GitHub Automation

Automate common GitHub tasks — create issues, check PR status, list repos, manage projects. Use when the user wants to interact with GitHub programmatically without opening the browser.

Streamline GitHub workflows from the command line. Create issues, check PRs, manage repos without switching contexts.

Usage

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create issue: fix login bug
check my prs
list repos
close issue #123

Features

Issues

• Create issues with title/body/labels
• List open/closed issues
• Close or comment on issues
• Search issues

Pull Requests

• Check PR status and reviews
• List open PRs
• Comment on PRs
• Check merge status

Repositories

• List user/org repos
• Check repo stats
• Get recent commits
• Check branch status

User

• Check notifications
• Get user profile info
• List starred repos

Script

python

# Create issue
python scripts/gh_tool.py issue create "Title" "Body" --repo owner/repo --labels bug

# List PRs
python scripts/gh_tool.py pr list --repo owner/repo

# Check notifications
python scripts/gh_tool.py notifications

Authentication

Uses GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. Set it in your env:

bash

export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_your_token_here

Token Permissions Needed

• repo - Repository access
• issues - Issue management
• pull_requests - PR access
• notifications - Read notifications

Examples

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create issue in myrepo: bug - login fails with 500 error
check prs for pollinations/pollinations.ai
list my repos
close issue #42 in cloudgptapi

Output

• Success/failure confirmation
• Issue/PR numbers and URLs
• Formatted lists with key info
• Direct links to GitHub