not just > documented. See skills/github-project/SKILL.md → Required First Step > After gh repo create for the two-step flow.

This is an Agent Skill following the open standard originally developed by Anthropic and released for cross-platform use.

- ✅ Claude Code (Anthropic)
- ✅ Cursor
- ✅ GitHub Copilot
- ✅ Other skills-compatible AI agents
- Branch protection rules and PR workflows
- CODEOWNERS configuration

From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/netresearch/github-project-skill/HEAD/README.md

## Skills

- github-project: Use when bootstrapping a repo (apply branch protection before first PR), PRs won't merge or BLOCKED, AI reviewer pushback, auto-merge fails for Dependabot/Renovate, branch protection or rulesets, CI fails, authoring or consuming reusable workflows, editing a repo's own.github/workflows, harden-run…

Descriptions come from the frontmatter of each SKILL.md, punctuation lightly normalized.