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name: github-content description: Fetch GitHub issues, PRs, repo contents, and code using the gh CLI. Use when the user shares GitHub URLs (issues, PRs, repos, source files) or asks about GitHub content. The gh CLI provides complete content that web fetching often misses due to JavaScript rendering.

GitHub Content Fetching

When to activate:

• User pastes a GitHub URL (issue, PR, repo, or source file)
• User asks about PR comments, reviews, or discussions
• User wants to browse or search code in a GitHub repository
• User references a GitHub issue or PR by number and repo

Why use gh CLI instead of web fetching:

GitHub's web interface relies heavily on JavaScript to load comments, reviews, and discussions. Web fetching often retrieves only partial content. The gh CLI accesses the API directly and returns complete data.

Issues

View an issue with all comments:

Copygh issue view <number> --repo owner/repo --comments

Pull Requests

View a PR with comments and review status:

Copygh pr view <number> --repo owner/repo --comments

View the diff for a PR:

Copygh pr diff <number> --repo owner/repo

View PR review comments (inline code comments):

Copygh api repos/owner/repo/pulls/<number>/comments

List files changed in a PR:

Copygh pr view <number> --repo owner/repo --json files --jq '.files[].path'

Repository Browsing

List contents of a directory (defaults to root):

Copygh api repos/owner/repo/contents/path/to/dir

View a specific file's contents:

Copygh api repos/owner/repo/contents/path/to/file --jq '.content' | base64 -d

Get the full repository tree (all files):

Copygh api repos/owner/repo/git/trees/main?recursive=1 --jq '.tree[] | select(.type=="blob") | .path'

Replace main with the appropriate branch name if needed.

Code Search

Search for code within a specific repository:

Copygh search code "search query" --repo owner/repo

Search with language filter:

Copygh search code "search query" --repo owner/repo --language python

Search with path filter:

Copygh search code "search query" --repo owner/repo --path "src/"

View search results with more context:

Copygh search code "search query" --repo owner/repo --json path,repository,textMatches

Parsing GitHub URLs

Extract owner/repo from common URL patterns:

Tips

• For large outputs, pipe through head -n 100 or use --jq to filter
• Use --json flag with gh pr view or gh issue view for structured data
• For private repos, ensure gh auth status shows you're authenticated
• When browsing files, the API returns base64-encoded content that needs decoding