gitload
This skill should be used when the user asks to "download files from GitHub", "fetch a folder from a repo", "grab code from GitHub", "download a GitHub repository", "get files from a GitHub URL", "clone just a folder", or needs to download specific files/folders from GitHub without cloning the entire repo.
Install via CLI (Recommended)
clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/waldekmastykarz/gitloadgitload
Download files, folders, or entire repos from GitHub URLs using the gitload CLI.
When to Use
Use gitload when:
- Downloading a specific folder from a repo (not the whole repo)
- Fetching a single file from GitHub
- Downloading repo contents without git history
- Creating a ZIP archive of GitHub content
- Accessing private repos with authentication
Do NOT use gitload when:
- Full git history is needed (use
git cloneinstead) - The repo is already cloned locally
- Working with non-GitHub repositories
Prerequisites
Run gitload via npx (no install needed):
npx gitload-cli https://github.com/user/repo
Or install globally:
npm install -g gitload-cli
Basic Usage
Download entire repo
gitload https://github.com/user/repo
Creates a repo/ folder in the current directory.
Download a specific folder
gitload https://github.com/user/repo/tree/main/src/components
Creates a components/ folder with just that folder's contents.
Download a single file
gitload https://github.com/user/repo/blob/main/README.md
Download to a custom location
gitload https://github.com/user/repo/tree/main/src -o ./my-source
Download contents flat to current directory
gitload https://github.com/user/repo/tree/main/templates -o .
Download as ZIP
gitload https://github.com/user/repo -z ./repo.zip
Authentication (for private repos or rate limits)
Using gh CLI (recommended)
gitload https://github.com/user/private-repo --gh
Requires prior gh auth login.
Using explicit token
gitload https://github.com/user/repo --token ghp_xxxx
Using environment variable
export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxxx
gitload https://github.com/user/repo
Token priority: --token > GITHUB_TOKEN > --gh
URL Formats
gitload accepts standard GitHub URLs:
- Repo root:
https://github.com/user/repo - Folder:
https://github.com/user/repo/tree/branch/path/to/folder - File:
https://github.com/user/repo/blob/branch/path/to/file.ext
Common Patterns
Scaffold from a template folder
gitload https://github.com/org/templates/tree/main/react-starter -o ./my-app
cd my-app && npm install
Grab example code
gitload https://github.com/org/examples/tree/main/authentication
Download docs for offline reading
gitload https://github.com/org/project/tree/main/docs -z ./docs.zip
Fetch a single config file
gitload https://github.com/org/configs/blob/main/.eslintrc.json -o .
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Find the right skillPaste this into your clawhub.json to enable this plugin.
{
"plugins": {
"official-waldekmastykarz-gitload": {
"enabled": true,
"auto_update": true
}
}
}