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GitHub Toolkit
The GitHub toolkit lets agents and LLM workflows interact with GitHub repositories, issues, pull requests, projects, and code through Arcade's tool interface.
Capabilities
- Repository & file management — create branches, read/write/update files with explicit create-vs-overwrite modes, list org repos, query repository metadata and activity history, star/unstar repos, and count or list stargazers.
- Pull request lifecycle — open, update, merge, and inspect PRs; check merge readiness; list commits; assign users and manage reviewers with fuzzy matching; submit, comment on, and resolve review threads.
- Issue tracking — create, update, list, and comment on issues; add issues to Projects V2 boards; manage labels with typo-tolerant fuzzy matching on both issues and PRs.
- GitHub Projects V2 — list projects across org or user scope, enumerate project fields and items, search for specific project items.
- Code search & discovery — search code across authorized scope with matched fragments inlined; search accessible repos with fuzzy matching; retrieve file contents with optional line-range slicing.
- User context & activity — identify the authenticated user with org and team membership; retrieve open PRs/issues authored by the user, pending review workload, and recent activity (authored PRs, reviews, issues, commits).
OAuth
This toolkit authenticates via OAuth 2.0 through GitHub. See the Arcade GitHub auth provider docs for setup details.
Secrets
GITHUB_SERVER_URL— Overrides the GitHub API base URL. Used to point the toolkit at a GitHub Enterprise Server instance instead ofhttps://api.github.com. Set this to the root URL of your GHE instance (e.g.,https://github.your-company.com). If you are using standard github.com, this secret is not required. Obtain the value from your GitHub Enterprise Server administrator or your organization's GHE documentation.
Secrets are configured in Arcade as described in the Arcade secrets guide. You can also manage secrets directly at https://api.arcade.dev/dashboard/auth/secrets.
Available tools(43)
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Operations
Behavior
| Tool name | Description | Secrets | |
|---|---|---|---|
Assign a user to a pull request with intelligent search and fuzzy matching. | 1 | ||
Check if a pull request is ready to merge without attempting the merge. | 1 | ||
Count the number of stargazers (stars) for a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
Create a new branch in a repository. | 1 | ||
Create a new file or overwrite an existing file in a repository.
The explicit mode parameter reduces accidental data loss: the default CREATE mode refuses to
touch existing files, while OVERWRITE must be chosen intentionally. | 1 | ||
Create an issue in a GitHub repository.
Optionally add the created issue to a project by specifying add_to_project_number
and add_to_project_scope. | 1 | ||
Create a comment on an issue in a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
Create a pull request in a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
Create a reply to a review comment for a pull request.
Optionally resolve the conversation thread after replying by setting resolve_thread=True
and providing the thread_id (GraphQL Node ID). | 1 | ||
Create a review comment for a pull request in a GitHub repository.
IMPORTANT: Line numbers must be part of the diff (changed lines only).
GitHub's API requires line numbers that exist in the pull request diff, not just any line
in the file. If the line wasn't changed in the PR, the comment will fail with 422 error.
Line comments require start_line and end_line. When subject_type is omitted, providing either
line parameter selects a line comment; otherwise the comment applies to the whole file.
File comments cannot include line-specific parameters.
If the commit_id is not provided, the latest commit SHA from the PR will be used.
TIP: Use subject_type='file' to comment on the entire file if unsure about line positions. | 1 | ||
Get the contents of a file in a repository.
Returns the decoded content (if text) along with metadata like SHA, size, and line count.
For large files, use start_line and end_line to retrieve specific line ranges. | 1 | ||
Get a specific issue from a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
Get details of a pull request in a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
Get a repository.
Retrieves detailed information about a repository using the GitHub API. | 1 | ||
Get pull requests awaiting review by the authenticated user.
Returns PRs where user is requested as reviewer and PRs user has recently reviewed. | 1 | ||
Get user's currently open pull requests and issues across all repositories.
Returns open PRs and issues authored by the authenticated user. | 1 | ||
Get the authenticated user's recent pull requests, reviews, issues, and commits.
Returns PRs they authored, merged PRs, PRs they reviewed, issues they opened, and commits pushed | 1 | ||
List issues in a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
List repositories for the specified organization. | 1 | ||
List fields for a Projects V2 project.
Returns all custom fields configured for the project, including field types
and available options for select/iteration fields. | 1 | ||
List items for a Projects V2 project with optional filtering. | 1 | ||
List Projects V2 across organization or user scopes. | 1 | ||
List commits (from oldest to newest) on a pull request in a GitHub repository. | 1 | ||
List pull requests in a GitHub repository.
By default returns newest pull requests first (direction=DESC).
Organization-wide search returns GitHub's reduced issue-search summary. It preserves the
merged timestamp but does not include repository-list details such as head/base metadata or
detailed mergeability and reviewer data. | 1 | ||
List repository activities.
Retrieves a detailed history of changes to a repository, such as pushes, merges,
force pushes, and branch changes, and associates these changes with commits and users. | 1 |
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