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