GitHub

Open, update and comment on GitHub issues, read and review pull requests, and look up repositories and releases.

Needs a GitHub connection — 

Pick a saved connection in the Credential field, or create one from there. It signs in with a Bearer Token.

Connect GitHub →

What it does

The GitHub node works on four kinds of things (Resource):

• Issue: create, get, update, comment on, list or close issues.
• Pull request: get or list pull requests, comment on one, submit a review (approve, request changes, comment), or list the files it changes.
• Repository: get one repository, list your own repositories, or search all public ones.
• Release: get the latest release, or list releases.

Every operation that targets a repository takes Owner and Repository as two fields. List operations return 30 results by default (Limit, up to 100).

When to use it

• File an issue from a page or a stack trace you just selected.
• Post a comment on a pull request from a review checklist.
• Check a project’s latest release every morning and get notified when it changes.
• List open issues with a given label and summarize them with an AI node.

Inputs and settings

For every choice

Setting	Type	What it does
Credential REQ(required)	Credential	The Credential to use to make the request.

16 choices · pick resource and operation to see its settings

Issue

CreateGetUpdateCommentListClose

Pull request

GetListCommentReviewList files

Repository

GetListSearch

Release

Get latestList

Settings for Issue · Create

Setting	Type	What it does
Owner REQ(required)	Text	The account owner of the repository (user or organization).
Repository REQ(required)	Text	The name of the repository (without the owner).
Title REQ(required)	Text	The title of the issue.
Body	Text	The contents (Markdown supported).
Labels	List	Labels to associate with the issue.
Assignees	List	GitHub logins to assign to the issue.

Showing settings for Issue · Create

Need an operation that isn't listed? — 

Call the GitHub API yourself with the HTTP Request node, and pick the same connection in its Credential field.

Use HTTP Request →

• Split the repository address: for github.com/octocat/hello-world, Owner is octocat and Repository is hello-world.
• Issue Number and Pull Request Number are the number after #, for example 42.
• On Issue → List, Labels is a comma-separated list such as bug,urgent; on Create and Update, Labels and Assignees are lists of names.
• Review Body is required when Review Event is Request changes or Comment.
• Search Query uses GitHub’s search syntax, for example topic:automation language:typescript stars:>100.

Outputs

• Output

• Issue, pull request, repository and release operations return the GitHub object, with fields such as number, title, state and html_url (the link to open it in the browser).
• List operations return a list, one entry per issue, pull request, file or release. GitHub counts pull requests as issues, so Issue → List can include them.
• Repository → Search returns total_count and the matches in items.

Dependencies and credentials

• Credential (connection, Bearer Token): required. See Connect GitHub.

Use a GitHub personal access token. A fine-grained token is safest: on GitHub, open Settings → Developer settings → Personal access tokens → Fine-grained tokens, limit it to the repositories you need, and give it only the permissions you use, for example Issues: Read and write or Pull requests: Read and write (plus Contents: Read for releases). A classic token also works but opens your whole account. See Create a credential.

Example workflow

1. A Context Menu trigger runs when you right-click selected text.
2. Get Selected Text reads the error message you selected.
3. Basic LLM Chain writes a short bug title and description.
4. GitHub, Issue → Create, Owner my-org, Repository my-app, Title and Body from the previous step, Labels bug.

Common issues

• “GitHub API Error: Bad credentials”. The token is wrong, expired or revoked. Create a new one and update the credential.
• “GitHub API Error: Not Found” on a repository you can see. The token does not include that repository, or lacks the permission for this operation. Edit the token on GitHub.
• “GitHub API Error: rate limit exceeded”. You made too many requests in the last hour. Wait, or run the workflow less often.
• “GitHub API Error: Validation Failed”. A value is not accepted, for example an unknown assignee, or an empty Review Body with Request changes.

Related nodes

• Linear: issues in Linear instead.
• RSS Feed Read: follow a repository’s release feed without a token.
• Http Request: call GitHub API endpoints this node does not cover.