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GitHub Assistant

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community·v1.2.3·backend·MIT

Manage GitHub repos, issues, PRs, and workflows directly from your agent. Create PRs, review code, manage issues, and trigger CI/CD.

Repository

Install on your platform

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    Run this in your terminal

    terminal
    $ openclaw skills install github-assistant

What we know about this skill

Publisher

community

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Install target

Live repository

Not pinned. Installing fetches whatever the repository holds at the time you run the command.

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Not scanned. repository not found or private Source recorded as community/openclaw-github.
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About this skill

What it does

The github-assistant skill allows an AI agent to interact with GitHub repositories by creating pull requests, reviewing code, managing issues, and triggering continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) workflows directly from the agent interface.

When to use it

  • Automating repetitive tasks like opening or closing issues based on specific criteria.
  • Triggering CI/CD pipelines in response to code changes without manual intervention.
  • Assisting developers with code reviews by suggesting improvements or flagging potential issues.
  • Streamlining collaboration by enabling agents to create and manage pull requests on behalf of users.

Key capabilities

  • Create and manage GitHub repositories
  • Open, close, and comment on issues
  • Submit and review pull requests
  • Trigger CI/CD workflows

Example prompts

  • "Create a new issue in the 'main' branch with the title 'Fix login bug'."
  • "Trigger the CI pipeline for the latest commit in the 'feature/auth' branch."
  • "Review the code changes in pull request #45 and suggest improvements."

Tips & gotchas

  • Ensure your agent has proper GitHub API access tokens configured to interact with repositories.
  • Be cautious when triggering workflows or making changes—review actions before execution to avoid unintended consequences.

Requirements

Environment variables

GITHUB_TOKEN

This skill expects these to be set in its environment — it will have access to their values.

Tags

githubgitprissuesdev