GitHub

Add comment to pending review

Add review comment to the requester's latest pending pull request review. A pending review needs to already exist to call this (check with the user if not sure).

Add issue comment

Add a comment to a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Add sub issue

Add a sub-issue to a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Assign copilot to issue

Assign Copilot to a specific issue in a GitHub repository. This tool can help with the following outcomes: - a Pull Request created with source code changes to resolve the issue More information can be found at: - https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/using-github-copilot/using-copilot-coding-agent-to-work-on-tasks/about-assigning-tasks-to-copilot

Cancel workflow run

Cancel a workflow run

Create and submit pull request review

Create and submit a review for a pull request without review comments.

Create branch

Create a new branch in a GitHub repository

Create gist

Create a new gist

Create issue

Create a new issue in a GitHub repository.

Create or update file

Create or update a single file in a GitHub repository. If updating, you must provide the SHA of the file you want to update. Use this tool to create or update a file in a GitHub repository remotely; do not use it for local file operations.

Create pending pull request review

Create a pending review for a pull request. Call this first before attempting to add comments to a pending review, and ultimately submitting it. A pending pull request review means a pull request review, it is pending because you create it first and submit it later, and the PR author will not see it until it is submitted.

Create pull request

Create a new pull request in a GitHub repository.

Create pull request with copilot

Delegate a task to GitHub Copilot coding agent to perform in the background. The agent will create a pull request with the implementation. You should use this tool if the user asks to create a pull request to perform a specific task, or if the user asks Copilot to do something.

Create repository

Create a new GitHub repository in your account

Delete file

Delete a file from a GitHub repository

Delete pending pull request review

Delete the requester's latest pending pull request review. Use this after the user decides not to submit a pending review, if you don't know if they already created one then check first.

Delete workflow run logs

Delete logs for a workflow run

Dismiss notification

Dismiss a notification by marking it as read or done

Download workflow run artifact

Get download URL for a workflow run artifact

Fork repository

Fork a GitHub repository to your account or specified organization

Get code scanning alert

Get details of a specific code scanning alert in a GitHub repository.

Get commit

Get details for a commit from a GitHub repository

Get dependabot alert

Get details of a specific dependabot alert in a GitHub repository.

Get discussion

Get a specific discussion by ID

Get discussion comments

Get comments from a discussion

Get file contents

Get the contents of a file or directory from a GitHub repository

Get global security advisory

Get a global security advisory

Get issue

Get details of a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Get issue comments

Get comments for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

Get job logs

Download logs for a specific workflow job or efficiently get all failed job logs for a workflow run

Get latest release

Get the latest release in a GitHub repository

Get me

Get details of the authenticated GitHub user. Use this when a request is about the user's own profile for GitHub. Or when information is missing to build other tool calls.

Get notification details

Get detailed information for a specific GitHub notification, always call this tool when the user asks for details about a specific notification, if you don't know the ID list notifications first.

Get pull request

Get details of a specific pull request in a GitHub repository.

Get pull request comments

Get comments for a specific pull request.

Get pull request diff

Get the diff of a pull request.

Get pull request files

Get the files changed in a specific pull request.

Get pull request reviews

Get reviews for a specific pull request.

Get pull request status

Get the status of a specific pull request.

Get release by tag

Get a specific release by its tag name in a GitHub repository

Get secret scanning alert

Get details of a specific secret scanning alert in a GitHub repository.

Get tag

Get details about a specific git tag in a GitHub repository

Get team members

Get member usernames of a specific team in an organization. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Get teams

Get details of the teams the user is a member of. Limited to organizations accessible with current credentials

Get workflow run

Get details of a specific workflow run

Get workflow run logs

Download logs for a specific workflow run (EXPENSIVE: downloads ALL logs as ZIP. Consider using get_job_logs with failed_only=true for debugging failed jobs)

Get workflow run usage

Get usage metrics for a workflow run

List branches

List branches in a GitHub repository

List code scanning alerts

List code scanning alerts in a GitHub repository.

List commits

Get list of commits of a branch in a GitHub repository. Returns at least 30 results per page by default, but can return more if specified using the perPage parameter (up to 100).

List dependabot alerts

List dependabot alerts in a GitHub repository.

List discussion categories

List discussion categories with their id and name, for a repository or organisation.

List discussions

List discussions for a repository or organisation.

List gists

List gists for a user

List global security advisories

List global security advisories from GitHub.

List issue types

List supported issue types for repository owner (organization).

List issues

List issues in a GitHub repository. For pagination, use the 'endCursor' from the previous response's 'pageInfo' in the 'after' parameter.

List notifications

Lists all GitHub notifications for the authenticated user, including unread notifications, mentions, review requests, assignments, and updates on issues or pull requests. Use this tool whenever the user asks what to work on next, requests a summary of their GitHub activity, wants to see pending reviews, or needs to check for new updates or tasks. This tool is the primary way to discover actionable items, reminders, and outstanding work on GitHub. Always call this tool when asked what to work on next, what is pending, or what needs attention in GitHub.

List org repository security advisories

List repository security advisories for a GitHub organization.

List pull requests

List pull requests in a GitHub repository. If the user specifies an author, then DO NOT use this tool and use the search_pull_requests tool instead.

List releases

List releases in a GitHub repository

List repository security advisories

List repository security advisories for a GitHub repository.

List secret scanning alerts

List secret scanning alerts in a GitHub repository.

List sub issues

List sub-issues for a specific issue in a GitHub repository.

List tags

List git tags in a GitHub repository

List workflow jobs

List jobs for a specific workflow run

List workflow run artifacts

List artifacts for a workflow run

List workflow runs

List workflow runs for a specific workflow

List workflows

List workflows in a repository

Manage notification subscription

Manage a notification subscription: ignore, watch, or delete a notification thread subscription.

Manage repository notification subscription

Manage a repository notification subscription: ignore, watch, or delete repository notifications subscription for the provided repository.

Mark all notifications read

Mark all notifications as read

Merge pull request

Merge a pull request in a GitHub repository.

Push files

Push multiple files to a GitHub repository in a single commit

Remove sub issue

Remove a sub-issue from a parent issue in a GitHub repository.

Reprioritize sub issue

Reprioritize a sub-issue to a different position in the parent issue's sub-issue list.

Request copilot review

Request a GitHub Copilot code review for a pull request. Use this for automated feedback on pull requests, usually before requesting a human reviewer.

Rerun failed jobs

Re-run only the failed jobs in a workflow run

Rerun workflow run

Re-run an entire workflow run

Run workflow

Run an Actions workflow by workflow ID or filename

Search code

Fast and precise code search across ALL GitHub repositories using GitHub's native search engine. Best for finding exact symbols, functions, classes, or specific code patterns.

Search issues

Search for issues in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:issue

Search orgs

Find GitHub organizations by name, location, or other organization metadata. Ideal for discovering companies, open source foundations, or teams.

Search pull requests

Search for pull requests in GitHub repositories using issues search syntax already scoped to is:pr

Search repositories

Find GitHub repositories by name, description, readme, topics, or other metadata. Perfect for discovering projects, finding examples, or locating specific repositories across GitHub.

Search users

Find GitHub users by username, real name, or other profile information. Useful for locating developers, contributors, or team members.

Submit pending pull request review

Submit the requester's latest pending pull request review, normally this is a final step after creating a pending review, adding comments first, unless you know that the user already did the first two steps, you should check before calling this.

Update gist

Update an existing gist

Update issue

Update an existing issue in a GitHub repository.

Update pull request

Update an existing pull request in a GitHub repository.

Update pull request branch

Update the branch of a pull request with the latest changes from the base branch.