GitHub Search Skill

When to Use

• Search code across repositories
• Find issues or PRs
• Look up repository information

Instructions

gh search <type> <query> [flags]

Parameters

• <type>: Search type - code, repos, issues, prs
• <query>: Search query (supports GitHub search syntax)
• --owner: (optional) Filter by repo owner (all search types)
• --repo: (optional) Filter by repo name (code/issues/prs only)
• --limit: (optional) Max results to fetch
• --: (optional) Use before the query when it contains a - qualifier, e.g. -- "bug -label:critical"

Examples

# Search code
gh search code "authentication language:python"

# Search issues
gh search issues "bug label:critical" --owner "anthropics"

# Search pull requests in a repo
gh search prs "is:open review:required" --repo "cli/cli"

Requirements

Requires GitHub CLI (gh) to be installed and authenticated (gh auth status or gh auth login).