read-gist

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Fetch and display a GitHub gist. Triggers when the user asks to read, fetch, or view a URL from gist.github.com.

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Read Gist

Fetch and display the contents of a GitHub gist.

Trigger

Activate this skill when the user provides a URL matching gist.github.com or asks to fetch/read a gist by ID.

Parameters

The argument is a gist URL or gist ID: $ARGUMENTS

Steps

Extract the gist ID from the input. It can be:
- A full URL like https://gist.github.com/<user>/<id> -> extract <id>
- A full URL like https://gist.github.com/<id> -> extract <id>
- A raw URL like https://gist.githubusercontent.com/... -> extract the gist ID segment
- A bare gist ID (hex string)
Try gh gist view first (preferred):
```
gh gist view <id> --raw
```
If the gist has multiple files, list them first with gh gist view <id> (without --raw) to show filenames, then fetch with --raw or specify a filename with -f <filename> if the user asked for a specific file.
Fallback to WebFetch only if gh is not available or the command fails with an auth/install error:
- Fetch https://gist.githubusercontent.com/<user>/<id>/raw for single-file gists
- Or fetch the gist API endpoint https://api.github.com/gists/<id> and extract file contents from the JSON response
Return the contents to the caller. If there are multiple files, show each file with its filename as a header.