github

# GitHub ## What it is GitHub is the leading Git hosting and software collaboration platform, used by enterprise engineering teams for source control, code review, and CI/CD orchestration via GitHub Actions. In this segment the engineering agent uses GitHub in read-only mode to fetch pull request diffs, review comments, commit history, and workflow run results to provide code review assistance, generate release notes, and surface build failures. ## When to use this skill - Reading a pull request diff and review thread to provide feedback or generate a summary - Fetching the latest GitHub Actions workflow run status for a branch or commit - Looking up commit history for a repository to understand recent changes - Retrieving open issues or PR metadata to assess engineering backlog context - Checking repository topics, language, or contributor stats for onboarding documentation ## Credentials This skill authenticates using variables from `~/.openclaw/.env` (template: `.env.example` at the config root). Required variables: - `GITHUB_TOKEN` - personal access token or GitHub App installation token with `repo` and `actions:read` scopes ## Key operations - `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}` - fetch a pull request with diff metadata - `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/reviews` - list review decisions and comments - `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits` - list commits on a branch - `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs` - list workflow runs - `GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues?state=open` - list open issues - `GET /search/issues?q=...` - cross-repo issue and PR search ## Notes - Use a GitHub App with fine-grained permissions rather than a personal access token in production. - REST API rate limit is 5,000 requests/hour for authenticated requests; GraphQL counts against the same quota. - For large diffs, use the `Accept: application/vnd.github.diff` header to get the raw diff. - Treat code content as confidential; do not log or persist source code outside the secure workspace. - Enterprise GitHub (GHES) uses a different base URL: `https://github.mycompany.com/api/v3`.