What common errors are covered by the assistant?

It covers authentication failures, merge conflicts, local-remote sync issues, and accidental exposure of sensitive credentials.

How does this help with authentication errors?

The skill identifies why your password failed—usually due to GitHub's 2021 policy change—and guides you through setting up a Personal Access Token (PAT) or SSH keys.

Can it help if I accidentally committed an API key?

Yes, it provides a specific workflow to help you identify exposed secrets and explains how to remove them from your repository's commit history.

Do I need to know Git commands to use this?

No, the assistant explains what each command does and can execute the necessary steps for you to resolve your specific issue.

Is this skill suitable for Git beginners?

Absolutely. It includes a dedicated mode to explain the fundamental differences between Git (the local tool) and GitHub (the cloud platform).

GitHub Troubleshooting Assistant

Name: GitHub Troubleshooting Assistant
Author: alijilani-dev

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Developer Tools

Provides interactive, step-by-step troubleshooting for common GitHub issues like authentication failures, sync problems, and merge conflicts.

About

The GitHub Assistant skill streamlines the developer experience by diagnosing and resolving the most frequent Git and GitHub hurdles. Whether you're struggling with the transition from passwords to Personal Access Tokens, dealing with complex merge conflicts, or accidentally committing sensitive data, this skill provides guided diagnostics and ready-to-execute commands to fix problems quickly. It serves as an on-demand mentor for beginners and an efficient recovery tool for experienced developers needing to clean up repository errors.

Key Features

Automated diagnostic workflow for common Git and GitHub errors
Educational explanations of the differences between local Git and GitHub
Guided migration from password authentication to PAT or SSH keys
Interactive step-by-step merge conflict resolution and folder syncing
0 GitHub stars
Sensitive data exposure detection and remediation strategies

Use Cases

Safely removing accidentally committed API keys or secrets from repository history
Resolving 'support for password authentication was removed' errors during push
Syncing a local project folder with a remote GitHub repository for the first time

About

Key Features

Automated diagnostic workflow for common Git and GitHub errors
Educational explanations of the differences between local Git and GitHub
Guided migration from password authentication to PAT or SSH keys
Interactive step-by-step merge conflict resolution and folder syncing
0 GitHub stars
Sensitive data exposure detection and remediation strategies

Use Cases

Safely removing accidentally committed API keys or secrets from repository history
Resolving 'support for password authentication was removed' errors during push
Syncing a local project folder with a remote GitHub repository for the first time