{
  "slug": "gh-skill-install-discovers-hidden-and-nested-skills-ef944277d5d9",
  "title": "gh skill install discovers hidden and nested skills",
  "tools": [
    "gh"
  ],
  "tags": [
    "agent"
  ],
  "introduced_at": "2026-04-22T10:40:12.000Z",
  "announced_at": "2026-04-22T10:40:12.000Z",
  "effective_at": null,
  "date_basis": "source-publication",
  "status": "unknown",
  "how": {
    "incantation": "When the repository’s skills are in hidden or nested `skills/` directories, run `gh skill install` with `--allow-hidden-dirs` to include hidden directories in discovery and install the selected skill.",
    "examples": [
      "gh skill install <owner>/<repo> --allow-hidden-dirs"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v2.91.0",
      "<owner>/<repo> (required): GitHub repository to install a skill from.",
      "--allow-hidden-dirs: Include skills in hidden directories during discovery; required for this task when skills are in hidden directories.",
      "Prerequisite: Use GitHub CLI v2.91.0 or later for the `--allow-hidden-dirs` flag."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Find and install skills stored in hidden or nested skills directories in a repository.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.91.0",
    "https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_skill_install"
  ],
  "rank": 0.96017,
  "judge": {
    "publish": true,
    "judge_model": "codex-cli/gpt-6-luna+typesafe/jev-1.13.0",
    "prompt_version": "extract-v7+enrich-v1+judge-v2x3+jev-publish-v1"
  },
  "review_state": "approved",
  "provenance": {
    "run_id": "backfill-20261007",
    "verdict_id": "backfill-20261007:backfill-20261007-b7fcbbd58c3e333e-2:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "53a07ea7340e3ede818be70c1d7d9119477f257b96ee3a0c56314d88a7dfd0f2"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "45e760e0b7775c02b3fee232d6053c2f6d20c3751898e88a6775c2b1812ca832",
    "reviewer": "publication-gate",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T00:00:00.000Z",
    "decision": "backfill-20261007:gate",
    "reason": "3 of 3 judge runs approved with p_yes >= 0.9 (mean 0.96 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.71 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}