GitHub tools
Read repos, list issues and commits, and open issues through the GitHub API.
- On or off by default
- off
- Who can switch it
- agent on request
- Why it is a group
- Tools with the same purpose and risk are switched together, so the model sees fewer tools.
- Number of tools
- 6
Typical uses
- List open issues
- Read a file from a repo
- Open an issue
Risks
Needs a GitHub token in the settings. Issue creation changes things on GitHub.
In this section
git_list_reposLists the token owner's repos.git_list_filesLists files at a path in a repo.git_read_fileReads one file from a repo.git_list_issuesLists issues by state.git_create_issueCreates an issue in a repo.git_list_commitsLists recent commits on a branch.
See also:git_list_reposgit_list_filesTools
Checked against the source at commit f4fd89f on 29 Oct 2026. Everything here is merged on the main branch; no release has been tagged yet. The source is private, so these pages are the public description.