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

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