GitHub API Template

Get repository metadata. Returns name, full_name, description, stargazers_count, forks_count, language, default_branch, visibility, created_at, pushed_at, and topics array.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}

List repository issues with pagination. Params: state (open/closed/all), sort (created/updated/comments), direction (asc/desc), labels (comma-separated), per_page (1-100), page. Returns title, number, state, user, labels, assignees, created_at.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues

List pull requests with pagination. Params: state (open/closed/all), sort (created/updated/popularity/long-running), direction (asc/desc), head (branch filter), base (target branch), per_page (1-100). Returns title, number, state, merged_at, user, draft status.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls

Get a single pull request. Returns title, body, state, merged, mergeable, draft, additions, deletions, changed_files, head/base branch refs, user, requested_reviewers, labels, and merge_commit_sha.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}

Get a GitHub user profile. Returns login, name, bio, company, location, public_repos, public_gists, followers, following, created_at, and html_url. Works for both users and organizations.

https://api.github.com/users/{username}

Search repositories globally. Params: q (required, supports qualifiers like language:python, stars:>100, topic:ai), sort (stars/forks/help-wanted-issues/updated), order (asc/desc), per_page (1-100). Returns items array with full_name, description, stargazers_count.

https://api.github.com/search/repositories

Search code across all public repositories. Params: q (required, supports qualifiers: repo:owner/name, language:, path:, extension:, filename:), sort (indexed), per_page (1-100). Returns items with name, path, repository, html_url, and text_matches when requested.

https://api.github.com/search/code

List authenticated user's repositories. Params: type (all/owner/public/private/member), sort (created/updated/pushed/full_name), direction (asc/desc), per_page (1-100), page. Returns name, full_name, private, description, language, stargazers_count, updated_at.

https://api.github.com/user/repos

List workflow runs for a repository. Params: status (completed/action_required/cancelled/failure/neutral/skipped/stale/success/timed_out/in_progress/queued/requested/waiting/pending), branch, event, per_page (1-100). Returns workflow_runs array with id, name, status, conclusion, html_url, created_at.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs

List organization members. Params: filter (2fa_disabled/all), role (all/admin/member), per_page (1-100), page. Returns array of user objects with login, id, avatar_url, html_url, type, site_admin.

https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/members

List recent GitHub Actions workflow runs for a repo. Returns up to 10 runs with status (queued/in_progress/completed), conclusion (success/failure/cancelled), workflow name, branch, and timestamps.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/runs?per_page=10

List all labels in a repo. Returns name, color (hex), description, and default (boolean). Useful for categorizing issues or filtering search results by label.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels?per_page=100

List public repos for a user, sorted by last updated. Returns name, description, language, stargazers_count, fork, html_url, and updated_at. Max 30 per call.

https://api.github.com/users/{username}/repos?per_page=30&sort=updated

List commits on a repository. Params: sha (branch/tag/SHA to start from), path (file path filter), author (GitHub login or email), since/until (ISO 8601 timestamps), per_page (1-100). Returns sha, commit.message, commit.author, html_url.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits

List releases for a repository. Params: per_page (1-100), page. Returns tag_name, name, body (Markdown), draft, prerelease, published_at, html_url, and assets array with download URLs and counts.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases

List languages detected in a repository. Returns an object mapping language name to bytes of code (e.g. {"TypeScript":48000,"JavaScript":12000}). Useful for understanding tech stack composition.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/languages

List repositories for an organization. Returns name, full_name, description, language, stargazers_count, updated_at, and visibility for each repo.

https://api.github.com/orgs/{org}/repos?per_page={per_page}&sort={sort}

Create a new issue. Body JSON: title (required), body (Markdown), labels (string array), assignees (string array), milestone (number). Returns the created issue with number, html_url, and all fields.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues

Create a pull request. Body JSON: title (required), head (required, source branch), base (required, target branch), body (Markdown description), draft (boolean), maintainer_can_modify (boolean). Returns number, html_url, state, mergeable, merge_commit_sha.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls

Add a comment to an issue or pull request. Body JSON: body (required, Markdown text). Returns id, html_url, body, user, created_at. Works on both issues and PRs since PRs are issues.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments

Merge a pull request. Body JSON: merge_method (merge/squash/rebase), commit_title (optional), commit_message (optional), sha (optional, HEAD SHA for safety). Returns sha, merged (boolean), message.

https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/merge