{
  "slug": "gh-skill-install-offers-upstream-source-for-republished-skills-8ba296407826",
  "title": "gh skill install offers upstream source for republished 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": "If the selected skill was republished from an upstream source, use `--upstream` to install directly from that source. Otherwise, install from the repository as usual.",
    "examples": [
      "gh skill install <owner>/<repo> <skill-name> --upstream",
      "gh skill install <owner>/<repo> <skill-path> --upstream"
    ],
    "gotchas": [
      "Version: v2.91.0",
      "<owner>/<repo> (required): GitHub repository containing the republished skill.",
      "<skill-name> or <skill-path> (required): Select the skill by name or exact path within the repository.",
      "--upstream: Install from the upstream source when a republished skill is detected; cannot be combined with `--from-local`.",
      "Prerequisite: Use GitHub CLI v2.91.0 or later for this flag.",
      "The upstream option is offered when the CLI detects that the skill was republished from an upstream source."
    ]
  },
  "why_it_matters": "Install a repository skill that was republished from an upstream source.",
  "sources": [
    "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.91.0",
    "https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_skill_install",
    "https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/v2.91.0/pkg/cmd/skills/install/install.go"
  ],
  "rank": 0.97018,
  "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-3:gate",
    "evidence_hash": "53a07ea7340e3ede818be70c1d7d9119477f257b96ee3a0c56314d88a7dfd0f2"
  },
  "review": {
    "draft_hash": "3d72f537e4b2d21559aa80e0b74a510a911889f3634356b26d13bd2f8d9680c2",
    "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 0.97 >= 0.9; 2 needed) and Jev gave 0.63 (>= 0.6 needed)."
  }
}