---
title: "GitHub Authentication Setup - Air Market"
description: "When you need to connect to GitHub from your computer, this helps set up how you sign in: an access token, an SSH key, or logging in through the gh command-line tool."
canonical: "https://airmarket.ai/app/github-auth"
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[Air Market](/) / [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) / GitHub Authentication Setup

Skill by [Nous Research](/@nousresearch)

# GitHub Authentication Setup

Get signed in to GitHub from your computer

## What this does

When you need to connect to GitHub from your computer, this helps set up how you sign in: an access token, an SSH key, or logging in through the gh command-line tool.

### Top 3 things it does for you

- Set up a GitHub access token
- Set up SSH keys for GitHub
- Log in with the gh command

## Information

**GitHub Authentication Setup at a glance**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Kind | Skill |
| Publisher | [Nous Research](/@nousresearch) |
| Category | [Developer Tools](/category/devtools) |
| Works with | Agent Skills - an open standard supported by 40+ agents |
| Languages | en |
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| Size | 16 KB |
| Licence | MIT |
| Repository | [NousResearch/hermes-agent](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/bfff32ae8c6a9c585431997a6cc3d791b6ec9af5/skills/github/github-auth) |
| GitHub stars | 261,931 (as of Nov 2026) |

## Security report

**Verified.** AIR scanned this exact version of GitHub Authentication Setup and recorded 0 findings and 2 flagged items. AIR's verdict: **safe**.

**What GitHub Authentication Setup's check was run against**

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Commit | bfff32ae8c6a9c585431997a6cc3d791b6ec9af5 |
| Content hash | 3e7f98c70a039342cc92e070b367d78ebf4db4f8e2c639644acb1b0808db55b9 |
| Files read | [Browse the files at this exact commit](https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/blob/bfff32ae8c6a9c585431997a6cc3d791b6ec9af5/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md) |

A scan is named by the exact content it read, not by a version number. A different version is a different artifact, and nothing here applies to a version AIR has not scanned.

[Read the full security report for GitHub Authentication Setup](/security/github-auth)

## About GitHub Authentication Setup

Sets up GitHub authentication, using HTTPS tokens, SSH keys or a gh CLI login.

## What's inside

- SKILL.md - instructions
- scripts/gh-env.sh - script
- scripts/git-credential-token.py - script

## Questions

### Is GitHub Authentication Setup safe to install?

AIR scanned this exact version of GitHub Authentication Setup and recorded 0 findings and 2 flagged items. AIR's verdict: safe. The verdict is named by the content that was read, at commit bfff32ae8c6a, so it cannot drift onto a version nobody scanned. The full report is at https://airmarket.ai/security/github-auth.

### How do I install GitHub Authentication Setup?

Open https://airmarket.ai/app/github-auth on Air Market and use the install action: Air Market hands Claude a prompt naming this exact skill, and Claude sets it up. Source, pinned to the exact commit this listing describes: https://github.com/NousResearch/hermes-agent/tree/bfff32ae8c6a9c585431997a6cc3d791b6ec9af5/skills/github/github-auth. Install from that link, not the branch.

## Related on Air Market

- [More Developer Tools listings](/category/devtools)
- [Everything by Nous Research](/@nousresearch)

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Canonical URL: <https://airmarket.ai/app/github-auth>