---
title: "Octokit JavaScript GitHub SDK for REST GraphQL and App Automation"
description: "Octokit is GitHub’s JavaScript SDK family for REST API requests, GraphQL queries, authentication, webhooks, and GitHub App workflows. It gives agents and automation systems a typed, maintained client for working with GitHub from Node.js, browsers, and Deno."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/octokit/octokit.js"
category:
  - "Library & API Reference"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "octokit/octokit.js"
  github_stars: 7736
---

# Octokit JavaScript GitHub SDK for REST GraphQL and App Automation

Octokit is GitHub’s JavaScript SDK family for REST API requests, GraphQL queries, authentication, webhooks, and GitHub App workflows. It gives agents and automation systems a typed, maintained client for working with GitHub from Node.js, browsers, and Deno.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/octokit-javascript-github-sdk-rest-graphql-app-automation/)