--- title: "Copilot CLI Tutorial #7 - Skills" url: https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-cli-tutorial-7---skills-jnk9u6he9 source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEJDFeOYQXY type: video:youtube source: "Net Ninja" published: 2026-06-01T09:10:06.086Z updated: 2026-06-01T09:10:23.519Z tags: ["career", "github", "git", "ai-coding"] reading_time: 10 upvotes: 2 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Copilot CLI Tutorial #7 - Skills **[Net Ninja](https://daily.dev/sources/netninja)** · 10 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of how to create and use 'skills' in GitHub Copilot CLI — reusable instruction sets that teach the AI agent to follow repeatable workflows. The tutorial covers creating a skill file with YAML front matter inside a .github/skills folder, writing step-by-step instructions for the agent, and demonstrating the skill in action by having Copilot automatically create a feature branch, implement a footer component, and commit the changes. Skills can be invoked manually via slash commands or triggered autonomously by Copilot when it detects the appropriate context. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Agent Skills in the GitHub Copilot SDK](https://daily.dev/posts/agent-skills-in-the-github-copilot-sdk-usudixgui) · The Art of Simplicity · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to use GitHub Copilot Agent Skills in Visual Studio](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-use-github-copilot-agent-skills-in-visual-studio-hbtqkum6o) · The Art of Simplicity · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/copilot-cli-tutorial-7---skills-jnk9u6he9)