Search GitHub code, repositories, issues, and pull requests with flexible filtering.
Four search types: code, repositories, issues, and pull requests, each with full GitHub search syntax support
Optional filtering by repository owner and name to narrow results to specific projects
Requires GitHub personal access token configured in mcp_config.json for authentication
Command-line interface with straightforward parameters for integration into agent workflows
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
related skills
semantically similar in the cross-vendor index
don't have the plugin yet? install it then click "run inline in claude" again.
+covers multiple search types (code, repos, issues, prs) in single skill
+notes token authentication requirement upfront
+acknowledges github search syntax support
weaknesses
~procedure is a bare command example with no step-by-step walkthrough, decision logic, or output contract defined
~trigger phrases entirely generic ('search code', 'find issues') with no contextual specificity or variation
~missing explicit coverage of rate limits, pagination, error handling, malformed queries, token expiry, or empty result states
