ghcli

name	ghcli
description	GitHub CLI for issues, PRs, starred repos, notifications, and repository exploration. Use when user asks about GitHub activity, starred projects, PR reviews, or issue management.

GitHub CLI

Command-line interface for GitHub operations via gh.

Authentication

Already configured via GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN in Claude Code settings.

Common Operations

Issues

gh issue list -R owner/repo                       # List open issues
gh issue list -R owner/repo --state all --limit 20 # All issues
gh issue view 123 -R owner/repo                    # View issue details
gh issue create -R owner/repo --title "T" --body "B"  # Create issue
gh issue comment 123 -R owner/repo --body "comment"

Pull Requests

gh pr list -R owner/repo                          # List open PRs
gh pr view 123 -R owner/repo                      # View PR details
gh pr diff 123 -R owner/repo                      # View PR diff
gh pr checks 123 -R owner/repo                    # CI status
gh pr status                                       # PRs involving you
gh pr create --title "T" --body "B"                # Create PR
gh pr review 123 --approve                         # Approve PR
gh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/123/comments         # PR comments

Starred Repos (Interests & Network)

# Recent stars (latest first)
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '.[:10][] | {full_name, description, language, stargazers_count}'

# Search by topic/language
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '[.[] | select(.language == "Rust")] | length'
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '.[] | select(.topics[]? == "emacs") | .full_name'
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '.[] | select(.description? // "" | test("mcp|agent"; "i")) | {full_name, description}'

# Star count & language stats
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq 'group_by(.language) | map({language: .[0].language, count: length}) | sort_by(-.count) | .[:10][]'

# Recently active starred repos
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '[.[] | select(.pushed_at > "2026-01-01")] | sort_by(.pushed_at) | reverse | .[:10][] | {full_name, pushed_at, language}'

# People (starred repo owners = interests network)
gh api user/starred --paginate --jq '[.[].owner.login] | group_by(.) | map({user: .[0], repos: length}) | sort_by(-.repos) | .[:10][]'

Starred repos with star date

# With starred_at timestamp (when you starred it)
gh api user/starred --paginate -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.star+json" --jq '.[:5][] | {starred_at, repo: .repo.full_name, desc: .repo.description}'

# Stars from this month
gh api user/starred --paginate -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.star+json" --jq '.[] | select(.starred_at > "2026-02-01") | {starred_at, repo: .repo.full_name}'

Repository Exploration

gh repo view owner/repo                           # Repo overview
gh repo view owner/repo --json description,stargazerCount,languages
gh api repos/owner/repo/contributors --jq '.[:5][] | {login, contributions}'
gh api repos/owner/repo/releases --jq '.[0] | {tag_name, published_at, name}'
gh search repos "keyword" --language rust --sort stars

Notifications

gh api notifications --jq '.[:10][] | {reason, title: .subject.title, repo: .repository.full_name, updated_at}'

User accounts

The user has two GitHub accounts:

• Personal: junghan0611 ([e-mail]) - repos in ~/repos/gh/
• Work: jhkim2goqual ([e-mail]) - repos in ~/repos/work/

Default gh auth uses the personal account.

BibTeX Export (Offline Reference)

For full starred repos export to BibTeX (Citar/Emacs integration):

~/repos/gh/memex-kb/scripts/gh_starred_to_bib.sh [output.bib]
# Default output: ~/org/resources/github-starred.bib

Tips

• Use --paginate for starred repos (may have hundreds)
• Use --jq for filtering (avoids piping to jq separately)
• -R owner/repo specifies repo without cd-ing into it
• gh api can call any GitHub REST API endpoint