GitHub Search Skill

When to Use

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

Instructions

uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "code" \
    --query "your search query"

Parameters

• --type: Search type – code, repos, issues, prs
• --query: Search query (supports GitHub search syntax)
• --owner: (optional) Filter by repo owner
• --repo: (optional) Filter by repo name

Examples

# Search code
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "code" \
    --query "authentication language:python"

# Search issues
uv run python -m runtime.harness scripts/mcp/github_search.py \
    --type "issues" \
    --query "bug label:critical" \
    --owner "anthropics"

MCP Server Required

Requires github server in mcp_config.json with GITHUB_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN.