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'

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