Module 6 · Publish to GitHub

Publish your project to GitHub

Stage 5. Your site is great — now we back it up to the cloud with GitHub, the free, safe home for your project. This also sets up the one-click publishing you’ll use in the next module.

Watch — hand-picked

The clearest walkthroughs of this step, from creators we rate. Each one’s credited — go give them a follow.

10:29

23:30

9:07

The big picture

GitHub keeps a backed-up copy of your project and a history of every version — if your laptop ever dies, your site is safe. The one real gotcha is connecting your computer to GitHub (authenticating), which trips up almost everyone who skips it. The prompt below has Claude do it properly with a simple browser sign-in.

First, create a free GitHub account

If you don’t have one, go to github.com and sign up (it’s free). Then come back.

Paste this into Claude Code

Let's do Stage 5 — publish my project to GitHub. Please follow your deploy skill:

1. Connect this computer to my GitHub account properly. If the GitHub CLI (gh) isn't installed, install it,
   then run "gh auth login" and walk me through it step by step — I'll choose GitHub.com, HTTPS, and "log in
   with a web browser." Tell me exactly what to click.
2. Make sure there's a good .gitignore so we never upload anything private or junk.
3. Commit my work, create a new private GitHub repository, and push my project to it.
4. Give me the link to view my project on github.com.

I'm not technical — do the technical parts for me and keep it simple.

What you’ll do

1. Claude installs the GitHub CLI and starts the sign-in (approve when asked).
2. A short code appears (like AB12-CD34). Copy it; a browser opens; paste it and click Authorize. This is a once-ever step.
3. Claude creates your repository and uploads everything. Refresh github.com and your files are there.