diff --git a/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
index 10c2560d0..ea8f369c4 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-auth/SKILL.md
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=gh"
 elif [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=curl"
+elif [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
+  export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+  echo "AUTH_METHOD=curl"
 elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
   export GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
   echo "AUTH_METHOD=curl"
diff --git a/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh b/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
index c66e78ad3..043c6b555 100755
--- a/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
+++ b/skills/github/github-auth/scripts/gh-env.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null 2>&1; then
     GH_USER=$(gh api user --jq '.login' 2>/dev/null)
 elif [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
     GH_AUTH_METHOD="curl"
+elif [ -f "$HOME/.hermes/.env" ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$HOME/.hermes/.env" 2>/dev/null; then
+    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" "$HOME/.hermes/.env" | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    if [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+        GH_AUTH_METHOD="curl"
+    fi
 elif [ -f "$HOME/.git-credentials" ] && grep -q "github.com" "$HOME/.git-credentials" 2>/dev/null; then
     GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" "$HOME/.git-credentials" | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
     if [ -n "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
diff --git a/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
index 64b02328e..52d8e4a07 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-code-review/SKILL.md
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    fi
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
index 019c08a0f..a3bceb8e3 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-issues/SKILL.md
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    fi
   fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
index d09911e52..48f15ed7a 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-pr-workflow/SKILL.md
@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ else
   AUTH="git"
   # Ensure we have a token for API calls
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    fi
   fi
 fi
 echo "Using: $AUTH"
diff --git a/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md b/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
index 7ef95eb2d..b3732f29a 100644
--- a/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
+++ b/skills/github/github-repo-management/SKILL.md
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ if command -v gh &>/dev/null && gh auth status &>/dev/null; then
 else
   AUTH="git"
   if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
-    GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    if [ -f ~/.hermes/.env ] && grep -q "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "^GITHUB_TOKEN=" ~/.hermes/.env | head -1 | cut -d= -f2 | tr -d '\n\r')
+    elif grep -q "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null; then
+      GITHUB_TOKEN=$(grep "github.com" ~/.git-credentials 2>/dev/null | head -1 | sed 's|https://[^:]*:\([^@]*\)@.*|\1|')
+    fi
   fi
 fi