SSH authentication -> github

[sudojumble]

I am probably doing something wrong here, but, I am trying to login using my SSH key rather than my password and I am running into the following issue.

Procedure:

uvx --with gitpython cookiecutter git+ssh://git@github.com/zenable-io/ai-native-python.git

*project setup omitted*

Username for 'https://github.com': sudojumble
Password for 'https://sudojumble@github.com':
{"timestamp": "2025-07-17 16:13:41,382", "namespace": "ptag.post_generation_hook", "loglevel": "ERROR", "message": "stdout: No stdout, stderr: remote: Support for password authentication was removed on August 13, 2021.
remote: Please see https://docs.github.com/get-started/getting-started-with-git/about-remote-repositories#cloning-with-https-urls for information on currently recommended modes of authentication.
fatal: Authentication failed for 'https://github.com/attackdogdigital/ptag/'
"}
ERROR: Stopping generation because post_gen_project hook script didn't exit successfully
Hook script failed (exit status: 1)

 ~/ptag ▓▒░ ssh -T git@github.com                                                        ░▒▓ 1 ✘  53s  04:13:41 PM 
Hi sudojumble! You've successfully authenticated, but GitHub does not provide shell access.

Any thoughts?

[JonZeolla]

Hey @sudojumble, give this a shot:

SKIP_GIT_PUSH=true uvx --with gitpython cookiecutter git+ssh://git@github.com/zenable-io/ai-native-python.git
# Answer the project setup commands
cd $(ls -td * | head -1)
git remote set-url origin "$(git remote get-url origin | sed -E 's#https://[^/]+/(.+)#git@github.com:\1#')"
git push origin main
task release

If that works for you I'll update the docs. Thanks!