Install GitHub CLI

Before using any gh commands, check if gh is installed by running:

gh --version

If gh is not found, install it based on the operating system:

macOS

brew install gh

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

(type -p wget >/dev/null || (sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install wget -y)) && sudo mkdir -p -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings && out=$(mktemp) && wget -nv -O$out https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg && cat $out | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg > /dev/null && sudo chmod go+r /etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg && echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null && sudo apt update && sudo apt install gh -y

Windows

winget install --id GitHub.cli

After installation

Authenticate with GitHub:

gh auth login

If the user needs notifications access, ensure the token has the notifications scope:

gh auth refresh -s notifications

Disable the pager to prevent terminal buffer issues:

gh config set pager cat