Github Info

GitHub Info

Overview

Retrieve comprehensive GitHub information using the GitHub CLI (gh) tool. This skill provides scripts and commands to fetch user profile data, repository statistics, and other GitHub-related information.

Prerequisites

• GitHub CLI (gh) must be installed and authenticated
• Run gh auth login if not already authenticated

Quick Start

Get Profile Information

Use the gh_profile.sh script to retrieve your GitHub profile:

bash scripts/gh_profile.sh

This displays:

• Username, name, and bio
• Company and location
• Email and blog
• Follower/following counts
• Public repository and gist counts
• Account creation and update dates

Get Repository Information

Use the gh_repos.sh script to list your repositories:

# Get top 10 repositories (default)
bash scripts/gh_repos.sh

# Get top 20 repositories
bash scripts/gh_repos.sh --limit 20

# Sort by creation date
bash scripts/gh_repos.sh --sort created

This displays for each repository:

• Repository name and description
• Primary language
• Star and fork counts
• Private/public status
• Last update date

Direct gh CLI Usage

For queries not covered by the scripts, use gh directly:

# Get specific user information
gh api user --jq '.login, .name, .bio'

# List repositories with custom fields
gh repo list --json name,stargazerCount --jq '.[] | "\(.name): \(.stargazerCount) stars"'

# Get total stars across all repos
gh api user/repos --paginate --jq '[.[] | .stargazers_count] | add'

Complete gh CLI Documentation

Work seamlessly with GitHub from the command line.

USAGE: gh <command> <subcommand> [flags]

CORE COMMANDS auth: Authenticate gh and git with GitHub browse: Open repositories, issues, pull requests, and more in the browser codespace: Connect to and manage codespaces gist: Manage gists issue: Manage issues org: Manage organizations pr: Manage pull requests project: Work with GitHub Projects. release: Manage releases repo: Manage repositories

GITHUB ACTIONS COMMANDS cache: Manage GitHub Actions caches run: View details about workflow runs workflow: View details about GitHub Actions workflows

EXTENSION COMMANDS copilot: Extension copilot

ALIAS COMMANDS co: Alias for "pr checkout"

ADDITIONAL COMMANDS alias: Create command shortcuts api: Make an authenticated GitHub API request attestation: Work with artifact attestations completion: Generate shell completion scripts config: Manage configuration for gh extension: Manage gh extensions gpg-key: Manage GPG keys label: Manage labels preview: Execute previews for gh features ruleset: View info about repo rulesets search: Search for repositories, issues, and pull requests secret: Manage GitHub secrets ssh-key: Manage SSH keys status: Print information about relevant issues, pull requests, and notifications across repositories variable: Manage GitHub Actions variables FLAGS --help Show help for command --version Show gh version

LEARN MORE Use gh <command> <subcommand> --help for more information about a command. Read the manual at https://cli.github.com/manual Learn about exit codes using gh help exit-codes Learn about accessibility experiences using gh help accessibility

Advanced Usage

For additional gh CLI patterns and commands, see references/gh_commands.md which includes:

• Pull request and issue management
• GitHub Actions workflow queries
• Gist operations
• Advanced API queries with jq filters

Resources

scripts/

• gh_profile.sh - Get user profile information
• gh_repos.sh - Get repository information with sorting options

references/

• gh_commands.md - Comprehensive reference of useful gh CLI commands and patterns