Free alternatives to gh
50 free AI Skills apps to use instead, best rated first.
Top picks
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webapp-testing
LaunchNative Python Playwright scripts for testing local web applications with server lifecycle management. Includes with_server.py helper to automatically start and manage single or multiple servers before running automation scripts. Supports re
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content-research-writer
LaunchAssists in writing high-quality content by conducting research, adding citations, improving hooks, iterating on outlines, and providing real-time feedback on
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openhue
Launchopenhue is an agent skill from the OpenClaw project, listed on skills.sh. It lets an agent control Philips Hue lights and scenes through a Hue Bridge with the OpenHue CLI: turn lights on and off, dim rooms, set scenes such as movie mode, an
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batch-grill-me
Launchbatch-grill-me is an agent skill from Matt Pocock's skills collection, listed on skills.sh. It interviews you relentlessly about a plan until you share an understanding. It maps decisions as a tree and asks every question it can answer now
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implement
Launchimplement is an agent skill from Matt Pocock's skills collection, listed on skills.sh. It implements work from a spec or tickets: it fetches the ticket, works test-first at agreed seams, runs type checks and tests as it goes, reviews the re
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frontend-design
LaunchDistinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces that reject generic AI aesthetics through intentional design choices. Guides aesthetic direction selection (brutalist, maximalist, retro-futuristic, luxury, organic, etc.) before implementat
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brainstorming
Transform rough ideas into fully-formed designs through structured questioning

finishing-a-development-branch
Guides completion of development work by presenting clear options

test-driven-development
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
About gh

gh
Patterns for invoking the GitHub CLI (gh) from agents
gh-cli is an agent skill that gives patterns for invoking the GitHub CLI, gh, from an agent. The skill notes that gh already behaves well in non-interactive contexts: it skips the pager, strips colour codes, and fails fast with a helpful message instead of prompting, so for example it asks for a title and body to be provided directly when not running interactively. You therefore do not need to set GH_PAGER or pass a no-pager flag, which does not exist. Its other guidance covers structured output and parsing JSON, since human output from gh is column-formatted, as well as pagination, repository targeting, the difference between search and list commands, and the gh api fallback for requests the higher-level commands do not cover. Use it when an agent runs gh commands and needs reliable, machine-readable results. It is part of the cli/cli repository on GitHub, which has about 46,700 stars. The listing shows it as free, and it has about 2,000 installs. Its security audits show passes from Gen Agent Trust Hub and Socket, with a warning from Snyk. Install it with npx skills add https://github.com/cli/cli --skill gh.
- Price
- Free
- Made by
- cli
- Category
- AI Skills
- Website
- github.com/cli/cli/gh
