๐Ÿ“‹ Plan STEP 05 / 15 โฑ 5 min โณ 150 min left

PLAN: Skills

Let's install the two Skills from theomonfort/skills in one go.

5.1 โ€” Install two Skills

The two Skills we'll install are:

  • github-issues โ€” ships multiple templates (bug report / feature request / task) and can write structured Issues complete with labels, priorities, and dependencies. You'll use it later for Issue creation.
  • hands-on-helper โ€” a guide that helps this workshop's participants navigate the repository, the instructions, and the Playbook, and troubleshoots issues along the way.
  1. Open the EQUIPMENT ROOM in a new tab.
  2. Confirm that the scope toggle is set to Project .github/ (left, the default).
  3. In the ๐ŸŽด Skills section, check the two cards for github-issues and hands-on-helper.
  4. Click the ๐Ÿ’พ Copy 2 selected button in the top right.
  5. Paste into the Codespace's VS Code terminal and press Enter.

Option B: Copy the command below directly

If you'd rather skip the equipment room, hit the COPY button on the snippet below and paste straight into the terminal:

gh skill install theomonfort/skills github-issues && \
gh skill install theomonfort/skills hands-on-helper

For each Skill, you'll be asked which agent and which scope to install it for:

  • Agent: pick copilot (for VS Code's GitHub Copilot Chat).
  • Scope: pick project (installs the Skill into this repository only).

Once installed, you'll see two new directories: .agents/skills/github-issues/ and .agents/skills/hands-on-helper/. Open the SKILL.md inside each one to see when Copilot will summon the Skill and what templates it ships with.

Note that the Instructions and MCP Server we set up earlier live under .github/, but Skills follow the open-ecosystem convention under .agents/ (.github/skills/ also works if you only target GitHub). See Harness Engineering / Ecosystem map for the full layout.

5.2 โ€” Try out hands-on-helper

Open a fresh Copilot Chat session and confirm that the hands-on-helper Skill is correctly equipped. Type the following into the chat:

/hands-on-helper

I just finished installing the Skills. What's the next step?

You're good to go if hands-on-helper is summoned and replies with the next step (CODE: Copilot Chat) and links to the relevant Playbook pages.

โฑ ~3 min