Github - Agno

GithubTools enables an Agent to access Github repositories and perform tasks such as listing open pull requests, issues and more.

Prerequisites

The following examples requires the PyGithub library and a Github access token which can be obtained from here.

pip install -U PyGithub

export GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN=***

Example

The following agent will search Google for the latest news about “Mistral AI”:

cookbook/tools/github_tools.py

from agno.agent import Agent
from agno.tools.github import GithubTools

agent = Agent(
    instructions=[
        "Use your tools to answer questions about the repo: agno-agi/agno",
        "Do not create any issues or pull requests unless explicitly asked to do so",
    ],
    tools=[GithubTools()],
    show_tool_calls=True,
)

agent.print_response("List open pull requests", markdown=True)

Toolkit Params

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
`access_token`	`str`	`None`	Github access token for authentication. If not provided, will use GITHUB_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable.
`base_url`	`str`	`None`	Optional base URL for Github Enterprise installations.
`search_repositories`	`bool`	`True`	Enable searching Github repositories.
`list_repositories`	`bool`	`True`	Enable listing repositories for a user/organization.
`get_repository`	`bool`	`True`	Enable getting repository details.
`list_pull_requests`	`bool`	`True`	Enable listing pull requests for a repository.
`get_pull_request`	`bool`	`True`	Enable getting pull request details.
`get_pull_request_changes`	`bool`	`True`	Enable getting pull request file changes.
`create_issue`	`bool`	`True`	Enable creating issues in repositories.

Toolkit Functions

Function	Description
`search_repositories`	Searches Github repositories based on a query.
`list_repositories`	Lists repositories for a given user or organization.
`get_repository`	Gets details about a specific repository.
`list_pull_requests`	Lists pull requests for a repository.
`get_pull_request`	Gets details about a specific pull request.
`get_pull_request_changes`	Gets the file changes in a pull request.
`create_issue`	Creates a new issue in a repository.

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