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GitHub certifications validate skills for repository administration, Actions, Advanced Security, Copilot, and agentic AI development.

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Associate

GH-100 Associate

GitHub Administration

GitHub · RoleAdministratorDevOps EngineerTechnology Manager

This exam is designed for system administrators, software developers, application administrators, and IT professionals with intermediate-level experience in GitHub Enterprise Administration.

Skills measured
  • Manage GitHub identities and access (18%)
  • Administer GitHub Enterprise environment (13%)
  • Implement secure software development and compliance (29%)
  • Manage GitHub Actions (24%)
  • Monitor and optimize GitHub usage (13%)
  • Support GitHub Enterprise for users and key stakeholders
  • Manage user identities and GitHub authentication
  • Describe how GitHub is deployed, distributed, and licensed
  • Manage access and permissions based on membership
  • Enable secure software development and ensure compliance
⏱ 90 min 🎯 700/1000 📚 50 questions
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GH-200 Associate

GitHub Actions

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This exam is designed for DevOps engineers, software developers, and IT professionals with intermediate level experience in GitHub Actions, including workflow creation, automation, and CI/CD pipeline management.

Skills measured
  • Author and manage workflows (24%)
  • Consume and troubleshoot workflows (18%)
  • Author and maintain actions (18%)
  • Manage GitHub Actions for the enterprise (24%)
  • Secure and optimize automation (13%)
  • Author and maintain workflows
  • Consume workflows
⏱ 90 min 🎯 700/1000 📚 50 questions
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GH-300 Associate

GitHub Certified: Copilot

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This exam is designed for experienced professionals in the field of software development and security. This certification is designed for individuals who have a deep understanding of GitHub and its security features, as …

Skills measured
  • Use GitHub Copilot responsibly (14%)
  • Use GitHub Copilot features (22%)
  • GitHub Copilot features (22%)
  • Understand GitHub Copilot data and architecture (10%)
  • Apply prompt engineering and context crafting (10%)
  • Improve developer productivity with GitHub Copilot (10%)
  • Configure privacy, content exclusions, and safeguards (10%)
⏱ 90 min 🎯 700/1000 📚 50 questions
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GH-500 Associate

GitHub Certified: Advanced Security

GitHub · RoleApp MakerDeveloperDevOps EngineerTechnology Manager

The GitHub Copilot certification exam evaluates your skill in using the AI-driven code completion tool in various programming languages, certifying your capability to optimize software development workflows efficiently.

Skills measured
  • Describe GitHub Security suites, features, and ecosystem (15%)
  • Dependabot/Dependency Review) (15%)
  • GitHub Security suites administration (11%)
  • Configure and use Secret Protection (formerly secret scanning) (15%)
  • Configure and use supply chain security (formerly Dependabot/Dependency Review) (15%)
  • Configure and use Code Security (formerly Code Scanning with CodeQL) (11%)
  • Security operations: best practices, prioritization, and remediation (15%)
  • Describe GitHub Advanced Security security features and functionality
  • Configure and use secret scanning
  • Configure and use dependency management
  • Configure and use code scanning with CodeQL
  • Describe GitHub Advanced Security best practices and results
⏱ 90 min 🎯 700/1000 📚 50 questions
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Fundamentals

GH-900 Fundamentals

GitHub Foundations

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This exam is targeted towards GitHub users who want to validate their understanding of the foundational topics, products, and concepts of collaborating, contributing, and working on GitHub.

Skills measured
  • Understand Git and GitHub basics (29%)
  • Work with GitHub repositories (13%)
  • Collaborate using GitHub (13%)
  • Apply modern development practices (13%)
  • Manage projects with GitHub (8%)
  • Understand privacy, security, and administration (13%)
  • Explore the GitHub community (8%)
  • Introduction to Git and GitHub
  • Working with GitHub repositories
  • Collaboration features
  • Modern development
  • Project management
  • Privacy, security, and administration
  • Benefits of the GitHub community
⏱ 90 min 🎯 700/1000 📚 51 questions
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