diff --git a/.devcontainer/base/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/base/Dockerfile
index 224896e7..1c3f6d9c 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,38 @@
 # syntax=docker/dockerfile:1
 
+ARG GH_VERSION=2.94.0
+ARG GH_AW_VERSION=0.79.6
+
+FROM ubuntu:26.04@sha256:f3d28607ddd78734bb7f71f117f3c6706c666b8b76cbff7c9ff6e5718d46ff64 AS downloader
+
+ARG GH_VERSION
+ARG GH_AW_VERSION
+ARG TARGETARCH
+
+SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-Eeuo", "pipefail", "-c"]
+
+# hadolint ignore=DL3008
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apt,sharing=locked \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apt,sharing=locked <<EOF
+    apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ca-certificates wget
+
+    case "${TARGETARCH}" in
+      amd64) GH_SHA=a757f1ba6db18f4de8cbadb244843a5f89bc75b5e7c6fc127d2bd77fbd12ed62
+             GH_AW_SHA=77e69ddcda854560f827045ae59f87fdf6a07f07d5ab37a750317b3368eb6c2e ;;
+      arm64) GH_SHA=705a23b70b0f1b7ba4c302fdcef392ce3edaacfa7ce8e85e4d93d72ea800a538
+             GH_AW_SHA=1054d302486b6e56a27095a1b887e9ec0ffdfe009006835dcf3c6b931bf9d040 ;;
+    esac
+
+    wget --no-hsts -qO /gh.tar.gz "https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v${GH_VERSION}/gh_${GH_VERSION}_linux_${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz"
+    echo "${GH_SHA}  /gh.tar.gz" | sha256sum -c -
+    mkdir /tmp/gh && tar xzf /gh.tar.gz --strip-components=1 -C /tmp/gh
+    cp /tmp/gh/bin/gh /gh
+
+    wget --no-hsts -qO /gh-aw "https://github.com/github/gh-aw/releases/download/v${GH_AW_VERSION}/linux-${TARGETARCH}"
+    echo "${GH_AW_SHA}  /gh-aw" | sha256sum -c -
+    chmod +x /gh-aw
+EOF
+
 FROM ubuntu:26.04@sha256:f3d28607ddd78734bb7f71f117f3c6706c666b8b76cbff7c9ff6e5718d46ff64 AS extractor
 
 ARG BATS_CORE_VERSION=1.13.0
@@ -16,9 +49,13 @@ ADD --checksum=sha256:7815237aafeb42ddcc1b8c698fc5808026d33317d8701d5ec2396e9634
 ADD --checksum=sha256:e305df20c4c36cba4570e10f1cd824efb1ae71d88b5ef474550781ebee04192f \
  https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert/archive/refs/tags/v${BATS_ASSERT_VERSION}.tar.gz /bats-assert.tar.gz
 
-RUN tar xzf /bats-core.tar.gz && mv bats-core-*/ bats-core \
+RUN --mount=from=downloader,source=/gh,target=/dl/gh \
+    --mount=from=downloader,source=/gh-aw,target=/dl/gh-aw \
+ tar xzf /bats-core.tar.gz && mv bats-core-*/ bats-core \
  && tar xzf /bats-support.tar.gz && mv bats-support-*/ bats-support \
- && tar xzf /bats-assert.tar.gz && mv bats-assert-*/ bats-assert
+ && tar xzf /bats-assert.tar.gz && mv bats-assert-*/ bats-assert \
+ && cp /dl/gh /gh \
+ && cp /dl/gh-aw /gh-aw
 
 FROM ubuntu:26.04@sha256:f3d28607ddd78734bb7f71f117f3c6706c666b8b76cbff7c9ff6e5718d46ff64
 
@@ -51,6 +88,11 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.devcontainer/base/apt-requirements.json,target=/tm
    cp -r /src/bats-support /usr/local/bats-support
    cp -r /src/bats-assert /usr/local/bats-assert
 
+   # Install gh and gh-aw extension
+   cp /src/gh /usr/local/bin/gh
+   mkdir -p /root/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-aw
+   cp /src/gh-aw /root/.local/share/gh/extensions/gh-aw/gh-aw
+
    # Generate locale
    sed -i '/C.UTF-8/s/^# //' /etc/locale.gen
    locale-gen
diff --git a/.devcontainer/cpp/devcontainer-metadata.json b/.devcontainer/cpp/devcontainer-metadata.json
index c59dd00b..db448a61 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/cpp/devcontainer-metadata.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/cpp/devcontainer-metadata.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "postStartCommand": "gh auth setup-git",
   "remoteEnv": {
     "LOCAL_WORKSPACE_FOLDER": "${localWorkspaceFolder}"
   },
diff --git a/.devcontainer/rust/devcontainer-metadata.json b/.devcontainer/rust/devcontainer-metadata.json
index 993ce507..fdc61304 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/rust/devcontainer-metadata.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/rust/devcontainer-metadata.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "postStartCommand": "gh auth setup-git",
   "remoteEnv": {
     "LOCAL_WORKSPACE_FOLDER": "${localWorkspaceFolder}"
   },
diff --git a/.github/TOOL_VERSION_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/TOOL_VERSION_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
index 8664a925..c375f37b 100644
--- a/.github/TOOL_VERSION_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/TOOL_VERSION_ISSUE_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ It's time for our quarterly tool version check! This issue serves as a reminder
 - [ ] [bats-core](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core)
 - [ ] [bats-support](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support)
 - [ ] [bats-assert](https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert)
+- [ ] [gh](https://github.com/cli/cli)
+- [ ] [gh-aw](https://github.com/github/gh-aw)
 
 ### ⚙️ amp-devcontainer-cpp
 
diff --git a/test/base/integration-tests.bats b/test/base/integration-tests.bats
index 39b82d41..76b76aaf 100644
--- a/test/base/integration-tests.bats
+++ b/test/base/integration-tests.bats
@@ -12,3 +12,15 @@ setup() {
   assert_success
   assert_output --partial "OK"
 }
+
+@test "gh is installed and functional" {
+  run gh --version
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "gh version"
+}
+
+@test "gh aw extension is installed" {
+  run gh extension list
+  assert_success
+  assert_output --partial "gh-aw"
+}