spike-faye-lei GitHub
Overview
GitHub REST + GraphQL API — code hosting platform (developer tools archetype).
Workflows
Explore a repository
searchRepos(q)→ pick result →owner,repofromfull_namegetRepo(owner, repo)→ description, stars, languagegetRepoReadme(owner, repo)→ base64-encoded README contentlistIssues(owner, repo)→ open issueslistPullRequests(owner, repo)→ open PRs
Investigate a user's work
getUserProfile(username)→ bio, public_repos, followerssearchRepos(q: "user:username")→ their repositories
File an issue
searchRepos(q)→owner,repofromfull_name(or use known repo)createIssue(owner, repo, title, body)→number,html_url
Manage issues
listIssues(owner, repo)→issue_number,title,statecloseIssue(owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues)→state: "closed"reopenIssue(owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues)→state: "open"createComment(owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues, body)→comment_id,html_urldeleteComment(owner, repo, comment_id ← createComment)→ 204
Star / watch a repo
searchRepos(q)→owner,repofromfull_namestarRepo(owner, repo)→ 204unstarRepo(owner, repo)→ 204watchRepo(owner, repo)→subscribedunwatchRepo(owner, repo)→ 204
Operations
| Operation | Intent | Key Input | Key Output | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| searchRepos | find repositories | q | total_count, items[].full_name, stargazers_count, language | entry point, paginated |
| getRepo | repository details | owner, repo | full_name, description, stargazers_count, forks_count, language | entry point |
| getUserProfile | user profile | username | login, name, bio, public_repos, followers, following | entry point |
| getRepoReadme | repository README | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | name, content (base64), encoding | |
| listIssues | repository issues | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | number, title, state, user.login, labels | paginated |
| listPullRequests | repository PRs | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | number, title, state, user.login, head.ref, base.ref | paginated |
| listContributors | repository contributors | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | login, contributions | paginated |
| createIssue | create an issue | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo, title, body | number, html_url | write, CAUTION |
| closeIssue | close an issue | owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues | data (GraphQL response) | write, CAUTION. Routes through github.com /_graphql |
| reopenIssue | reopen a closed issue | owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues | data (GraphQL response) | write, CAUTION — reverse of closeIssue. Routes through github.com /_graphql |
| createComment | comment on issue/PR | owner, repo, issue_number ← listIssues, body | id, body, html_url | write, CAUTION |
| deleteComment | delete a comment | owner, repo, comment_id ← createComment | — (204) | write, CAUTION — reverse of createComment |
| forkRepo | fork a repository | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | full_name | write, CAUTION |
| starRepo | star a repository | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | — (204) | write, SAFE. (api.github.com — currently rejected by cookie_session, see DOC.md) |
| unstarRepo | unstar a repository | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | count (watcher count) | write, CAUTION — reverse of starRepo. Routes through github.com rails endpoint |
| watchRepo | watch a repository | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | count (watcher count) | write, CAUTION. Routes through github.com /notifications/subscribe |
| unwatchRepo | unwatch a repository | owner ← getRepo, repo ← getRepo | count (watcher count) | write, CAUTION — reverse of watchRepo. Routes through github.com /notifications/subscribe |
| graphqlQuery | execute GraphQL | query, variables | data | write (unrestricted mutations possible) |
Quick Start
# Search repositories
openweb github exec searchRepos '{"q":"react language:typescript","per_page":5}'
# Get repository details
openweb github exec getRepo '{"owner":"anthropics","repo":"claude-code"}'
# List issues
openweb github exec listIssues '{"owner":"anthropics","repo":"claude-code","per_page":5}'
# Get user profile
openweb github exec getUserProfile '{"username":"anthropics"}'
# Close an issue
openweb github exec closeIssue '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test","issue_number":1,"state":"closed"}'
# Comment on an issue
openweb github exec createComment '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test","issue_number":1,"body":"Looks good!"}'
# Star / unstar a repo
openweb github exec starRepo '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test"}'
openweb github exec unstarRepo '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test"}'
# Watch / unwatch a repo
openweb github exec watchRepo '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test"}'
openweb github exec unwatchRepo '{"owner":"imoonkey","repo":"openweb-test"}'
Known Limitations
closeIssue,reopenIssue,watchRepo,unwatchRepo,unstarReporoute through github.com web UI (transport: page) instead of api.github.com REST. They use the user's_gh_sessbrowser cookie + page-scrapedX-Fetch-Nonce+ per-formauthenticity_token. Verify: 5/5 PASS (2026-04-19). The persisted-query hashes for close/reopen are hardcoded and will drift with GitHub web releases — re-capture from a real click via DevTools_graphqlrequest when they break.starRepo,createIssue,createComment,deleteComment,forkRepo,graphqlQuerystill target api.github.com and remain affected by the cookie-session/Bearer mismatch. Same web-rewrite pattern applies (seeadapters/github-web.ts).- Read ops on public repos work without auth (rate-limited to 60 req/h); authenticated read ops via cookies work too (5000 req/h).